my aunt had trouble conceiving so when my mom told me she was pregnant, i immediately sent a card.  she lost the baby a few days after i sent it. well, in my defense, i was young...er than i am now.

That sounds awful, but I’m glad everything turned out OK. This illustrates what a co-worker of mine, of Greek origin, once told me, that they don’t believe in baby showers before the baby is born in case something goes wrong. Makes sense.

SAME. 

Will you please be my mom? I am 38 but in the market for a good one.

People across the nation are grieving with you, so please do know you are not alone. Take heart in the advances we were able to make, if you can. There’s always tomorrow.

Sometimes kids just need a good beati....er...I mean....reeducation. Yes. Reeducation. Via wooden spoon.

I’m born and raised OTP but I moved away recently for grad school. I have plans to come back because my parents are getting older but it’s so tempting not to.

My atheist aunt still loves to laugh about the time my one cousin found Jesus for a summer or so in her teens. She even moved out and lived in with a born-again family because the her parents were “heathens.” She grew out of it pretty quickly and is a cool person now.

Good luck. My sister’s is 26, but she made him the way he is, so fat chance he’s gonna grow from it. I can’t disown the lot without breaking my mother’s heart, but after she’s dead all bets are off.

Lord. I hope he grows out of that. With you as his mom, I imagine he will. 

Oh! This reminds me of the dumb neighbor I sort of dated... he was so, so incredibly not smart. He was as hot as he was stupid though, & I was 20 and way too forgiving of ‘teh dumb’. We went to see some historical fiction type movie with a group of friends, he was already asking ridiculous questions before the first…

It gets even worse!!

I have lots of siblings and this year it’s my turn to host Thanksgiving. We’re not having turkey, because I don’t like it, and instead we’re having salmon (I checked with the siblings and they’re fine with this notion.) A couple of them are staying over with their kids and I said, “Well, I hope you’re bringing…

YOU CAN DO THIS! Totally. 

I bet it’ll be lots of fun, I love hosting! Just remember to get your time to relax and enjoy the company!

Sending positive vibes in your direction. What the other posters said about relaxing and not pointing out any mess, is all true. Hope it’s good time!

I learned something interesting a while back. Most people actually won’t notice a slight mess unless you point it out to them. Saying something like “don’t mind the mess” or anything of the like makes people look harder and notice things they otherwise wouldn’t have.

Relax. Smile a lot. Enjoy. Everything will be fine.

If things get too intense, just say you have to go to the store for bread and then check into a motel until everything blows over.

Totally agree!  I hadn’t watched in a while so I wasn’t sure if Phil’s dad was still “alive” on the show.  I think these are the top 3 options: Shelly Long/Claire & Mitchell’s mom, the dog, Phil’s dad.