I live in the burbs now and I highly recommend the area rec center for a gym. My neighborhood has a rec center and it’s amazing and it’s $240 for the whole year. Plus, by joining I get a discount at the rec center’s outdoor pool and ice rink. And usually I’m one of the only people in there. I just moved to a new…

Yes, when my first son was so tiny, I was trying to put him into a carrier and I almost dropped him. Almost. But still. I freaked out. Another time I was going down the stairs at home and I was carrying him and the boppy and I dropped the boppy down the stairs. I freaked out realizing I easily could have dropped him…

I remember one morning with my youngest I was so damn tired. Just exhausted. He was about 6 months old. Maybe a little older? I was on autopilot and I was just driving to work. I was about a block away from the office and he made a cooing noise - a gurgle or something - after having been super quiet the whole way to…

Another weirdly 90s thing about this show is that the author Dave Eggers auditioned for Real World San Francisco and didn’t make the cut.

He was also flirting with Irene, wasn’t he? Stringing her along making her think she had a chance and then he had this girlfriend back home. I’m still angry at him for how he did that to Irene even though I really disliked Irene by the end. 

Yeah, I agree. My guidance counselor was the only one for 144 girls. I met with her once a year and I did everything else for college applications on my own. Even back then I got that this lady had bigger fish to fry than getting me into the local university.

I have a weakness for 80s sitcoms. 

What’s really weird is the whole story of how Punky came to live with Henry Warnimont. Her mom abandoned her at a mall and of course it just makes sense to let the single old male photographer with poor social skills take in a young girl. What could possibly go wrong? They took the first three minutes of a Law &…

Thank you very much!

Yep, I’m a divorced mom with 50% custody. I’m noticing that there are a lot of creeps out there. 

Thanks! I’m in my 40s and it seems to be a rough area. I’m at the point where I’ve taken a few years off from dating and I’m honestly not trying to find my next husband. I just want to get drinks with a cute guy. Have someone to fool around with. 

This is a good tip. I do enjoy running and there are a number of running groups in my area. I need to make time to go run with more of them. I’m in my 40s and a lot of the groups tend to skew young. But the 40 over groups tend to skew old. 

Thank you. I am at that point where I want someone to grab drinks with and some physical affection but online dating is reminding me that dating comes with games and stress and worry and “will he text me back?” and things like that and I’m kind of not in the mood for any of that. We’ll see how this goes. There is a…

Very true. I’d like to think my bad days are better than her good days, personality-wise. 

Thank you!

Thank you! It’s pretty hard to get back into the swing of things. I am going to keep at it. Right now I’m not looking for a boyfriend, just someone to grab drinks with. We will see!

I have just started online dating after my divorce with absolutely no luck. And this lady is dating. Kill me. 

I feel like there’s always some network drama that everyone insists I need to watch because I’d love it and I try to watch it and I hate hate hate it. Gray’s Anatomy, Scandal, This is Us. Can’t deal with these shows. 

I just want a few new names of YouTubers that are “kid safe” - so I was going based on that. I’m not even paying attention to race or gender for the most part. Just a few more that I can add to their list of follows is OK by me. But I get where you’re coming from. 

Yes, I don’t mind DanTDM - there are a few other Minecrafters I don’t mind but some of them just scream too much. There’s one guy Squirrel Stampede? He’s not a gamer but he does toy reviews and my kid loves watching his lego stuff and Minecraft toy stuff. He gets the gimmies pretty bad when he watches those though so…