You're right; in the strictest sense I am pro-choice in that I think people should be free to make that choice, even when they make what I consider to be a bad choice. It's more discomfort with baggage that seems to come with the label. I think you're onto something when you point out that for some people, pro-choice…

That's kind of how I feel: I hate abortion, I think it's dreadful, and yet I think every woman should have the ability to make that choice. I oppose government restriction of that choice. I don't call myself pro-choice; I just think that out of all the possible ways to handle this, the least-worst is letting women…

Oh ok. Gotcha.

OK what? How can you be refused otherwise-stipulated paid vacation on moral grounds? Or are you talking about non-competes where you can't do certain things for the competition, even if you're on holiday from your regular employer?

Yeah, I'm trying to get better with the self-care, and going down the illicit-drug route is probably going to cause more problems than it solves :)

My baby (the one who's puking now) is pretty good about making it somewhere less awful before tossing his cookies. The eldest, though, seems to go out of his way to make it gruesome. The same night as the waterfall of puke, he was sitting on the toilet in the bathroom, feeling queasy. So he's in the BATHROOM -…

Oh god, my eldest did that once! We woke up to the sound of splashing from a great height, knew immediately what it was, and then found out that he'd managed to hit a massive stack of books. I tried to explain to him that puking ON the bed would mean just one set of bedding to wash, whereas spattering it from five…

Relationships ending are a very particular hell. Go see Rush this weekend!

No, I'm sure you're not! My point was just that the cases I've seen have been fairly extreme, and there were other indicators going in that things were not well. One was a student who had used up the max time allotted for the degree and gotten two extensions, and tried to defend even though everyone knew he wasn't…

He's being a trooper.

Ah, then I have nothing helpful to say, except that I'm sorry, and hope things level out.

No experience with mood stabilizers, but experience with stress and vivid dreams in reaction to grief and sleep disruption. I would consider seeing the person who presribes the Lamictal to ask about both that, and something short term that will level out the sleep. Sleep deprivation is considered torture for a reason,…

Never let them think you're complacent, but in my experience the only ones who get failed/sent back at your stage are truly egregious cases. It is in the school's best interest, as well as your advisor, for you to do well. I was a nervous bundle of tremors and nausea, and to my profound shock actually really enjoyed…

If you don't get the results you want, I'd suggest looking for a beauty school - they provide decent service, will usually call the instructors to consult for complicated things (like colour correction) and charge like 25% of what a salon would.

So much.

Beats mine: husband is camping, the child puked. I won't post a photo.

OK, "felt gross" as in "felt that you shouldn't have eaten, and purged?"

OK, I'm finding something similar. Especially post children, which is weird because I'd heard the scarring of each pregnancy makes it progressively worse. I have about two bad periods a year, and the rest are almost blink and you'll miss them. The two are totally at random, as far as I can tell, but hey, I'll take it…

Thinking of you, and good luck. You'll be a great mom - your posts have always impressed me with your intelligence and experience. I've seen too many friends go through this to say "it'll happen when the time is right," etc, so I'll just say I hope things go well.

I've read women make the same argument about Blurred Lines that your gay male friend did. Everyone can have an opinion about what feminism is/how women should act/any issue at all. For me, the issue is, does this person have opinions you find so problematic that it interferes with the friendship, and/or is person a…