My mom has done so many!

I was also thinking of how in the 1990s, I had to do a project for religion class (Catholic school) about keeping your faith in trying circumstances. A friend’s mom hooked us up with her friend who was HIV positive. It was 1993, I was 16. We did our research (and this was before google), went to his house, sat on his…

Jean Smart needs an emmy nod for this. I loved her “old woman” speech: “Maybe, when you look at me, you see an old woman, and I am 61. I’ve borne six children, had three miscarriages. Two of my sons are here today. Two were stillborn. My firstborn, Elron, killed in Korea— gook sniper took off half his head. The point…

Yes, we try. It’s an ongoing struggle. He’ll help for a little while and then go back to old habits.

And in a lot of cases due to the economy, you have family nearby but they work. My mother still works. My father works part-time. Growing up we had a retired grandfather and a stay at home grandma. They could always babysit and help. Now? They can’t as much because they’re still working. They help when they can but…

Yes! Exactly. And I could ask him to do it but I get so annoyed with this. Why should I have to ask you to take the overflowing towels to the basement to wash? They’re right there! NOTICE THEM AND DO IT!

Yes, exactly. I sometimes think it’s a big of an urban legend about the kids who are in all of these activities. My older son is in boy scouts - and we skip the majority of the boy scout events due to time. My younger son does nothing because he’s a pre-schooler and I figure he gets enough socialization and exercise…

For me, it seemed that the biggest problem is what you said is problem #1 - many of our husbands think that doing a little bit of work is equal to doing half of the work. My own husband does way more than his dad did and I think he wants to be congratulated for that. But he still only does roughly 25% of what is…

As long as they continue to be cheaper than the $20 bags of boy scout popcorn, we cool.

Yes, very early on I liked Lucky because it had mall brands and things I could easily find at the store. But it morphed into super expensive designer crap. No thanks!

Yes, I signed up for the initial $25 outfit and figured I'd skip most months but buy a few winter workout outfits and some lounge wear. I figured I'd buy 3 outfits a year. The quality of my $25 outfit was terrible and then everything I liked was either not in stock or overpriced.

The biggest problem is that there’s no easy way to quit. You have to call them to quit, there’s no way to do it online. I called and was put on hold for 35 minutes. I was transferred to someone who tried to upsell me three times before finally putting me on hold again for another 10 minutes and then finally agreeing…

I attempted to read Zola’s story four or five times and eventually gave up. I have no idea what’s going on. I honestly don’t. It’s like reading The Canterbury Tales or Shakespeare . . . I kind of get the general idea of what might be happening but I’m not confident in my translation of the specific who’s and what’s.

I would dress up if I were going to a party. Or if I was doing something on Halloween (other than taking my kids trick-or-treating) but I confess I don’t get the dressing up at the office. I’ve never worked at a place that has encouraged it and we don’t have costume contests or anything and yet people just come to…

I am addicted to this show and I am a little ashamed that I told my kid that Hamilton was President and then when we looked him up on Wikipedia I found out that he was NOT President. I guess I don’t feel as bad because now when I tell people about the show they say “Oh yeah, Hamilton was President, right?” - no, he…

Yes, I was thinking for just once in my life I would love for someone to feel this way about me:

After college I kept breaking out and until I finally called a dermatologist, my skin was pretty bad. My mom once looked at me and I thought she was going to give me a hug and instead she said “Look at your face! What is wrong with your face?” Thanks mom!

I am like that too. It is very hard for me to not be completely ragey at that. But a mentor of mine once gave me this advice and it has stuck with me - when someone is disrespecting you to the point that they are trying to rile you up, it’s their way of trying to control the situation. You have to look at the reason…

I honestly was going to stop watching this week and delete it from my DVR but if Angela Bassett is on it, I might just stick around for a few more episodes.

Before I saw the photo, I thought he was dating Jenifer Lewis.