I moved in with the man who would become my husband in 1998. I had a 7 yr old cat. He was allergic. “She’s pretty old,” I said. “You won’t have to live with a cat for too long.” That cat died in 2013. She was a huge asshole for all 22 years of her life. God, I miss her. My husband does not.

I remember my Dad leaving me in the car when I was about 2 as he ran into a Krystal’s, forgetting to set the parking brake. I still remember the real live actual hippie who dove into the car and pulled the brake as we were rolling into the parking lot. We laughed about that story for years. If I’d done that with my…

Was just discussing tipping with my husband, the bartender. He told me a story about a guy who left his phone on the bar when he left. Guy had tipped 20%, so my husband ran out from the bar and chased the guy down to give him his phone. Had the guy tipped poorly or not at all, his phone would have sat behind the…

I suppose it's cheating to tell a story about my own kid - but when she was about 4, while we were in line at the grocery store, she yelled at me at the top of her little lungs, "Mommy! Stop saying the N word!!!!"

Emma Thompson in Primary Colors . This pains me because my love for her knows no bounds, but her American accent was so very terrible.

Yeah - the whole thing is meant to be "Hey! You're my good friend and I'd like you to share in this day" but it's so easy for people to get their feelings hurt or to be burdened. You were smart to just skip that part.

If I were the bride, I'd be pretty pissed that my sister went behind me and overturned my request. And strapless dresses should NEVER be forced on other women. They are for the small-breasted only.

And your bridesmaids all ended up with dresses they liked. So much better!

I really have only one regret around my wedding and it was around dresses: I told my Maid of Honor that I just wanted the bridesmaids to get black not-mini dresses that they liked. She said, "oh my god, you can't do that! They need matching dresses." And I believed her. So I asked friends of different sizes and…

Wow - that was really well said. And I think you're right.

Oh my god - your shirt is not a napkin! I've been saying that to my daughter for her whole life. Since she was two. She's 11 now. It will never stop. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be telling her this at her wedding. Or my funeral. I'll find a way.

I've got an 11 year old daughter and I have already planned to adopt the Clair Huxtable approach to her first period: Woman's Day. I've actually been planning that for close to 30 years now.

I'm a parent. I spanked my daughter once in exactly the same circumstances that Drew describes - I couldn't figure out any other way to get her to calm down. It did not make her calm down. It made her feel shitty and it made me feel shitty. Claiming that the only way to "keep her off the pole" (really great goal…

I gotta go with Old Barton - much tastier than the $10 price would suggest.

We split it up based on not having to do the thing you really fucking hate. So I do the laundry and my husband cleans the bathroom. This is the advice I will pass down to my children - figure out what housework you really fucking hate to do and make sure you cleave your life unto someone for whom this task is…

I got my daughter from a Russian orphanage 8 years ago. There were over 500 kids in her orphanage. Russia will always try to place children with Russian families first. And they prefer that the children stay in orphanages than go to American families. and the only reason she was allowed to be adopted was because…

I know what you mean. But I think that's just a historical thing from back in the old days. That said, the girl scouts (unlike the boy scouts) are an expressly secular organization. From their FAQs: " Girl Scouting supports girls from all backgrounds and beliefs. While we are a secular organization that refrains…

Former troop leader here: Girl Scouts are already secular.

I think the costs of giving birth and adoption might could be pretty similar. The difference is that the hospital can't leave the baby in you. If you do end up having to pay out of-pocket for a delivery, you'll just end up in hock to the hospital for the rest of your life (lifelong debt for medical procedures is…

I have a nine year old who still believes. I don't think that says anything about her innocence or purity, which are pretty overrated virtues anyway. Instead, I'm just gonna let her believe what she wants and answer her honestly when she asks about it directly (which she doesn't, because she wants to believe in…