Ask Amy advice column: sharing adult children s news with an ex-spouse; woman upset when people point at her and tell their small children she looks like their grandmother; reaction to
Dear Amy: I am a new mom with two 1-year-old babies.
My wife and I love being moms, but I am pretty heartsick that due to the pandemic, none of my family members have met our fast-growing babies in person.
For the first year, I took this in stride and assumed that visits would be possible in 2021 â after vaccinations.
We are an eight-hour flight away from our family, and driving is not possible.
I donât feel comfortable taking our unmasked babies on a long flight (safety-wise).
However, my family members are either unwilling to vaccinate, or are vaccinated, but with no plans to visit.
Dear Amy: My roommate âBartâ and I are mostly on great terms with one another, but a few times a month, he and I go through a frustrating routine.
It usually starts with me casually expressing my opinion on something, during the course of an otherwise normal conversation.
If he disagrees, he gets angry and curses at me. I ask him if we can talk about it, and then he storms off, doesnât talk to me for days, and then, when heâs ready, heâll start talking to me again.
Iâm enabling his behavior by dropping the subject and letting him think itâs OK if he mistreats me in this way.
April 22, 2021 12:15 AMLegal
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SAN FRANCISCO A recent study out of James Cook University in Australia shows pornography use is not associated with sexist views.
JCU psychology lecturer Dr. Dan Miller and fellow researchers surveyed more than 300 heterosexual men on their pornography habits and attitudes towards women.
“The idea that pornography promotes sexism is frequently proposed by the media and in academic discourse,” Miller said. “Not only was there no link between overall pornography use and sexism, use of violent and humiliating pornography specifically was also not associated with greater sexism.
Indeed, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (formerly Morality in Media) website claims, without evidence, that “Pornography fosters aggression by normalizing and depicting verbal and physical violence as enjoyable.”
Dear Amy: In March of 2020, right before the pandemic hit, I got married.
I was considered a Bridezilla, I disagree; I was just very set on planning my own wedding with my husband, and we didnât want or take othersâ suggestions.
I have seen my own family and friends settle for what those around them wanted instead of what they wanted.
As I was planning my wedding, my two best friends since junior high school made it very clear what I should or shouldnât do.
I was very clear with them that my husband and I were planning our wedding together, without any other input, although as we were planning, I would offer certain information about what we were planning.