Women peeing is a mystery to man. I had a male friend ask a group of us ladeez how we were supposed to shake off after we finished. We all looked at him with such a face, and then exactly in unison about four of us said "we wipe."

I have very few photos of myself when I was younger, but I have a very vivid memory of seeing myself for the first time on video - I was only six but I cringed inwardly and then wailed for them to turn it off!! I couldn't believe that was really how I looked/sounded/acted. I was very disappointed. Obviously I have…

I have ONCE pulled a fake sicky, blaming a "bad kebab" for my hangover. Apparently though, according to the law where I live, you could conceivably call up hung over and they'd have to let you take a sick day. Even when I call in legitimately sick I worry no one is going to believe me. My current workplace is really…

You SHOULD take several days off for a cold - and it's not just for yourself, you don't want to infect the rest of the workplace with your nasty germs. And when you're shitting blood. And in terrible pain. You simply can't be as efficient as someone who is 100% healthy. I know some workplaces, like yours aren't as…

I've had people remark this to me at past jobs. I always want to answer with "well, that's because I am a fucking professional."

I work with children, so yes is just good professionalism not to swear. However, it does happen with the occasional natural exclamation of the word "shit!" when something goes wrong. We have a protocol for dealing with this. Don't React!! It gives the word it's power, and so long as we don't made a big deal, we don't…

I hear you, I totally do. The breeder bingo is completely tiresome, especially the condescending assertions that you will change your mind. You do not deserve that. However, you will get to a point where other people's attitudes about it seriously do not even bother you and the defensiveness will melt away. I am sure…

My mother is the opposite - she had three kids, by choice, and growing up, she always ALWAYS told me to never have kids. You can take from that what you will, but I think it was actually really practical advice!

I forget where I read this point, but the decision to NOT have kids is kind of an "undecision" if you know what I mean. That is, if you want to have kids (fertility issues aside), fine, you have them, done . This decision cannot be reversed. However the decision NOT to have them is often not final and can (up to a…

I have a wonderful, considerate, thoughtful, beautiful friend. She has just had her first child but she seems so... balanced about it all. She doesn't fret about him, she doesn't talk about him all the time, she seems relaxed and is happy to pop him in a stroller and talk about me and my life a whole lot without…

Chasing leashes is hot, thirsty work. :P

Yeah totes, just put the kid on TvTropes for a couple of hours. This will clear everything right up.

I dunno about that - do you guys get Rekorderlig cider over there? The strawberry one tastes so much like strawberries you almost expect to get seeds in your teeth.

Sorry America - but your rules (obvs they vary state to state) governing the ownership of wild animals as pets is totally ass backwards. Of course, in my country we take it to the other extreme - we can't even have hamsters, gerbils or ferrets. I can't imagine living in a country where a private individual could…

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I say I'm not a feminist, and yet I'm a female that went to university, I vote and I and expect bodily autonomy. #sorryfeminists

This is why religion is so dangerous - kids believe whatever their parents say without question: "My parents told me there was a big giant man in the sky and that he could see everything, and would punish bad behaviour and reward good! I realised this was complete bullshit in later life and I laughed my arse off! My…

Haven't we all been saying for 15 years that he could've lived if the bitch had just SHARED the fucking door with him!?

I have actually had someone say to me "don't go all red" when they think I'm about to get mad - which of course I did when told not to - hello it's involuntary, you bastard!!!

Yeah, it's not fair the two often go hand in hand. I do find a little colour helps though, as long as I don't go overboard and get burnt.