I think that it's a great idea to have honest conversations about children before getting married. I also think it's impossible to promise someone, "What I want right now will never change, and as long as I promise you I do - or don't - want a child - or a specific number of children - before we get married, we will never have to experience fear, anxiety, uncertainty, or the pain of not getting what we want, when we want it.
Mallory OrtbergBad dental hygiene can lead to respiratory infections and an increased risk for heart disease and strokes.
Mallory OrtbergI'm of the belief that dating "potential" is almost always an exercise in frustration.
Mallory OrtbergPeriodontal bacteria can easily slip into the bloodstream and cause infection elsewhere in the body.
Mallory OrtbergAn adult woman should not be so possessive of her own birthday that she begrudges her friends the chance to get married on the same day.
Mallory OrtbergI love the art history ones because it's so little work for me. There's so many paintings that when I look at them, the look on the lady's face is like so clear and her body language and her posture or their physical situation is so immediately recognizable. Anyone who's been in a conversation they didn't want to have, or been getting harangued by a little kid they didn't want to pay attention to or been tired and wanted to go to bed is just like, "Yes, of course."
Mallory Ortberg