No, but like, seriously. My sister's mother's daughter is a school teacher nurse in Connecticut and she knows a La-a. When she asked the mother about the unusual name, the mother replied, "It is pronounced "Lahyphena". That hyphen is not intended to be silent!"

Powerful men aren't used to having to answer for things I guess.

Have you read Tina Fey's Bossypants? She does some great stuff on the people who ask about her scar on her chin, or wonder how is it that she's so beautiful despite having a scar on her face, or say how beautiful her scar is. She puts those assholes in their place, fast, because it should not be revolutionary for a…

I wouldn't be surprised is size was dependent of status. I guess the well endowed yeoman would have to squeeze into a small, tight fitting codpiece. I'd imagine an emperor would need something like an elephant trunk to show off his "status."

Good for you for sticking to your guns. I feel the same if a woman has had a complicated vaginal delivery, she should have a C-Section. Congrats on your kidling!

i know i won't be the only one to chime in here, but VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) is often very safe.

One of my first graders this year says "tarter sauce" whenever something goes wrong. There's nothing like playing a game of sight word bingo where you hear tarter sauce after all but eight of the 50ish words.

So basically you liked it before it was cool, and now it's too mainstream? Woooow. OK then.

Know what I'm tired of? Judgemental dipshits. I wonder why that popped into my head so suddenly....

If you're tired of tattoos, you should probably stop getting tattoos. Or you're talking about choices made by other people about their own bodies. In which case, mind your own business perhaps?

Ha! Your kid is hilarious... but jeez I wish you luck getting a couple of smart role models into his life as well :)

Of course a mother is going to think that, all parents say stuff like that. There isn't a meaning to life or anything like that that works for everyone, we all get our own. For some of us that will be a career, a family or a relationship, other people have different goals and dreams. If you want people to respect your…

You don't know why people might get excited hearing good news from people they love? Really?

They aren't celebrating pregnancy generally - they're celebrating the fact that their loved one is pregnant and that they will soon have another loved one in their family. I doubt that any one of these future grandparents would celebrate in the same way if their best friend's daughter or a distant cousin got pregnant.

That's fine, cuz this is not about you.

Truly spoken as someone who is in no position to tackle the subject. Talk about why you didn't have kids in terms of you, not in terms of anyone else.