I am pregnant right now, and recently went for an appointment with my doctor. The nurse who came in to take my blood pressure, starting going over some information she had to give me. The usual stuff about aches and pains and upcoming things to expect, and then she pulled out a brochure on breastfeeding. I am planning…

my wife had a hard time at work, no place to get any privacy. We gave Starbucks some shit and she had a private place the next week. The next day I walk into a server room at one of my branches, and bam. I disturb a secretary pumping. I still get shit for it, but it's tounge in cheek as we talked about it.

Honestly, North America should switch to this. I never invite people to any party expecting a present but if you are going to give something, why NOT money? *Especially* for a baby shower! People don't need 100 baby blankets from Etsy to raise their infant, they need diapers (or a diaper service, cloth diapers,…

Yes, I often give cash even when there's a gift registry too. Sometimes you just can't find something within your price range or everything left seems weird (like you'd have to buy 2 soup spoons and a dustbuster to hit your price goal).

Lots of people just prefer to give money anyway, when I was married we had a registry but a lot of cash envelopes appeared that day as well.

ALWAYS use the gift registry. If there is no gift registry, cash. Always.

This is when I cackle in mean girl satisfaction: I'm from Eastern Europe, where it's not only acceptable but traditional to give the young couple money. There's also a going rate per person that everyone magically knows (various factors affect it). Depending on how smart one is about their wedding and how rich their…

I had a friend who asked for money for a honeymoon instead of gifts and I was happy to contribute. They're young, have a home together, but one of them is still in grad school and even though it's none of my business, I'm pretty sure a honeymoon was not the most affordable thing for them. I'm single and have…

All the weddings I have attended have asked for money instead gifts which I think is cool because weddings and honeymoons are hella expensive.

Agreed. Serious sense of entitlement there-"Don't go to your AA meeting, come to spin class with ME!!!"

I was pretty bothered by that as well, and surprised it wasn't really addressed. Telling someone to skip a support meeting? For a spin class!? It's probably ignorance about addiction and recovery that could be overcome, but it is certainly not cool.

Does it seem like a big deal to anyone else that LW#1's friend was trying to get her to skip a meeting to go to a spin class? The public outing aside that is some serious jackass behavior to me.

I beg to differ. My 82 year old grandmother is a passionate advocate of gay marriage and will talk politics till your ears fall off and her friends are all the same. They serve dick shaped pasta at their lunches and are the rudest, most hilarious women. I'm 35 and I don't know any of these stereotypical women either.…

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these women she talked to actually HAD other interests beyond the "babies, baking, and Barbies" stereotype, but felt pressured to speak about these things because that's what's expected of them in society. I have several girlfriends who love to code and game, but will also get…

Whereas men are always super-deep? Anyone who implies this seriously must not know many men.

I was too, then I turned 25.

That misogyny kool aid... terrible for you but so easy to take a sip. I have to catch myself sometimes and hold my tongue because you almost want to come across as the cool girl. "I'm totally chill even on my period." Taking a second to not judge another person based on gender takes the maturity to stop and think…

Yeah, my reaction to the first question was along the same lines. That's misogyny, girl. Figure out why you hate women so much and get on with your life.

I have some friends that are brave enough to complain ;).

People like writer 1 make me sad because I used to be one of them. I drank the misogyny cool-aid and would talk about how I was so above other women. I am super into gaming and baseball and I would lament how girls just don't "get it". I would assume all other women wanted to talk about where things I defined as…