You had me at “Respect it’s personal space and the fact that it hasn’t given consent.”

Ugh. I avoided the elf because I am lazy and I didn’t want to have to think of things to do with it, or remember to move it around. Little Doo asked for one this year, so I gave it to her as a birthday present (back in October). I still haven’t read the book to see what the “rules” are. I didn’t move the elf until she…

It doesn’t matter if you remember any of your schooling when they change the teaching methods. I was helping my first grader with her homework last year and the instructions said to create “fact family houses”. WTF is a fact family house? My daughter said “Mom, you don’t know what fact family houses are?”

I LOVED algebra (I also had a schoolgirl crush on one of my algebra teachers). I loathed geometry. I hated the theorems and having to prove out every step.

I’m a little older. For me it would have to be NKOTB.

So a quick poll, Jezzie moms: did you wait until your child asked about sex, or did you raise the topic? I have an 8 year old, and I’ve been pondering this question, especially as she spends more time in the care of others (school, summer day camps). She has a book called Amazing You that uses the proper anatomical…

Yep, me either. I have a toddler who hates sleeping in his carseat. Over the 4th of July he screamed most of the way from LA to Phoenix, even with me in the backseat next to him. On the way home, same thing. He screamed all the way to Palm Springs before falling fitfully asleep at midnight.

Yes, they are just fine. I believe they were both born vaginally and not via c-section. My SIL claimed she had to get pregnant right away in case the herpes made her infertile, but I think that was just an excuse. She loves babies. They are perfectly healthy. Occasionally their fingers peel, which I’m not sure if…

As an alternative, consider supporting Gabby Giffords’ organization, Americans for Responsible Solutions. If anyone has a right to speak out about gun control, it’s her.

For New Year’s Eve 1999, my boyfriend (future and now ex-Mr. Doo) and I ate at a restaurant where $100 or so booked our table for the night and a multiple-course meal. They served a corn chowder that was so good if I was at home I would have licked the bowl, and I still rave about that chowder. By the time the entrees…

From what I’ve read and from listening to Dan Savage’s podcast, condoms aren’t necessarily 100% successful at preventing the spread of herpes. You can have sores outside of the genitals that can spread from skin-to-skin contact.

Yep! My brother got herpes from his first sexual partner in high school, and he gave it to my SIL (all info second-hand from my mother). I have a niece and a nephew both born after she was infected.

Yeah, and did anyone pressure him to pass that kidney stone without pain meds?

Another adult child of an alcoholic here. On Halloween she was so drunk she passed out on my bed for several hours until Little Doo started asking when she was going to wake up.

I was sitting at my alcoholic mother’s kitchen table, reading a magazine with no make-up, my glasses on, and my hair pulled back in a headband. Mom said “Don’t ever let [ex Mr. Doo] see you like that.”

I’m not mommy-shaming her at all. I’m not married and none of my family is close by, so I don’t have anyone to watch my kids unless I pay a sitter, which gets to be expensive. I never watched Teen Mom so I have no idea who this lady is or what her situation is. For all I know, her kid(s) is in school all day or her…

Thanks a lot, I’ll take a look! I used to do the Reebok and Jane Fonda step aerobics at home. I did a little research on the P90X workouts when Amazon had a special on them a few months ago, but I’m so out of shape at this point I don’t know that I could get through the first one (P90x, I’ve heard it’s difficult).

I was thinking the exact same thing. When does she work out and who watches her child(ren) while she’s working out? I’m a working single mother to an 8 year old and a 17 month old. I have no time when I’m not working when I don’t have kids here. The 17 month old is up at 6 am, and I’ve never been one to wake up early…

Based on the replies in this thread, Citibank seems to be the most aggressive in canceling cards. They were the first card I obtained in college, and after a few years of not using the cards they sent me a notice that if I didn’t charge at least $1,200 a year, they would start charging an annual fee on a previously…

We stopped with the birthday parties this year. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier, but I didn’t until another mom mentioned that they don’t do it. Little Doo still invited more friends than we planned on for her birthday activity, but it was much better this year. The parties are too expensive. A party in…