There are really good self cleaning litter boxes as well. You just need to dump the holding chamber as needed.

I love how hard Megyn Kelly is tanking now that she’s out of her comfort zone of spewing lies and propaganda

Okay, this is actually frightening. Your husband refuses to clean the litter boxes knowing you CANNOT do it to the point where the cat pees in the sink? Yells at you because he can’t be arsed to clean up after himself but moving something is a federal crime? BLAMES ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS THAT HE DOESN’T LIKE ON YOU???

Mom and Dad watched what now?

It’s hella awkward when you think about The Obamas watching things like that BJ conversation.

Issa Rae has the best smile.

Oh yeah, I have a kitty who WILL NOT use a covered box, and one who doesn’t care. For my one kitty, I got a an open litter box, and the other one uses it because he doesn’t care either way.

So, this “cat attract” litter really does the stuff, huh? My cat had some bladder trauma and now he only wants to go in the box about half the time and with the season’s change it won’t be too much longer before I don’t want the windows open 24/7 so he can go in and out at will.

I don’t want to pile on this lady, but I just gotta say: if asking her husband to clean the litter box while she’s freaking pregnant elicits anything other than “of course dear”, let alone a fight, then there are problems. She can’t do it, it needs to be done, he’s the only other person available. This does not bode…

Speaking as a child of a “messy” single dad. Please, please, please learn to clean for your children. If you can “learn” to do high level science you can “learn” to clean.

I’m going to second tornadoslackss post (note that 20 other people besides me have also starred it) - please consider getting evaluated for ADD/ADHD. You sound like you are barely hanging on - I’m guessing your academia job is crazy stressful + added baby on the way + complaining husband and GOD NOW YOU’RE EXPECTED TO…

Hey, congrats on your pregnancy! I find that for cleaning, it’s absolutely helpful for me to make a list each week of things that need to be done and then break it out by day (ex: Monday dust, Tuesday vacuum, etc.) as well as having a set of chores that just need to be done every day (dishes, wiping kitchen/bathroom…

Agreed. I grew up in a messy, chaotic household (parents had four kids and busy jobs) and I was embarrassed about it when I was a kid, even as young as elementary school (when my friends came over they would point out that my house was a mess). As an adult, I get very stressed out if my home isn’t perfectly neat and…

If it is a dumpster fire, it is well deserved. I am a Black woman, 43, not affluent and survived various forms of abuse in childhood. I was raised by a single mother in generally poor, minority neighborhoods. These folks don’t get a pass from me.

Underrated comment, thank you for your perspective.

As someone who was raised being hit by belts and whatnot on a regular basis for any perceived infraction, I know my father went through shit in his life that “made” him think what he was doing was best.

THANK YOU. Seriously. I was in foster care for three years and then put back in the home of my abusive mother. Those three years were far from perfect but, on some level, I still don’t think I’ve recovered from being put back in that household. I understand the experience may be traumatic for some parents that have…

This is a very hard read for me. Full disclosure, I’m an abuse survivor so I may have my own issues all over this, but... It really sounds like they’re painting parents as the victims. The parents are adults.

I was treated as a criminal. I wasn’t given a chance to explain myself. I wasn’t asked: What happened? I was just thrown behind bars. I felt like I was seen as a monster.

“I was shocked and scared and I hit him. The next day he was removed and I was arrested. I was treated as a criminal. I wasn’t given a chance to explain myself.”