Dear Auntie...

"My girlfriend and I (m) have been dating for over a year. She's great in every way, but there's one thing that's making me really frustrated.

We've been sleeping together for about a year. And she's great in bed, but I feel really unfulfilled sometimes. Whenever one of us wants to try something we'll talk about it, but there is one thing she won't try. See, I really want her to blow me, but she's uncomfortable with the idea. We haven't really discussed it even though we have great communication on everything else. The times I've asked why she doesn't want to blow me, she's given a vague answer about being uncomfortable with it or mentions a "mental wall."

And I don't want to be a dick and force her to do something, but this is a problem and it's affecting our relationship. I just don't feel excited about having sex with her. And if she weren't so reluctant about blowing me, that might change. I absolutely understand that she might be uncomfortable with the idea, but I just feel like there's something missing from our sex life. We've tried other exciting things and those are great, but I really want her to blow me. And every time I've asked her why she won't just do it she gives the same vague answers about mental walls and being uncomfortable and won't give a better explanation. What should I do? Do I just drop the subject and hope she feels more comfortable with this later on, or is there anything else I could do?"

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In the interests of not creating a straw man argument, I'm not going to write a response to this hypothetical letter. But if I were going to, what should I say? Should I encourage the writer to wait and respect his girlfriend's boundaries regardless of when they might change, or should I propose an "anything else"? Would I be promoting rape culture if I suggested the latter? What would you think of someone who writes a letter like this in the first place? Are his girlfriend's boundaries and explanations reasonable? Does she owe him more? What does her "no" mean?

Now, what do you think about this?

http://community.sparknotes.com/2014/07/29/auntie-sparknotes-my-boyfriend-wont-do-certain-sexy-things

Has your opinion of the writer and the response changed in any way? Why?

Should it?

Dear readers,

I hope you all know that today is Suicide Prevention Day. If you didn't, I hope I just made you care. If you don't, go reevaluate your life purpose.

I've never known a suicide completer, but I know people who have been depressed to the point of planning or even attempting to take their own life. I've never been there myself, but I can understand that feeling of not being good enough, of not feeling important, of trying your hardest to connect with someone but feeling alone regardless. And I can tell you, it gets better. It's not even a cliche, it's a truth.

Everyone faces their own challenges and everyone has their own set of circumstances. You might be right when you say no one understand what you're going through. But that doesn't mean they can't understand how you feel about what you go through. If you ever feel down, just try talking to someone. It can make a world of difference.

Dear dumb girl in my English class,

How the hell does a dead bug fly into your mouth?!

Dear world...

Dear dumb girl in my AP History class,

"...Were the Powderpuff Girls based off Freud?!"

NO.

Makes me want to change my mind about majoring in Psychology.

Sincerely,

Someone who can take class seriously.

Dear dumb girls in my history class,

You know something's wrong when the teacher has to go around to every group and ask them if they understand the directions. The directions were to go on a website with sections and read the section assigned to you.

It's not that hard.

Don't read the whole thing.

If you don't get it, you should not be in this class. Just sayin

g.

And you definitely shouldn't be using the Google Doc chat box for this...

Especially when you don't know how to do "dis assignment".

And this makes no sense:

Sincerely,

"The smart group".

Dear marching band...

False. Guard strips.

Dear dumb girl in my math class,

Okay, so the teacher showed us a picture of Vatican City and explained that at .17 square miles, it is the world's smallest city.

The picture does not show the entire city. It shows only a part of the city. The actual city is bigger.

As you can see, the picture shows blacktop. No one lives in it. No, it is not "like, a playground", and as for the rest of the city, the population of about 800 contains the Pope, his Cardinals, and other Church members. The Pope has his own city/country, because he is the most important figure in Catholicism. But you should have learned that in the AP European History class you also take.

Sincerely,

...really?!

^This was the picture.

Dear dumb girls in my AP History class,

"Thesis" is not pronounced like "feces". No one wants to read your feces. Ew.

Yes, you do say an FRQ, but not for the reasons you stated. "F starts with the letter E so it's an FRQ" is not a valid statement. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. To this, the only thing I can ask is what are you on?!

Sincerely, I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Dear freshmen in my choir class,

SING!!!
We have a freaking concert tonight, and you still don't know the song?!
Wait... not now...
That's the tenor entrance. Not the sopranos'.

Don't blame the director for going crazy and almost banning you for singing. If you can't even hit a D, you shouldn't be a soprano.

Sincerely,
The only girl in the class who's singing.

P.S. I won't be singing this in the concert. You're on your own.