One caveat: for classic books in translation, the translation can matter very much. It may be much more difficult to follow lectures or discussions when using an old or budget edition.
One caveat: for classic books in translation, the translation can matter very much. It may be much more difficult to follow lectures or discussions when using an old or budget edition.
Maybe I missed something, but this appears to be a list of ways you can help out your friends, not a list of things new parents should expect from their friends on threat of ostracization.
You don’t have many ‘friends,’ do you?
After our second was born, my parents and in-laws paid our 1x month housekeeper her fees to come 2x month for 6 months. My parents and in-laws are amazing.
I’m in the same boat as you. But I have friends that have apparently made it their mission to get me laid because they “want me to be happy.” I didn’t realize that I wasn’t happy. They’ve also made it their mission to try and get me as drunk as possible, “because it’s fun!” I really think I need better friends.
I like to reference Marge’s description of her sisters from The Simpsons: “It’s Patty who has chosen a life of celibacy. Selma has simply had celibacy thrust upon her.”
I didn’t choose celibacy, celibacy chose me. I miss sex but I’m also like Cher from Clueless: “You’ve seen how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet.”
My LOGIC brain knows this. My ANXIETY brain still thinks it could be wrong. ;)
Haha no. I wrote this wanted to feel more comfortable with cooking meat.
The more recent thinking seems to be that you should avoid washing chicken, probably because most people are not particularly careful about it and tend to spray bacteria everywhere:
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My parents packed my older sister and me to the library every weekend so we could save money on heat and AC throughout the year. I went through a lot of the books in the library, and after a while I tended to prefer to read the “new” books—the ones with the sharp creases and paper smell—and timed it down to…
The 3.8 million texans who voted for Hillary? Lot of them live in Houston.
Apples to oranges.
Are you mad about something?
Omg, WE GET IT.
So look, this probably isn’t going to be the column for you. There’s lots of other great content on this site and plenty of cleaning advice for parents elsewhere. Go find what you need in this world!
I always feel like people who loathe mayo just either dislike that texture in general which is fine but it’s not really mayo’s fault or they never actually tried mayo and were forced to down some disgusting diet substitute like Miracle Whip.
That is a normal thing to do with mayonnaise.