Saying you love her is great, but it is not a replacement for praising her talents and accomplishments. The actual recommendation from those studies is that instead of praising a child’s abilities as if they are innate (“You are so smart to figure that out!”), you should praise their effort (“You must have worked so…

Whenever I’m on a date and I order an imperial stout, it almost always gets set in front of my male companion.

If only California would do more to restrict its use in agriculture!

You are missing the joke. Dihydrogen monoxide is water.

This is my favorite.

Even for a totally casual no-big-deal occasion, I can't imagine planning to wear something I had never tried on.

One of my boyfriend's eyebrows is always raised too. It just makes him look perpetually quizzical, or sometimes just a bit goofy, but that matches his personality, so it's all good! Before I figured it out though, I always thought his glasses were on crooked and would try to fix them to no avail.

Ah, I have that sometimes too. I have a face like you'd expect to see in an old painting, with a Roman nose and full cheeks. I think it's awesome, but it's not in line with the button noses and high cheekbones of Hollywood beauties, so I assume people will think I'm like a four. I'm getting over that now.

Any type of registry that doesn't have reasonably priced options is super annoying, but I don't think that's a problem with the concept of the honeyfund.

That was where I got confused too. I'm guessing they imagine it going down something like this: First, the clinic staff will do everything in their power to convince a woman not to got through with the abortion (without mentioning the reversible part). But, if the sinful slut still wants to go through with it after…

There are plenty of fun, fast-paced board games that would be very appropriate for a lively social event. I take it you've never ventured much beyond the staid old classics like Scrabble and Monopoly.

Did you pay for it yourself? I feel like that usually makes people remember exact costs much better than if someone else picked up the tab. For example, my concept of the total cost of my undergraduate degree is a little vague, even though I definitely looked at the bills before I forwarded them to my parents;…

My sister once went to return a phone to Costco after literally dropping it in a cup of tea. She did not expect a refund; she just wanted to buy a replacement. She was completely honest about how it was broken. They not only exchanged it for an identical phone at no cost - they gave her an extra $50, because the…

"I'd like to see someone propose with a beautiful ring ... while one of the partners is being arrested. Then let's see if the ring makes up for that."

Jamie is a pretty common nickname for girls. Shouldn't be too complicated.

Obviously the woman gets to decide not to have kids. Duh. The dude's stance about wanting kids before 40 was related to his ultimatum that they need to either commit to having kids together or break up. I'm not sure why you should see any problem with that.

Yeah, I always wish people would have focused more with his actual problematic stances and beliefs, rather than harping on the "binders full of women" comment. It really was just a bit of awkward phrasing, not a true sign of misogyny, and I felt like the whole hoopla over it rather missed the mark.

My boyfriend has that. He is divorced and has 50% custody of his kid. So he has a week of running around to gymnastics lessons and working on science fair projects, and then a week just chillin' with me, eating nice dinners and having sex. He actually marvels sometimes at what a good system it is, and how it's a…

This guy deserves a lot of criticism, but not because he has a specific timeframe in mind for when he wants kids. For one thing, there are some biological reasons for men to have kids earlier; sperm count and quality does degrade over time, even if it's usually not as big a deal as it is for women.

Your situation sounds a lot like my sister's. She has a Ph.D. and a great job; her husband didn't even have a bachelor's when they met, though he recently earned it. If it's encouraging to you, he's been great as a stay-at-home dad for the past year.