They do use lubrication. It's very cold. The procedure isn't comfortable at all but it's also usually not painful (not true for all women and not true all the time for most women, the muscles sometimes have a mind of their own). Most doctors are trained to be mindful of their patients' needs but occasionally you get someone who clearly doesn't get it. One time I was in pain and was told flatly that that's impossible. So it's always scary and stressful going in, because you just never know.

I also find that they always use like three times as much lubrication as is needed, so when it's all over you can continue to feel cold and uncomfortable and wet with it all slowly oozing out as you walk out of the clinic.

And on white carpet??

One of his best!

I have a friend that plays a weird compliment game with me anytime we see each other. It involves complimenting the other person while making the comment sounds like an insult. You need to get creative with it, the more unique or silly but still sincere the compliment, the better. When things get really heated, it might spiral out to complimenting others by association (e.g. "well YOUR MOTHER is delightful!")

This is quite a male take. Women don't really complain about this and it isn't anywhere near comparable to not helping with housework.

Besides, we need to normalize talking about competent partners. So many women I know are in terrible relationships because they've convinced themselves that all men are awful.

It's always at a point where the game suddenly requires a skill that isn't part of its usual gameplay. I played a crafting and exploration game that suddenly has a huge platforming element in the late game in a dungeon, and it was even timed! The rest of the game involved no platforming, and it wasn't even particularly difficult to do but I suck at platforming, never enjoyed it, and I especially did not need the stress of a timer in an otherwise relaxing game.

Another story rich game which was heavy on logistics suddenly turned into a shooter. No, thank you.

Another thing I hate is when I turn the difficulty down and the only option is to do it across the board so I may as well stop interacting with the game. I know I'm bad at fast-paced precision inputs. That doesn't mean I don't want cool puzzles to solve or complex systems.

I know, I know: "get good." I'm old. Shooting and platforming are not the skills I care to be developing at this stage of my life.

As much as I like escape rooms, I'd definitely reject the idea of having a first date with a man be somewhere where I'm locked in with him for at least x amount of time and I'm being judged on my actions. All I would be thinking about is "get me out of here!"

I know there are people monitoring the situation but I still would never agree to be so dependent on strangers on a first date.

Maybe go to a board game cafe instead and play some skill based games?

You can love pink openly. It's 2026, it's ok now.

I agree that it's something that needs to be practiced, like a muscle.

I don't think you understand... Even if they think they know what they want now, they might change their mind about it later.

/s obviously but this is an actual argument that has been used on me and it's infuriating! This argument makes sense only on small children, and it's telling that we think it can be applied to override grown women's decisions too.

What is this series and how did it get to have so many books without a proper editor?

Wash is level 1 but fold is level 3.