Gah! It's the worst...When you are amping it up a little bit to help and it's still dry toast.

I think what she's saying is mumbling your way through those questions is not the same thing as clearly and openly not knowing yet.

Oh my god, this.

Keep reaching' and reachin' for those stars, baby, to make yourself feel like you have a point!

Amen, girl. Preach.

Makes you feel better to tell yourself that, doesn't it?

A few things:

A few things:

I love (read: hate) when people try to speak to and/or claim any kind of certitude over an issue they have zero personal experience with.

I used to feel that way about men in the movement. I can't speak for this woman you knew, but I discovered for me it was because some unresolved trauma related to men, and I just needed space from men in general. After working through it, I feel much differently about the issue.

No one is saying she's a bad mom for "making mistakes". Nice try tho.

It's a 5 p.m. shift, not a.m.

Thank you. :)

I dream of the day I can say your last sentence.

I think this is a really interesting point.

Good question! I think they would've gotten more of a reaction.

Ha! ooooh yeah, I was trying to figure out why he did that! Now it makes sense.

Oooooh snap! I didn't realize those were the rules!!! And that those of us who were actually born in Italy are not allowed to use Italian words that Americans can discern with zero effort.

You have to "over pronounce" words in Italian, otherwise you aren't speaking Italian. The vowels are pure. American English is laaaaazy.

No, it's not at all like sitting through an NAACP meeting and then getting up to talk about how awesome it is to be white, though. Use your superior empathy skills to understand what this person was really saying.