According to a common definition, chivalry is “the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honor, courtesy, justice, and a readiness to help the weak.” The word is usually associated with the medieval institution of knighthood when knights’ and gentlewomen’s behaviors were governed by chivalrous social codes.” Today, however, we understand chivalry … Read more

As temperatures drop, the cooler months are getting increasingly more difficult to bear, encouraging people to start playing with their thermostats. This young woman was not given access to the thermostat in her home, though. Her parents asked the AITA community if they were in the wrong for not letting their daughter turn up the … Read more

A less commonly talked about “superpower” of the internet is the ability to make thousands, if not millions of people realize that in many ways we are actually a lot more alike than we might think. In fact, if you think about it, memes can only function if there is some shared understanding and frame … Read more

The modern world provides all of us (okay, almost all of us) with incredibly wide opportunities to access a wide variety of information, useful and useless, boring and exciting. And it’s not surprising that often the locomotive of this access is youth and even kids. But the problem is that openness to everything new often … Read more

Fashion isn’t always an easy concept to grasp, and numerous are the trends that do not always appear to make much sense. It appears that a new craze has taken the industry by storm, and luckily for us non-model mere mortals, this new conception is rather low-maintenance. Vogue declared the looks of dirty hair as … Read more

For new parents, naming their baby can be both a blessing and, sometimes, a curse. You see, while most moms and dads have at least a rough idea of what name they’re going to register for their little miracle, some do struggle to come up with something original. And this can be a daunting task … Read more

Despite the plethora of media around getting married, real, honest depictions of regular married life are few and far between. The result is that many things that couples go through are simply never portrayed, which leads to skewed perceptions among newlyweds. So someone asked women “What are some brutal marriage truths that are not commonly … Read more

Many people feel on cloud nine after expressing their intention to marry each other and this often becomes a starting sign for the wedding preparations to begin, yet it doesn’t always lead to such a resolution. People shared their stories of the latter experience online, answering one Redditor’s question: “People who were engaged at one … Read more

Halloween can be a ton of fun. Aside from getting a free pass to eat all the candy that you want, you can really showcase your creativity when it comes to designing your costume. While many people go above and beyond the call of duty to create intricate and fantastical designs, others take the opposite … Read more

As rewarding as it is, being an A-list celebrity also requires a lot of sacrifices, and one of the biggest ones is anonymity and autonomy. They go to the beach and there’s already a swarm of paparazzi waiting for them in the dunes, taking thousands of shots as soon as they arrive. With so many … Read more