Yeah... I can't remember what the job was that she was interviewing for, but I know that my restaurant and retail interviews were maybe half an hour to 45 minutes long. I could see this woman weighing 30-45 minutes of risk for the promise of a way out.

Did you read that Washington Post story from a few years back? It haunted me for weeks afterwards. It made so much (terrifying) sense how it could happen... I cried and cried.

I love this gif. It's so appropriate and cracks me up every time.

Good luck to you! There's benefits to all of it. Just going on my experience, there are plenty of quality in-home childcare options. We initially went with a SAHM who was watching other kids in addition to hers for some extra income, and my experience wasn't great. She didn't interact with the kids very much, and…

False.

The gun culture is what really worries me. I'm not anti-gun, but I don't like the way we treat guns in this country. They can be a hobby, they can be a sport... But first and foremost they are still deadly weapons and should be treated as such.

If it makes you feel better: if you and your husband are making good money and you can afford a good preschool, it can be very beneficial to the child's development. We went from a home daycare to a preschool when my son was around 18 months and his language skills and development have advanced so rapidly. He chats…

My son's a toddler and my tentative plan is to go freelance now, ramp it back up to full time when he goes back to school, and hopefully get to a point where I have career leverage to ask for work from home days or flexible scheduling once he's a teenager.

THIS! My husband just hit a promotion that will have him working 60-70 hour weeks until he gets promoted to the next level. He's bringing in plenty of money, so I'm trying to negotiate with my current company to go from full-time in-house to freelance. I need some flexibility in my life. But honestly... I think about…

but you best hope for an easily entertained child and-or help around the house, because you will never get anything done otherwise

That's just a toddler being a toddler. Sees interesting thing - wants interesting thing - is told he can't have interesting thing - throws a fit.

I've seen people who call brides selfish for having a vegetarian wedding! Because it's rude not to provide guests with meat for one single damn meal?!?!

I mean, I'm sure that within the group of guys, they debate whether a weekend in Vegas is too expensive or whatever, but it doesn't get the wide societal condemnation that the bride's "demands" do. I'm all for bitching at the Wedding Industrial Complex as a whole but instead the criticism is directed at the bride,…

But but but I agreed to be a bridesmaid I never wanted to be for a woman whose choices I hate and smile to her face but bitch behind her back about how being a bridesmaid is such a hardship BECAUSE I'M SUCH A NICE PERSON!

YES YES YES YES

Ha, the day of my rehearsal, I stood up at the front of the venue with my MOH and one bridesmaid for the first time, and realized that they both completely towered over me. Everyone burst out laughing because in heels, they were both a good foot above me.

This x100. Actually, can we have a post about how attending a wedding at all is optional (well, as long as you aren't the bride/groom)? I know we all love a good Bridezilla story and all, but I'm so over the martyr-complex diatribes about how someone is EXPECTING you to show up to a wedding across the country which…

One of the best things about having a small child is that they give you cover for doing goofy dumb things you otherwise would be embarrassed to be caught doing... Like turning up the bad pop music and dancing/singing along.

Similar experience here: my activity level before and after pregnancy was similar, but post partum, my "default" weight is set about five to ten pounds higher. Plus looser skin and stretch marks, and I just don't look add good as I used to, even if my body is doing more than it did. I'm getting to the point where I…

And a film that centers so heavily on the rape itself would be more likely to verge into exploitative territory than one focusing on the larger story around the case.