I'm officially one of the last ones standing. I'm almost 30 and I'm not married. I'm having a really hard time dealing with this. Have you ever been last or close to last? How did you deal with the horrible feelings of inadequacy that accompany that? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 15, 2009 - 84 answers

This is sort of a personal question, so I don't know if anyone will really want to respond or not, but here goes. I'm at a point in my life where I'm seriously starting to cast about for a real relationship. But as I try and try to find somebody, I'm noticing that most of my ideas about how these things go down play out in my head like sixth-generation bootlegs of hokey '90s romantic comedies. I've never had a real relationship before. I think it would be easier for me to find one for myself if I knew what they looked like at the start. So my question to you is: How did you fall in love? [more inside]
posted by AAAA on Oct 24, 2008 - 45 answers

Wedding readings: I'm looking for a poem or a passage that will emphasize the couple's love of travel and their focus on the environment/outdoors. [more inside]
posted by barometer on Aug 22, 2007 - 8 answers

A few months back, there was a bunch of hoopla over a report which several right-wing pundits kept referencing. It stated that data showed same-sex couples were less fit to raise children than hetero couples. I remember it being widely discredited as a bit of fluff put out by some fundy think tank, and I think that John Stewart had some fun with it. Can anyone give me any information on this report or any credible studies which refute it? Thanks.
posted by es_de_bah on Nov 6, 2005 - 3 answers