Yeah it doesn't seem much like work to rule as you'd think these things would actually be specified as part of their role.

That really sucks, dude. Like I say, if you actually were a dude of course, this would so not be a problem. Any chance of swapping to Depo on your insurance? Or are they stingy bastards about that sort of thing?

Oh a friend of mine just had the surgery and it sounded horrific! :( Hopefully that works for her - if not I'll suggest Depo if she hasn't tried it already!

I have rosacea and I constantly have people telling me I look sunburnt or that I am "going all red".

This is literally a very real reason I don't want to have kids. I just don't think I could bear the other parents and their one-upmanship and the constant unsolicited advice. I just don't cope well with that kind of thing.

Imagine how terribly awful a person you would be if you said the reverse: "OMG you are going to regret having had kids when they are older!!!"

You don't.

Yes I read this too and thought "and..? How do I get my indecisive life partner to use the front of his brain more?!" We need the IMPLICATIONS of such findings, not just the findings themselves, in isolation.

Oh wow. I am married to a guy like this also. Fark. I think it has a lot to do with weed consumption in his particular case.

I don't see much humble in that brag...

What this person is trying to say is that you should teach kids to be good and considerate of others for it's own sake, not because there is a big beardy man (not God, the other one) who sees their behaviour and deals out presents or coal accordingly. They won't see such rewards for good behaviour in adult life, so…

The thing is, parents never DO take away gifts do they? They'd really have to be some kind of grinchy bastard to do that... like, my mum fucking hated xmas and even she would never stoop so low. And I think the kids know that, to a certain extent. That's it's kind of an empty threat.

I was a total Santa agnostic as kid: "So why haven't I SEEN him then? Why does he wrap gifts in the same wrap that we buy from the store? Why don't my older brother and sister believe in him?" etc. etc. I needed hard evidence, even then. :P

I didn't understand for so long why so many parents I know are keen to keep the lie alive with Santa Clause, until one of my cousins candidly admitted it was just an excellent behaviour modifier - a bribe/threat if you will - that is just so invaluable it is essential the kid continues to believe for as long as they…

Please specify when you say 80% of "people" that you mean only people in the US. I have no doubt that many of those people who live to 100 live in the US, despite your terrible record with healthcare BUT probably not all of them.

WTF??? Did you have to share that??? I could have gone my whole life in blissful ignorance. Did he ever get a decent role again?? Sob.

On Depo I get a kind of pseudo "waaaaah poor me my life sucks" style "period" but no blood, no cramps none of that shit. I am just slightly more cranky than usual. But as long as I know what it is, I understand my life isn't actually falling apart.

OK, I have to go here because not enough women realise this is an option (as I did not) and if all y'all gonna be preaching about your menstrual cups I have to say this. Some of you may have tried it and YMMV etc. etc. BUT you can just stop having periods altogether. I used to do this by running pills together as a…

I had these issues. This is why I would link the pill together for months at a time and now I'm on the Depo. Sure it's not perfect and I get a bit of bacne, but I wouldn't swap it for week long cramps and constipation. NO PERIODS FTW

Or they're not at all and they named him after the chimp in The Wild Thornberrys.