Arm yourself with as many options as possible before making your next move.

Most of us, however committed we are to our ideals, will find ourselves every now and again reading an attention-grabbing headline from the Daily Mail or some other lowest-common denominator. That's not the same thing as frequenting a site like the white supremacist Stormfront.

It's OK to tell your partner to objectify you. That's part of the fun of having a partner.

Letting events end is not rude. Everything ends.

I don't think it's a requirement that a happy, fulfilling relationship also provide the best sex of all time.

You don't need to hide the fact that you're in recovery, but you don't have to share your history of addiction with acquaintances at work, either.

If you don't like potlucks, the solution to your problem is "don't go to potlucks," not "insist other people don't have them."