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Is it normal to never fight with your boyfriend (or girlfriend)?

sunnychef88 — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:17:17 -0800

Is it normal to never fight with your boyfriend/girlfriend? Should I get mad at him for certain things? I am dating a wonderful man who is a fellow undergraduate student at my university. We met through a religious community on campus, and have been dating for a bit less than a year. I really love him and know that he always wants what's best for me, but naturally, there are moments when I think he could be doing things differently. I am an easy-going person by nature (sometimes too easy going, being chronically late and procrastinating till the umpteenth hour), and sometimes I wonder if there are things I should make a bigger deal over, or get mad about. We *never* fight. Is it normal to have been dating for a bit less than a year, and to never have had cross words with one another? If there is something major that I'm unsure about, I'll mention it to him, saying x makes me a bit unhappy and proceeding to explain why. Then things change, and we go forward.

What are expectations women should have in relationships? My boyfriend is a conscientious worker, takes care of himself, is nice to everyone, makes time for us to be alone once a week, has a great relationship with God, is hilarious, is polite, is sexy, and truly cares for me.

That said, he doesn't say random sweet things unless I compliment him first, doesn't plan our dates ever (he always asks me what to do), he doesn't buy me things, rarely asks me questions about myself... are those things important at all? They don't bother me, but then again I've never dated anything else in my life.

When should I be legitimately angered about stuff and want to change things about our relationship? I feel like our low level of conflict isn't the norm. Or are two people who respect each other and don't sweat the small stuff always like this in relationships?

Can someone with relationship experience help me out?

(We're in our early 20s, for reference.)

If you sue and win a reluctant payer, will you ever see any money?

Sully — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:02:35 -0800

LawFilter: Recently in my city, a teacher was awarded thousands in a defamation lawsuit. I am wondering, in cases like this, where someone is justifiably awarded damages - What are their chances of getting the money? You are not a lawyer, but I am hoping someone who is conversant with the law can answer this for me. Isn't it the case that if someone refuses to pay, there's nothing that can be done? What can be done? I have also heard that courts will say that they are not collection agencies. What is the truth here? Is it the case that if you sue and win that if the person refuses to pay, that you'll never see any cash?

Miracles will never cease?

Blackwatch — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:14:14 -0800

What's the origin of the phrase: "Miracles will never cease." I used the phrase "Miracles will never cease" and a colleague pondered the origin of this idiom.

Google throws up a lot of instances, but I can't find an origin. I believe the original phrase may have been "Wonders will never cease," so "Miracles..." may be a corruption of that.

Grateful if anyone could give a definitive answer...

wedding party groomsmaid attendant

greta simone — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:43:49 -0800

So I've never been a bridesmaid. But I will be a groomsmaid. What should I expect? My good guy friend (I'm a female) asked me to be an attendant in his wedding this summer. What one calls this, or what he is choosing to call the position, I do not yet know, but right now I'm calling myself a groomsmaid because I like it.
I have never been in a wedding before, much less in this position, so I'm wondering what the general expectations are. Since this is not the most traditional of roles, I'd like to hear experiences from other women who have been groomsmaids. Some questions that I would like answered:
In what fun ways can I as a woman add to the guy side of the wedding party?
I'm not very close to the bride-to-be, but should I be expected to make an extra effort to play along with the bridal party side of things?

I'm assuming his brother is going to be best man, so I guess I'm not expected to do much in the way of planning events for him. My friend has already stated that he doesn't want a bachelor party, so I don't have to worry about playing along with strippers or doing shooters or playing paintball. His wedding will otherwise be of the traditional sort. So I guess I'm mostly just trying to make the best of my special role to make his wedding as awesome as he deserves, and looking for suggestions in order to do so.

Thanks!

I should really wonder about other things. But I don't.

ryecatcher — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:05:10 -0800

80sTVShow/FantasyFilter: Sword and Sorcery. At the end of each episode (?), the image would freeze and covert to a painting of said image. That's all I remember. I was 7 or 8 at the time so this would make it around 1985 or so. So. Yeah. That's all you get. Go to it, Mefites. On further thought, it might not have been the end of each episode...maybe the end of each commercial break.

And maybe...just maybe it was a sci-fi made for tv movie. I don't know.