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"In a good relationship, your boyfriend may or may not look at other women, but he will *never* make you feel insecure about your appearance or his fidelity (at least not in the long run). The insecurity may be your fault, or it may be his, but if..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I think the truth to that book is simply that drastically uneven interest levels often spell disaster.
Couple A are two people who are equally ambivalent/cautious about entering a relationship, and because there's no imbalance they may be able..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but get to be friends with the support staff -- from the doorman to the secretary to the mailroom guy. Even if you are technically support staff yourself, if you graduated from college there's definitely..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Just treat everyone with dignity and in a way that makes you feel proud of yourself and your character. The rest doesn't matter." [
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"cuh-razy! run.
look, you have to understand that, as dumb as it seems, sometimes conventional wisdom about relationships is 100% correct, and you ignore it to your own peril. here, conventional wisdom says "if the first two months aren't..." [
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"There's something in the way you phrased your question that makes me think that you approach relationships like they're a quid pro quo exchange: I "help" you, and therefore you are obligated to appreciate and then "help" me. You..." [
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"It may be offensive, insensitive and a bad idea, but unless there's intent to offend or discriminate, it's not "racism."
I disagree. A symbol can be inherently racist, regardless of the intent behind its display...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bettafish, numinous
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"Sounds like you have some important things to talk about. How about if you ditch the idea of a traditional surprise proposal and instead speak frankly to your girlfriend about your relationship and the idea of marriage? After you guys talk things..." [
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"Taz - Really, everything you wrote there screams "I'm too cool for teh geek girls," not the other way around. You believe that you instantly can "read this sort of language very well" and decide who is and who isn't worthy of..." [
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2 months ago
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Good feminist blogs?
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3 months ago
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"Did you notice the ads on the site for the Southern Poverty Law Center and the grassroots radical faction of the SEIU? Or even Rock the Vote? What did you expect to find in this article, if not writing?
posted by stammer at 7:56 PM on April 6 [+] [!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by transona5
3 months ago
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"Also, the claims of early graduate dregrees and suchlike reminds me of un owen. Whatever happened to her?
posted by CunningLinguist at 10:30 AM on March 10 [+] [!]
UN Owen is around and posting via her "husband's" account,..." [
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4 months ago
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billable hours
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4 months ago
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"Also, probably the best possible thing your girlfriend could do right now is to learn Arabic. Without being able to speak to *regular* (ie, nonpolitical) people on the ground, she'll never be able to come to an authentic understanding of the..." [
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4 months ago
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"Jaqueline speaks the truth. Your girlfriend has the essential passion to be an activist, but passion is useless without building up skills, strengths, and wisdom. She really needs to critically think about whether people like Rachel Corrie/ISM help..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
4 months ago
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"This isn't racist, but it's weird. It's confusing class with race, and suggesting that everything non-upper-middle-class-urban is not white. Maybe that's actually the point, to demonstrate that many perceived racial characteristics are actually..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by fizzix, formless
4 months ago
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"I want her to show more game because I like challenge in my relationships
Um, it sounds like you're trying to change her basic nature (appreciative, expressive) to make her more like you or like some image of your perfect girlfriend. A recipe for..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by divabat, ifjuly, milestogo
5 months ago
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"She's an attention whore. She doesn't get to choose what kind of attention she gets.
posted to MetaFilter by Ynoxas at 1:11 AM on January 18, 2008 [1 favorite +]
Sounds a little akin to the "she dressed like a slut and deserved to get..." [
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6 months ago
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"Penguins are so sensitive
Penguins are so sensitive
Penguins are so sensitive
To my needs
To my needs
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
6 months ago
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"What does this have to do with girls? If Edgeway's 4400 figure is correct, there's no evidence that it's not equally split between girls and boys. And what sort of stranger-abduction-resistance techniques would be specific to girls rather than boys?..." [
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6 months ago
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"In the mind of the pharmacist, the abortion carried out by the pill is murder. Therefore, selling the pills to the public is enabling and facilitating many murders. They are refusing to perform their job in order to avoid committing murder. You can..." [
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6 months ago
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"I suggest watching Project Runway. You probably won't like a lot of the clothes they make or learn much of anything practical about style, but you'll gain an appreciation for the hard work and artistry behind fashion. It won't seem quite so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
6 months ago
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"No. It means you are both assholes. And you shouldn't be together. So leave. And stop reading people's email.
posted by dame at 8:54 AM on June 14 [+] [!]
