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If its just a "hook up", and you both know it, why even ask the question? Since it is a stupid question to begin with, I think any answer is fair game and she'll probably assume you are lying anyway. I'd go with the "pimp" option to remind her she's just another hook up! Maybe that way she won't expect a call the next day!

Its an age old phenomena and I think anyone who has ever been a freshman in college knows all about it. Personally, I would chalk it up to the whole "virgin/whore" complex so many men and boys seem to have. They want to get laid but think there must be something wrong with a woman who gives it up too quickly. The good news is that as guys get older and find fewer and fewer opportunities to get laid, they tend to get a little less judgemental!

A: I am not a cow. B: I am not for sale. C: Why buy the bull when he'll fuck you anyway and you don't have to deal with his inability to vacuum or piss inside the toilet only and not get any down the sides? Possibly the best post EVER! Bravo!

The show is "The Forgotten"- not bad but I doubt it will last more than one season. He's an ex cop who works with a team that takes on "cold cases", identifying John and Jane Does and solving their murders. The show he had last year was better but I don't think they aired more than 6 eposides.

The link is worthless unless you are a member of facebook. I'm not going to join. yeah- that's how they suck you in! Don't fall for it! Run, run like the wind!

GF's always come with their own cat. So if you already have a cat, there is the risk of having two cats in the house that hate each other. Very true!

I think you need to learn how to handle cats or find a new job. I have always had cats (have 3 right now) and they have all been really sweet, friendly good natured cats who would never attack anyone. But to some extent, all of them (past and present) freak out when I take them to the vet- some worse than others. Any animal that is frightened or in pain is unpredictable, and I think that's especially true with cats. I don't think any of mine would have ever done what you described, but years ago I did have one that almost all of the vet techs were afraid of. I remember having to pick him up late one evening after he'd had his teeth cleaned. They wouldn't even reach into his cage to get him out- I had to. When they saw him curled up in my arms purring, they couldn't believe it was the same animal that had just been snarling and hissing at them only a few minutes earlier.

Interesting question but I find when I get a bad cold, I can be completely miserable/ incapacitated for one or two days AND feel kind of crappy for a couple of weeks after that. Luckily, that doesn't happen to me all that often- maybe once every few years? Usually its the annoying cold/ runny nose/ allergies that hangs around for a few weeks, but I can still function. As far as the flu- I am usually the one who doesn't get it and comes into work every day covering for everyone else who does. It was the same when I was a kid- classroom would be almost empty with the other kids out sick, but I was always there. I am one of those "socially irresponsible public health hazards" who opts out of the flu shot every year so hopefully there is enough to go around for the people who really need it.

That would make a coyote turn up its nose. Cut him some slack- he's a Brit!

Foot surgery isn't really cosmetic. Insurance should cover it, but the recovery process is long and painful and she might think about just getting one foot done at a time just so she can be a little bit mobile. And yes, the implants come in different sizes. I opted for a more normal size, but my brother in law gave me a choice.

I grew up on Maurice Sendak and Roald Dahl books and stories. Both writers had/ have a sense of humor and irony that made their childrens' book intersting and entertaining for adults as well. I haven't seen the move yet, but I plan to. For a very long time, whenever a friend or family member had a baby, I always gave them either a copy of Where the Wild Things Are or his "Nutshell Library" which had 4 miniature books.

My brother in law works for a company that manufactures breast and other types of implants. My SO has a pair of breast implants and I have a pair of ball implants. Mine don't make good paperweights, but they are great stress relievers! Isn't family great?

