The size and prominence of hearing aids varies a lot. I work with two kiddos who use hearing aids. One has very low profile ones that are most clear, the other has larger ones that are also bright pink.

Secrets of a Summer Night (the first Wallflower book) was the first romance novel I ever read. I was bored and unemployed. My neighbor lent me a book. Not only have I read a tremendous number of romance novels but that neighbor is now one of my best friends. I’ll always have a soft spot for that series.

Heh, I have 3 students named Ruby. You'd be better off with Sarah nowadays. At least where I live. These things can be super regional.

A trend is a pattern. Mason was rapidly climbing. It broke into the top 100 in 1997. Mason Disick was born in December of 2009. In 2010, it was #12. You can blame the Kardashians but it’s irrational.

Mason was already a popular name when you used it. It seems a little bit silly to blame the Kardashians for participating in the same trend as you.

I always thought that his issue was that he takes after his mother.

I was due to get my period the day we got back from our honeymoon. It came a week early, the morning of the wedding. Menstruation’s a bitch.

But those aren’t low prestige jobs and in the same way that teaching is.

If you are pregnant, make sure that you discuss as many possible scenarios with your partner as possible. There is no such thing as informed consent once you are fully in labor. I couldn’t even form coherent sentences most of the time.

My kid won't eat if he's too distracted. He just gets increasingly cranky. I'm always grateful for a decent space to nurse.

You've piqued my interest. I've seen lots of Red Sox grooms cakes and rehearsal dinner cakes. I've even been to a Red Sox themed baby shower. I've never seen one as the primary cake before, though.

That’s really not the same. Last I checked there was not a single comment on this story condemning co-sleepers. I may internally roll my eyes at the folks who have 4 year olds who still need to be held to fall asleep but no one is threatening to call CPS on those people or accusing them of not loving their child…

I thought that was only the occasional mother-in-law. It must depend on where you live. Among the parents I know it’s basically brave to admit you’re not doing anything that’s not 100% attachment parenting.

Never in my life have I encountered a group of people more sanctimonious, lower on empathy, or convinced of their own rightness than evangelical co-sleepers.* The most evangelical one in my mom’s group was eventually asked to leave after the facilitator found out people were avoiding the group because she was so awful…

A lot of people in the comments have defined middle class as being able to afford the basic necessities.

How is that you got from being able to live what you call a "meh" part West Palm Beach to "not having a roof over your head"? Yes, you can be middle class and there are still places you can't afford to live. Just because I can't afford the pent house doesn't mean I can't stay int he hotel.

What do couples who keep totally separate bank accounts do if one spouse is unemployed or wants to go back to school? Are they just SOL?

Meh, a typical Boston winter is way less shitty than a typical Houston summer. And if you're comparing this winter to a bad hurricane season it's still better in Boston.

My dad died when I was nine. For a chunk of my childhood he had a job with a crappy commute. He got home right before my brother and I went to bed. So he did the bedtime routine. Long after I forgot what his conversational voice sounded like I could remember the voices he did when he read us bedtime stories. I also…

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