Come on - this guy's dishonesty is pervasive. Yes, it's wrong to snoop, but the fact that..." [
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7 months ago
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"You say you love him - if that is true then you have to forgive him.
Sadly, tjvis, sometimes you can love someone and forgive them for their fuck ups, but still need to leave them...." [
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7 months ago
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"Living a mans fantasy does not exclude from that. He thought about getting wild in mexica, like ALL MEN do. EVERYONE thinks this. And when thinking it, a careful person will also buy condoms. Now thinking about it does not mean he will actually do it...." [
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7 months ago
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"I hate to say it, but the altruistic wife - rich husband combination is a pretty common combination in big-city nonprofits. She may be getting her ideas about consumption from the women she works with...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by limeonaire, ClaudiaCenter
7 months ago
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"To Adam, I'd say this: It's absolutely possible to have true, rewarding friendships with exes. But this can only happen if you're not *actively* in love with them. You clearly are still actively in love with Sarah. If not, you would be telling..." [
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7 months ago
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"(In other words - slacking is no shame. Slacking and not enjoying it - now that, my friend, is a shame.)" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by thebrokedown, umbú
8 months ago
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"As much as I enjoy living in a town with different cultures here, I find the "working class Hispanic" subculture stands out as being kind of abrasive and depressing. Some people may be playing on blatant racism, but the culture itself and..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by fourcheesemac, papafrita, jonp72, Goofyy, Ethereal Bligh, H-Bar, Kato, Kid Charlemagne
8 months ago
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"I think that cubicles are like the modern-day penitentiary: a design thought to be humane in concept, but in practice, mad-making." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
8 months ago
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"UbuRoivas, your disengenuous blindness towards the actual facts of this case bespeaks an agenda. For all your supposedly liberal credentials, every time I've seen you address anything having faintly to do with women's rights on metafilter, it's..." [
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8 months ago
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"The two times I've made such "confessions" the results have been hilariously unexpected, and totally worthwhile. One recipient I'm dating now; the other has become a good friend. Sometimes you just have to put it out there. Life's too..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by michaelbrown, loiseau, jejune
8 months ago
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"I am really flabbergasted by all the posters here saying you should go ahead and participate in this tradition. I, personally, would never do it, and if it goes against your deeply held principles you shouldn't do it either. Your boyfriend has no..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by marble, sondrialiac, By The Grace of God, alicetiara
8 months ago
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"I think the issue tends to be whether you're a consumer of services (so you benefit from lower costs as a result of increased immigration), or a provider (so you're hurt by the wage depression and slack labor market).
Which poltical party will..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malocchio
8 months ago
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"footnote, he was a conscript, before he was 18. That's just not a fair criticism of the man.
posted by ibmcginty at 9:51 AM on October 17 [+] [!]
Totally agree. It's a criticism of a Church that would chose to make a former Nazi its leader...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Pope Guilty, SBMike, Blazecock Pileon
9 months ago
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"This idea that saints must live their entire lives in a state of Holy Grace is absurd. I mean, one of the greatest Christian (Catholic) Theologians, St. Augustine, led a very unethical life before his conversion.
[NOT PAPIST]
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9 months ago
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"Generally, women don't go out of their way to make contact with unknown men on the street, and they react neutrally (at best) when an unknown man makes contact.
Your search for a friendly "hello" probably looks like annoying harassment..." [
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9 months ago
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"If you were in a longterm, stable, relationship and were sure that this was a one-time screwup, then I would say don't tell because the costs and the benefits don't add up. But I agree with stavx that the problem here is your impulsivity with both..." [
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9 months ago
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"I guess I'm looking for a bit of an estimate of worth
That's a controversial questions. Here's a link to an article saying that the market-based regulations aren't as cost effective as all the libertarians say they are...." [
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10 months ago
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""Yeah, I had to leave her. It was just too much great cooking, hot sex and house cleaning for me to handle."
This man does not exist.
posted by rokusan at 4:52 PM on August 29 [2 favorites +] [!]
SO not true! I have it on good..." [
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10 months ago