Nope- you are thinking of Extreme Makeover. A lot of what they did involved helping people with birth defects or scars. Sometimes surgery for people who had done an amazing job losing a lot of weight and now were stuck with tons of saggy skin all over the place. They were mainly helping people who they thought really deserved the help because they were really good people or had already worked so hard to improve their lives. The Swan was different- they did complete transformations on these women to the point where you would not recognize them and they could not even recognize themselves. I don't know how big a group they started with but each week they would feature two of them- show the "befores", and highlights of their "transformations" (which did include therapy sessions, but mostly just a ton of procedures) then reveal the new improved version, and pick a "winner" at the end. Then all the weekly "winners" completed in a beauty pageant at the end of the season. It was creepy. I think they ran 2 seasons and I remember watching a few episodes.

"Miss Silicone Valley" might be more descriptive. No, this show was far worse. The plastic surgery was basically a "charity" for women with a ton of problems- emotional and otherwise and of course, incredibly low self esteem. All of whom seemed to blame their crappy lives on the fact that they were fat or unattractive (not any choices they made themselves.....) and thought their lives would be so much better if only their boobs were bigger and perkier or if they were "pretty". By the time the show was finished with these women, most of them looked like totally different people. It was disturbing, to be honest.

I think he's a platinum douche nozzle. I think they both are but the biggest platinum douche nozzles are the people at TLC who continue to feed the media frenzy in order to drive up ratings for their pathetic show. I hope there is a lot of money set aside for all the therapy those children will need.

Actually, FOX had a "reality show" a few years ago- The Swan? A bunch of women who went through all kinds of "transformations." Think extreme makeover to the extreme ......... All of them ended up having a lot of different surgical procedures- boob jobs, tummy tucks, face lifts, and a bunch had lipo on their "cankles". (I had never heard of doing lipo there until that show.) Then the women competed in a beauty pageant to win the title of "Swan".

No kids and no place to sit and eat in the kitchen. Yes, normally I eat dinner in front of the tv or computer unless its a special meal- then we'll use the dining room, turn the TV off and maybe play some music in the background. I cook most of the "big" meals at home- holidays, entertaining, etc...... If I put that much effort into dinner, people are going to sit together and enjoy it! When I was a kid we always ate dinner at the kitchen table as a family, no tv, and we had to ask to be excused when we were done. The dining room was for holidays.

Only on a DZ can you get away with that most of the time That is very true! I've had married guys compliment my "girls" in front of my SO and/or their wives.

Wow- I've had some *interesting* landings over the years but I can honestly say I have never gotten my bra dirty in the process.

Oddly enough, some of the best "advice" in this thread came from Shah. (Maybe he really has found his calling.......) But since you didn't really post looking for advice, I guess it doesn't matter.

Not getting a flu vaccine is socially irresponsible? WTF? I have never gotten a flu vaccine and do not consider myself a public health hazard. Not to mention, the H1N1 vaccine was developed and produced very quickly and has barely been tested- no one knows how effective it will be or if there are serious side effects. I wouldn't join any movement to block it, but I do reserve the right not to become a human test subject and that does not make me "socially irresponsible", a "public health hazard" or "crack pot."

Desparatus, Grow a pair. She's just not that into you!

Have you ever worked in an office with a community fridge before? People are pigs. The all or nothing approach is really the only way to go. No one should ever have to decide what is spoiled and what should be saved out of an office fridge. Not to mention- no one is under any obligation to empty and wash your tupperware. They just cleaned ours last Friday or I would have tried to post a picture. Unbelievably nasty- if not for the lack of beer bottles, you would have thought the fridge was from a frat house, not an office with adults working in it! Still, all that being said- if you are purging the office fridge and taking no prisoners- you need to give people several days warning. A strict schedule with different people in the office taking turns is even better. At my office, they'll do it about once a month- two people will dump everything, labeled or not, freezers too. Then we pay the cleaning crew a little extra to actually clean them inside and out!

Maybe its as simple as the person needing to remind him or herself why he or she can't go back. If you say it out loud often enough, maybe you'll convince yourself too? I don't know- I have always managed to stay friends with my exes and I don't talk sh*t about them, especially when there are mutual friends involved. Why drag them into your breakup drama?

I'm sure you will reconsider by Friday!