Not a parent but an Auntie. I was carrying my 4-year-old nephew on m hip when he started to slip and I did the bounce-throw-catch think to hike him up a little. Suddenly his face crumples and he cries out across the land “Auntie Orendamy hurt my penis!”. So, there’s the guilt of causing a small beloved child pain, and…

You found Claudia Kishi!

“misassumption”?

I’m glad it seems to give you comfort to be able to still care for your deceased loved ones in some way. For me, a large part of the reason I don’t want to be buried is that I specifically do not want a place people feel guilty about not tending or visiting. I don’t believe in life after death, so it doesn’t make…

Has he ever found anything?

I’m not proud of giving Wal-Mart my money, but the nicest top I own is from their plus-size section. The plus-size specialty stores around here have a bigger selection, but a similar percentage of wearable vs god-awful for three times the price with no kind of guarantee of being made outside of sweatshops either. I am…

I’d never heard of it; I just thought the pictures were neat. Alas, the fun aesthetic seemed to be entirely what the book was relying on.

The book was a huge disappointment, but I might have to see this just for her.

I get that this was a joke, but I can’t see something like this without saying “please don’t” just in case.

I am so, so sorry.

Hasn’t Modcloth always been in the bridal business? brides have certainly always been shopping there.

I think if I was in a dark headspace, that response would immediately make me feel worse because I would tell myself I am so pathetic that the only one who cares is a piece of machinery who has been programmed to tell me what I want to hear. Infinitely preferable to suggesting a bridge, though.

As a fellow early starter, I feel your pain. These would be even more helpful in elementary and junior high schools, before kids are used to the surprise bloody clothing.

My mom found out a year after the fact, by seeing the bloodstain on my bed. I went so far to avoid her finding out that I once attempted to sew my own pad out of toilet paper, cotton balls and a piece of plastic grocery bag. We had real pads in the house; I just didn’t want to take the chance that she’d notice one…

Because some parents are poor and some kids have shitty, neglectful, or abusive parents. Also, many people have highly unpredictable periods, particularly when they first start.

Context could certainly make it darker than my interpretation as well. We all fill in missing details based on our own experiences.

Tatterhood! Even if it does end with her finding a husband. At least she’s the one who sailed off to find one, AfTER bashing in the heads of some goblins and rescuing her sister

I’m wondering what the bathroom setup was in this case. In the all daycares I’ve visited around here, each classroom has a single bathroom attached with a half door to allow both some degree of privacy and supervision, and all the children use the same bathroom. The big-kid schools have normal bathrooms with full…

Or Alexis Bledel