Here is a photo of my paternal grandmother, Henrietta, and here is an old speech from an award that she got for being a civil rights, civil liberties, and socialist activist, as well as an all-around badass.

I really wish they would go through all of the comments and pull the best stories instead of just picking the most commented on ones. The obvious fakes tend to be the most discussed because everyone jumps in to call it out. Even if you're just going to pick the most popular ones, maybe, just maybe, the editor should… Read more

You're like the guy version of Burneko. Read more

My husband died. I moved on eventually. Some British nobleman tried wooing me. I fell for him. We boned in a Liverpool hotel. He asked me to marry him. I said no, and then cut my hair short. Read more

I created an account JUST to reply to this. Read more

Wow! Thanks! Read more

Oh, I can participate in this one.. Read more

The other night my roommate and I were discussing how awkward sporting event proposals are. She then told me the story of a friend who was proposed to at a big time professional event. Jumbotron and all. So of course she had to say yes even though she was mortified. And then had to breakup with the guy a week or so… Read more

We had dated for about three years, the last of which was long distance when I moved away for grad school. He was a smotherer and constantly hacking into my email and Myspace (Oh, the olden days!) accounts to check up on me - and rightly so, since I was essentially fucking every guy in sight. Read more

He proposed to me on a beach on an island. Read more

The scene: Horrible abusive relationship. The inevitable morning after the all too familiar horrific night before. I am packing my bags. Unfortunately not for the first time, and not for the last. Read more

I proposed to my then girlfriend after we'd been dating a couple of months. She said 'no'. We broke up 18 years later. Read more

We had been on a date and a half (the half date was he had asked for a ride home from something else, and then asked if we could just go to my place to watch a movie. I was too spineless to say no). He left shortly after to go to school out of state, and called me to tell me he had "received revelation" that we were… Read more

My ex popped the question after I had already broken up with him for (among other things) his lack of commitment. I had full on moved out and it had been a month since our breakup, but I was over because I still had a key to his apt as I was helping him raise his son. I told him I'd give him some time to make solid… Read more

I came back from the doctor and said I probably couldn't get pregnant without a lot of help - help I've decided I didn't want. He hugged me, said it was OK, and asked me to marry him. Right there, in the hallway, with a litter box not 2 feet away. I said no. Read more

We dated (or not, based on his "we're just really good friends" explanation to coworkers and friends) for five years - with a few short breaks wherein he dated on other woman and my sister(!). He asked my to marry him right before he was to move away to take a new job. I realized I would end up miserable or in jail… Read more

We were both 22 (he was maybe 23), and it was February, time for responses to grad school applications. We had been dating (the kind of dating you do in college) for about a year. He received his acceptance from a prestigious design school in the NE that morning, and evidently spent the day romanticizing/fantasizing… Read more

My rejection was pretty uneventful. I think I was 23 or 24 so this was like 7 years ago. There was no ring; we were lying in bed one morning and he said, "we should get married this summer" and I was like, "nahhh, I don't feel like I'm ready to get married yet. If we get married before we finish school I'll feel like… Read more