Two years is a masters, not a PhD. Still worth doing.

A PhD thesis is approximately equivalent to someone working full time on a specific subject for four years, if you include coursework and such into the time.

There’s the whole ‘broken trust’ aspect, from the financial stuff. People don’t want to have sex with spmeone they can’t trust. Maybe she is also exhausted from working and taking care of your four children. Perhaps taking some load off of her by helping out more around the house would decrease the stress levels and make her more likely to be in the mood.

Sunwise and widdershins! Only heard the term when I met some witches. IRL witches! It’s a thing.

It’s perhaps stupider than that. The guy couldn’t take getting made fun of on Twitter, so he bought and killed it.

It feels like being safe, and wrapped in a cocoon of warmth. That you never have to regret.

Username is now kwanker

Think about the reasons behind your feelings. If it is shyness and some anxiety around the social aspect of it, that’s one thing. If there is a deeper reason why you might feel uncomfortable with these people or why they might reject you, that’s something else to acknowledge. Good luck.

Insult to injury. What a smug usurping little scab.

Science is neutral, but can be used for evil.