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Honestly given they broke up and got back together around the time of her mental health crisis and then her cancer diagnosis, I think it may have been a case of him wanting to see her through her illness before leaving. He stuck by her through a VERY extended rough period. And sometimes that just kills the relationship. 

Do you always/usually wear your wedding ring? Because you might be pre-empting the question. We're just about the same age and same geographic region and I've gotten it quite a lot, not generally at work though. I don't THINK I'm such a catch that people are looking to hook me up, but maybe I am...
I avoid asking the question myself though.

Yeah no, I am not sticking my dick somewhere I can't inspect...

Yeah no, I am not sticking my dick somewhere I can't inspect...

I think back in the day there was a certain class of closeted gay/bi guy who took great advantage of the fact that rampant homophobia kept them in a steady supply of guys they could get their rocks off with and not worry about being exposed. And once relatively greater societal acceptance took away that Mutual Assured Destruction they relied on, they ramped up the resentment. Because they now didn't have as many people to use. Those were the guys I had a problem with.

I think back in the day there was a certain class of closeted gay/bi guy who took great advantage of the fact that rampant homophobia kept them in a steady supply of guys they could get their rocks off with and not worry about being exposed. And once relatively greater societal acceptance took away that Mutual Assured Destruction they relied on, they ramped up the resentment. Because they now didn't have as many people to use. Those were the guys I had a problem with.

Yeah no, I am not sticking my dick somewhere I can't inspect...

I would say whoever Bernadette Peters goes to is worth every penny. I remember seeing her on the Carol Burnett 50th anniversary special and she looked decades younger than the others.

I would say whoever Bernadette Peters goes to is worth every penny. I remember seeing her on the Carol Burnett 50th anniversary special and she looked decades younger than the others.

I would say whoever Bernadette Peters goes to is worth every penny. I remember seeing her on the Carol Burnett 50th anniversary special and she looked decades younger than the others.

I would say whoever Bernadette Peters goes to is worth every penny. I remember seeing her on the Carol Burnett 50th anniversary special and she looked decades younger than the others.

Well, he's LITERALLY "young, dumb, and full of cum..."

This. It's not at all just the litigation. Read "The Three Little Pigs" for further information.

Well, he's LITERALLY "young, dumb, and full of cum..."

I just fail to see how this is any different from Hooters...

I just fail to see how this is any different from Hooters...

Statistically the single largest variable in children's outcome is parental income, not anything they do. Probably because if there's a stable roof over your head and ample food on the table you're in much better shape to absorb and retain information, and that makes more of a difference than whether your kindergarten teacher had masters degree or not.  Maybe Universal Basic Income is a better use of funds than making the school buildings fancier.

The reality is even many in shape 40 or 50 somethings have markedly less capacity for physical labor, as evidence by the fact most movers everywhere are pretty young and they find other jobs after a couple of years. How about going after the corporations that shove office workers out just as they hit the age they're likely to really need that group health insurance and affect the bottom line?
 

Statistically the single largest variable in children's outcome is parental income, not anything they do. Probably because if there's a stable roof over your head and ample food on the table you're in much better shape to absorb and retain information, and that makes more of a difference than whether your kindergarten teacher had masters degree or not.  Maybe Universal Basic Income is a better use of funds than making the school buildings fancier.

There's a lot of survivorship bias going on here. I'm not saying people who make it don't work hard. I'm just saying there is considerably more luck involved in climbing out of a poor background than people generally comprehend. Almost everything needs to go right for long enough to make it to long-term security. And I think that aspect has gotten worse. When my father fell hard out of the middle class in the 70s, he and my mother were able to patch together minimum or barely above mininum wage jobs(one full and one part-time each) to keep a the mortgage paid on the house in a decent ares and food on the table. In real terms, housing costs are so mucj higher today my sister takes live-in caregiver jobs because rents are so high relative to wages. Admittedly she has other issues that impede her, but the reality is that first step is more difficult than in the past solely due to cost of living relative to wages. Nobody is building new cheap or even midlevel housing, and cheap transportation is a thing of the past too except for a couple of cities.  If you are well above average in some combination of resourcefulness and capability, or simply "really, really ridiculously goodlooking" yes it's probably a decent amount better for you than it would have been 40 years ago. Everybody else is a lot more at the mercy of external forces than they like to think.

Statistically the single largest variable in children's outcome is parental income, not anything they do. Probably because if there's a stable roof over your head and ample food on the table you're in much better shape to absorb and retain information, and that makes more of a difference than whether your kindergarten teacher had masters degree or not.  Maybe Universal Basic Income is a better use of funds than making the school buildings fancier.

There's a lot of survivorship bias going on here. I'm not saying people who make it don't work hard. I'm just saying there is considerably more luck involved in climbing out of a poor background than people generally comprehend. Almost everything needs to go right for long enough to make it to long-term security. And I think that aspect has gotten worse. When my father fell hard out of the middle class in the 70s, he and my mother were able to patch together minimum or barely above mininum wage jobs(one full and one part-time each) to keep a the mortgage paid on the house in a decent ares and food on the table. In real terms, housing costs are so mucj higher today my sister takes live-in caregiver jobs because rents are so high relative to wages. Admittedly she has other issues that impede her, but the reality is that first step is more difficult than in the past solely due to cost of living relative to wages. Nobody is building new cheap or even midlevel housing, and cheap transportation is a thing of the past too except for a couple of cities.  If you are well above average in some combination of resourcefulness and capability, or simply "really, really ridiculously goodlooking" yes it's probably a decent amount better for you than it would have been 40 years ago. Everybody else is a lot more at the mercy of external forces than they like to think.

I just fail to see how this is any different from Hooters...

There's a lot of survivorship bias going on here. I'm not saying people who make it don't work hard. I'm just saying there is considerably more luck involved in climbing out of a poor background than people generally comprehend. Almost everything needs to go right for long enough to make it to long-term security. And I think that aspect has gotten worse. When my father fell hard out of the middle class in the 70s, he and my mother were able to patch together minimum or barely above mininum wage jobs(one full and one part-time each) to keep a the mortgage paid on the house in a decent ares and food on the table. In real terms, housing costs are so mucj higher today my sister takes live-in caregiver jobs because rents are so high relative to wages. Admittedly she has other issues that impede her, but the reality is that first step is more difficult than in the past solely due to cost of living relative to wages. Nobody is building new cheap or even midlevel housing, and cheap transportation is a thing of the past too except for a couple of cities.  If you are well above average in some combination of resourcefulness and capability, or simply "really, really ridiculously goodlooking" yes it's probably a decent amount better for you than it would have been 40 years ago. Everybody else is a lot more at the mercy of external forces than they like to think.

The reality is even many in shape 40 or 50 somethings have markedly less capacity for physical labor, as evidence by the fact most movers everywhere are pretty young and they find other jobs after a couple of years. How about going after the corporations that shove office workers out just as they hit the age they're likely to really need that group health insurance and affect the bottom line?