I think it's absolutely possible to find someone you're content with— who you'd just want to lay around with in the sun and take a nap and be near them. Maybe that comes across as "boring yet comfortable." I mean, what they say about crazy women is true (I would assume the same is true for men)— the sex is great,…

"Overly Romantic Ronald's downfall is believing that love is enough reason on its own to marry someone." THIS, OH GODDESS THIS.

I am literally the only person in my social circle doesn't think love, in and of itself, is enough for a successful partnership. It's important, to be sure, but it's not enough if that's…

For me, the biggest thing is, Do you annoy the fuck out of me on a regular basis? No? Ok, let's be together. Sure, my partner annoys me sometimes, but he annoys me a whole lot less than every other person I know.

You know—I really do think there is a way not to be a complete asshole about one's disapproval of infant circumcision. But when...

Look, I have to be off home in about 15 minutes.

That's a lie. You can TOTALLY spay dogs before the first heat, and many vets say you SHOULD. You can't do it too early but by 5-6 months of age, it's time.

Aw, Drew is an eternal sweetheart and Adam Sandler is as sweetly impish as ever - while wearing, with complete insouciance, what are basically pajamas to The Tonight Show. As a comfort fan, Mr. Sandler, I salute you!

There are so many depressing aspects to this story that I can't even properly make fun of it

Thank you, Ms. Brooks. For saying what I have been thinking for a long time. I would need a clone to be both the dedicated career woman and the great mom (who still finds time for a social life) I wish to be. Meanwhile, the vast majority of men in my life continue to enjoy the expectation that they can just go to…

I realized the other day I haven't had more than a week off work or school since I was 12 years old (with the exception of last year, when I took a week and a half for my honeymoon). A work-life balance would be a lot easier if we lived in countries that gave reasonable vacation time like the rest of the world. When I…

I prefer to lean wit it, rock wit it. Direction of rockage and leanage is discretionary.

You can very much love your work overall, and still feel overwhelmed/bored/unhappy with parts of it. Every job includes some percentage of bullshit. It's unavoidable. You can work to minimize the bullshit, but you can never eliminate it completely.

THANK GOD someone called this shit out.
Lean In benefits the corporate structure...and no one else.
Corporate feminism is bullshit, y'all.

After a particularly brutal year, complete with being in the office working on both the 4th of July and Christmas Eve, I decided that I simply was not available outside of work hours unless something had LITERALLY blown up.

The backlash against the toxic, antifeminist hokum that is Lean In cannot come fast enough. It's fucking Orwellian.

I am just going to wait for all the pro spanking people to flame this thread with how they don't have anger management issues (in all caps).

This just makes me want to hug my child extra. Oh, you just wait, kiddo, because when I come to pick you up after school YOU ARE GETTING SO HUGGED IT'S GOING TO BE RIDICULOUS.

I'm so over "My parents spanked me and I turned out fine" — my parents did not spank me and I turned out fine, too. Move along.

"You Were Spanked and You Think You Turned Out Just Fine"

Hi, my major is in Early Childhood development (with a concentration on Elementary and Adolescence), and I'm just going to say it: spanking is bullshit. You know why it's obviously bullshit? Because you have to keep doing it. If your kid keeps getting his or herself into trouble constantly and you keep hitting…