It's so difficult to figure out how to offer support and also be honest with someone you love who's in a damaging relationship without making them feel defensive and retreating even further into isolation.
Knowledge of death is the beginning of wisdom. - Mallory Ortberg
Knowledge of death is the beginning of wisdom.
- Mallory Ortberg
Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the o… - Mallory Ortberg
Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the o…
If this is something you'd truly like to work on, not out of a sense of guilt but because you would enjoy occasionally reciprocating, there are a wea… - Mallory Ortberg
If this is something you'd truly like to work on, not out of a sense of guilt but because you would enjoy occasionally reciprocating, there are a wea…
As long as you don't think he's just pretending not to mind for your sake, it sounds like he has truly accepted that blow jobs are too difficult and … - Mallory Ortberg
As long as you don't think he's just pretending not to mind for your sake, it sounds like he has truly accepted that blow jobs are too difficult and …
Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people. - Mallory Ortberg
Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.
It can't hurt to have a backup. - Mallory Ortberg
It can't hurt to have a backup.
So many people choose silence after the immediate wake of a death out of fear of saying something out of turn or "bringing up bad memories" that bere… - Mallory Ortberg
So many people choose silence after the immediate wake of a death out of fear of saying something out of turn or "bringing up bad memories" that bere…
Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badge… - Mallory Ortberg
Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badge…
If your partner asks you if something bothers you, and something bothers you, the best thing you can do is say, "Yes, it bothers me." Otherwise you c… - Mallory Ortberg
If your partner asks you if something bothers you, and something bothers you, the best thing you can do is say, "Yes, it bothers me." Otherwise you c…
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