It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living.
Mallory OrtbergIf youโre so forgetful that youโre incapable of remembering that a co-worker isnโt pregnant on three separate occasions in as many months, I worry about your memory and cognition skills.
Mallory OrtbergA woman who repeatedly asks a man she knows to be gay when he's going to get married and have children is not trying to let sleeping dogs lie.
Mallory OrtbergDepression 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 other bones you have that aren't broken.
Mallory Ortberg