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I’ve been dating my boyfriend “Josh” for two years and we have a problem. I’m a pop culture critic for a local news website. My boyfriend refuses to watch the TV shows or movies I need to review for work with me. When a program is on—say, “The Muppets” or “The Voice” or “Fargo”— I […]
Everything has a default setting. Sometimes it’s good – for example, I actually like the starry background that came with my iPhone. Sometimes, however, the default setting may need to be changed in order to make the product usable for your daily life. I’m assuming no one is just letting Hulu Plus play the next […]
Blessed Samhain! OK, so maybe you don’t know what that means. Five years ago, I wouldn’t have had any idea either. In witch speak, Goddess speak, wise woman healer speak, that means Happy Halloween. And just a few years ago, that would have sounded way too witchy for me, because I thought (mostly because I didn’t have my […]
Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column is a weekly exercise in occasional trolling combined with the kind of querulous moral quandaries that you discuss say, on a first date or over dessert at Thanksgiving. Normally, Prudie’s stance is what you’d expect — pearl-clutchy and old-fashioned. In week’s column, however, was a little different. The question came from “Dismayed,” […]
Marriage is a tricky thing. You have to work hard to stay together. When everything fails, you are knocking on the door of a divorce, and that is when reality hits you. You start thinking about all the things you wish you did or knew before everything went south. One of the divorced men out […]
When we decide to get married, it is because we are sure that we want to spend the rest of our lives with that person. Unfortunately, nowadays, statistics show how one in four marriages end up in divorce. However, it’s probably for the best if your marriage isn’t working to get divorced. Here is why. […]
I’ve been in a relationship for a really long time, which means I haven’t technically “dated” since George W. Bush was president. Sometimes I feel a little nostalgic and curious about the dating lifestyle, but the other day, when I asked my boyfriend if it hurt when he fell from heaven, I realized there are […]
It’s Kiss & Make Up Day, and nothing kicks that party off like a good old-fashioned apology. It’s the crucial get-down of patching things up. It’s the spackle to your relationship wall. Whether you’ve wronged your man, your BFF, your mama or even your grand-mama, here’s how you show them you’re sorry, as painlessly and effectively […]
It’s a moment we all dread: one day, you wake up to find that the tension that’s been slowly building between two or more of your close friends has reached a brutal boiling point, and a conflict erupts with a magnitude that rivals an earthquake. Now you may find yourself in the unenviable position of […]
