Meh, it depends on the kids and how it’s handled. My nephews were our ringbearers at 3 and 6. The 3 year old wanted to do whatever his brother was doing. We were also cool with it if he opted out at the last minute. My niece was 4 but that was the third time she’d been a flower girl. She was pretty much a professional…

It’s not true, though. The party was themed “native and colonial.” He was 20 at the time. He definitely should have known better.

He was 20 and the party theme was “native and colonial.” He was absolutely old enough to know better.

Democrats are certainly better on gun control, that’s true. But if the “progressive” base really cared about it, it would have been a much bigger issue in the Democratic primaries.

Oh yes! Escape to the Country is so soothing. I’m going to watch that tonight and hope I dream of English cottages and not.... other things.

Fair enough. You’re probably right. I didn’t mean to take my anger/frustration out on you. It’s really hard not to think about how the kids in my class would handle that situation and it gets really real and scary.

I keep a bag of lollipops in the filing cabinet near where they have to be quiet. In the event that it wasn’t a drill or went on for a really long time, everyone is getting something stuck in their mouths. You have no idea how much I hate that I have a plan for that scenario.

I teach second grade. They know something is very, very wrong. The kindergarteners will figure it out when they see how freaked out the older kids are. I doubt they know what happened, yet. But they are all going to find out that a teacher was killed.

80% of K-8 teachers are women. 91% of people who murder their family members are men. Statistically, your assumption is extremely likely.

Unfortunately, kids are way more perceptive than we give them credit for. Drills would help, sure but they are going to know the difference right away.

Because as a country we looked at what happened at Sandy Hook and decided we were ok with it.

How much Americans move is very class based. Moving is expensive and so if people are moving for a job it’s usually a professional job that pays enough to make it worth it. It’s also hard to make generalizations about American culture when it varies so much regionally.

That’s good to hear. I’m in the valley, too. I do wonder if the accent that you call with makes a difference in Holyoke, though.

Someone who doesn’t “get it” but is willing to do what you ask to make you happy is probably actually better than someone who started on the same page as you. There’s a lot of respect in him doing what you ask even though he doesn’t get it.

Maybe a cheat sheet? With headings like “questionable political beliefs,” “baggage from parents,” “housecleaning blind spots.”

My mom claims that after a certain age the good guys are the ones who have been divorced. She said that good guys who had been divorced and learned from it were your best bet. I don’t know if that’s as true now as it was when she met my dad 35 years ago but it makes sense to me.

I was diagnosed with Lyme in July 2015 when it caused Bell’s Palsy. I still have residual pain and weakness on the right side of my face. Do your tick checks but also pay attention to your body. I never had a noticeable tick bite which is pretty common because the nymphs are so small you never see them.

That’s true everywhere. The rule of law is only ever as good as the people tasked with enforcing it.

The fact that NYC no longer has a middle class is a serious problem. But it also means that anyone who is buying property in NYC isn’t middle class. I understand that it’s incredibly frustrating for born and bred New Yorkers. I know a bunch of them because they moved here after being priced out. It doesn’t mean that…

She paid $36 for a water bottle that normally costs $15, too.