Oh, please. Marriage is only as sacred as the two people in it consider it to be. Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. People get married all the time who then go on to treat their spouse like crap. Sometimes the spouse on the receiving end of that behavior ends up getting their needs met elsewhere. Life is not that black and white. Is everyone here sure they know the true state of each marriage with which they are acquainted? Is everyone here sure they don't know at least one marriage that started as an affair?

Now, I am not defending affairs, cheating or lying. If your spouse is being emotionally abusive, best to address that one way or another within the marriage. Some people don't have the wherewithal to do that due to personality or circumstance. They are wrong for cheating, but even with that, don't all deserve the stark condemnation shown here. What if you do address it within the marriage and they still keep dishing it out? If someone can't treat their spouse properly, there will be consequences.

One thing's for sure: people will always rise to the challenge laying out judgment.

LW, leave this woman. As someone else said, it isn't your job to keep your girlfriend in her marriage vows. But, dude, this isn't good. At this point you have to know she isn't going to give you any more. DO NOT waste your time waiting around for her. You are being used and won't be happy when you wake up to that fact some years down the road. She doesn't respect you and you won't respect yourself in time either. Even if you don't move on to another relationship, it's better for your girlfriend to be in competition with nothing and lose out to it. Make this about you. Get out.

Bible Spice! OMG, THANK YOU! That is the perfect moniker for this scary joker.

And, every election people *say* they don't want negativity, but we've also lost whenever we've assumed taking the high road means not properly responding to the mud. Obama needs to respond, do so appropriately, and come out smacking McCain if need be. It isn't like there's nothing to say there.

Where can I buy a replica??? Not only is it a very pretty ornament, but I couldn't agree more with its sentiment.

I have been waiting for an article related to this subject to come up for ages:

Splendide and KiteFlyer, you both changed my life for the way better by posting about menstrual cups back around April 2008.

I recommend anyone tired to death of dealing with tampons or pads and the companies that push them to give divacup, ladycup, and their growing ilk a try. There's a very steep learning curve, but once you're past that, it's the most wonderful way of dealing with menses. No, really.

Diva is available at some local stores like Whole Foods or REI. It and others can also be had from ebay or amazon. It is SO worth the time, money, and learning curve.

Run a search on livejournal & menstrual cups for a great community of information.

One product that lasts for years and is very green.

THANK YOU SPLENDIDE and KITEFLYER!

"but her hospital called an emergency hearing to determine the rights of the fetus. A court held that the fetus' right to life outweighed its mother's..."

In what way are they determining this? Do they have an explanation for the metric used to arrive at this conclusion?

Juliebird hits my point of question: how did the hospital board/court determine that the fetus's life was worth more than the mother's? Growing up, my mother always stressed to me "what would an infant's life be without it's mother?" when we talked about theoretical choices between saving the mother or the baby in a tricky delivery. Judaism measures that the adult woman is contributing a known quantity and values it more highly than the unknown presented by a baby in such a dilemma. How did the court & others reaching a dissimilar conclusion get there? I can't see it from where I'm standing.

was employing satire. (Thanks for the laugh.)

Personally, I am sick to death of this whole time of year. It is NOT a season of good cheer. It is a season of discomfort and stress. I wish the whole thing would be much shorter and of much, much smaller scope.

I am not a Christian, so in theory, if it's such a religious holiday, I shouldn't be expected to participate. If it's not a religious holiday, then it's secular and a "war" on it is spurious.

Of course it is largely treated as a secular holiday. Even my Hindu and Sikh friends have a tree and decorations. That's the nice part of this season, but I'm sure (yes, genuinely certain) these folks have not "accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior," which seems to be one of the criteria Christians claim for being so. So what do we do? Only Christians celebrate and it's religious, or everyone does and it's secular. If Christians really want to reclaim the religious aspect of this holiday, it seems that fostering it as ubiquitous is the wrong approach.

and this new letters format REALLY, REALLY SUCKS.