I understand polyamory is different from polygamy, and doesn't share the latter's rigid and noxious views that men run the show and are the only ones allowed multiple partners.

I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.

The human heart is a mysterious and sometimes dark place.

The world's full of victims and the world's full of terrible perpetrators and I want them identified and caught.

Sometimes people back themselves into corners where they think they have to make kind of an engraved-in-stone decision.

I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who were going through the same experiences I was. I totally understand the appeal of a mature, dashing older man over fellow twenty-somethings who are still figuring things out. And, true, a fling with an older man can be instructive in many ways, and no doubt he finds you attractive.

Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address.