Wow, I´d never seen that. I can´t believe this stuff happens on the regular. I admire Faith for calling out the lady - I´d be mad, too, if some woman grabbed my husband´s crotch. Mad is not the word.

I think that words have value, so yeah, I think that what you or I say does matter. If you were just joking and I missed it, my bad.

What I find interesting is that the disadvantages to having children (as told by parents here) are much more concrete: loss of sleep/money/time, no personal space, no boundaries, dealing with emotional problems/tantrums, deterioration of other relationships/interests because you can´t find a baby sitter, etc. Some…

Well, ok then. That´s much clearer. It just seemed to me that you were really insistent on the fact that you have the hardest job ever and no one could tell you differently and everyone who happens to be childless doesn´t have any clue as to what you are speaking of. (Despite the fact that some people who choose not…

I didn´t say I know exactly what having kids is like. I don´t. I resent the implication that it´s not possible to know how hard parenthood is without experiencing it directly, which you made when you said, '... which means you don´t have kids,' to someone who thought you might be stating things too strongly.

I absolutely loathe this assumption that children will be your rock and support when you are in your dotage.

I think this is self-serving to say that it is the world´s toughest job. People in this day and age generally take jobs out of necessity. You asked for yours (at least I hope you had that luxury, but I don´t know) and got exactly what you wanted. It´s not my fault that your job, as you describe it, sounds like it…

That´s great! There are so many kids who need someone in the world, and someone with your unique experiences could be a great help to them.

I totally understand that. There is a poster below who talks about his/her love for teaching and how that influenced his/her desire to be a parent, as well.

This one has been floating around on Facebook for a few days now. I thought it was very straightforward and easy to digest (I´m new to this conflict and lost, too. The US media slants everything so egregiously toward Israel that I have no idea what´s going on.)

I found this to be helpful (although obviously it´s…

This is what makes me incredibly sad. I think Israel´s history in terms of its international relations and political decisions is a debacle and a scandal, and I´m glad that at least the internet seems willing to present another side to the story.

I also thought that those particular pictures were posted with those particular comments. As you say, it does emphasize a horrible contrast between their sweet, pretty faces and their vitriol, but putting them together in a way that can be misunderstood by the reader also implies that these teens are not only hateful…

I´m trying to picture a scenario where I just slapped the food on the table without tasting it to see if it was any good first. Ugh. We´d be eating a lot of bland or acidy food.

That´s such a shame! I´m sorry to hear that. I always think that if I had kids, it would be a little more motivating to set a good example and to have people around who could support me or go with me sometimes on hikes or whatnot. Not that kids are a magical cure-all for anything ...

I´ve been trying to motivate myself…

Ugh. No to all of that! I´m so sorry you had to experience that!

Wow, so cute. Everybody looked like they were having so much fun!

LOL First thought:

The whole interview comes off as awkward and uncomfortably staged. Meghan McCain started off by saying that it was something that could happen to anyone (forcing camaraderie with her whole, 'I go to house parties all the time!' aside) and then saying, '...BUT I understand you woke up the next morning with your…

Yeah. You never know where insight will come from, either. I had a teacher make a completely throwaway comment in class once that has stuck with me in all the years since.

LOL at that awesome gif. I finally smartened up and went back to college for a second MA. For me! Because I want to study things and read stuff and write essays and meet like-minded people!