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"It Just Seems So Insincere": 17 Phrases Americans Use That The Rest Of The World Doesn't Really Understand
November 1, 2025
“Start a family.”
“I have a visceral negative reaction to ‘to start a family’ which, contrary to the way I interpreted it the first time I heard it, means not moving in together or getting married but having children. My problem with this phrase is, of course…
There’s a lot of mystery surrounding sex in your 60s, 70s and beyond.
Look online and you’ll find countless threads where curious younger people ask if older people are having sex at all, and if they are having it, what it’s like. “What does it feel…
Tread Lightly Before Discussing This Topic With Your Older Parents
October 12, 2025
Americans are working until later and later in life. That’s in part because of longer life spans, and in part because many older adults are behind in retirement savings and have to stick it out. (According to one 2022 survey, 71% of baby boomers say they feel behind on…
Those flocking to Erika Kirk ― like those who flocked to Phyllis Schlafly in the ’70s and ’80s ― don’t see anything hypocritical in any of this, said Donald Critchlow, a professor of history at Arizona State University and the author of Phyllis Schlafly and…
Osborn said she reads a lot of the comments on ADHD articles and sees so much criticism and hurtful attitudes: Things like “you’re just lazy, you’re just not trying hard enough, just buckle down, you’re immature, what a terrible awful wasteful person.”
What she…
Xavier, 27, found out through mutual friends that his ex-girlfriend was seeing a guy who looked like him. What added insult to injury was that he’d met the guy before.
“It was a rollercoaster, finding out,” he said. “He looks exactly like me but just shorter ―…
