Hugs to you. Snappish or not, I'm also a little annoyed by everyone who feels the need to couch their condolences in "Well I really don't like her because of XYZ." Don't worry people, we recognize that you're all way too cool to actually like someone like a mainstream actress/pop singer on a show for teenagers. You…

My best guy friend dated a pathological liar - her biggest thing was that she made up shit about people she didn't like. One girl (a mutual friend dating a guy in this girl's ex's band - and also the class valedictorian) was a drug addict who tried to get her to do coke. I was known by the entire school as a huge slut…

This is very accurate. I adore my son but geez, being a parent can be isolating and exhausting and constricting. Like, now we're planning a modest vacation, and realizing that there will be no bar hopping in an unfamiliar locale, that it may in fact be the case that we're stuck in a hotel room every night from 7pm on,…

This is so true. Different stages are harder for different people. The first year or so was miserable for me. Miserable. My son is a toddler now and he's amazing. Hilarious and smart and cute and adventurous. Even with the occasional tantrum, I would freeze him at this age forever. Lots of these, I suspect, are…

The "ruined my body" one wasn't really about the kid. Itlooks like she's pretty recently postpartum - the stretch marks are still pretty bad and it takes awhile to lose some of the extra weight. Not to mention the hormones are pretty crazy at that point.

This is one of my favorite things ever ever ever.

In our case, we had a child very unexpectedly and juggling two demanding jobs plus a very young baby was extremely difficult (we lived several states away from any family at the time). A lot of people, whether they live with their parents or not, end up getting help from their extended family when there's a small baby…

I wonder about two things: the kid working full-time or not, and how many moms in this scenario stay at home or work part-time. Having more people in the house will mean more work, and if the SAHM is doing that work anyway, she's the one it's falling on. I don't necessarily think it's as cut-and-dry as an adult child…

Thanks for pointing that out! I also know a lot of couples who moved back in with their parents after having a baby (myself included), in which the agreed-upon purpose was to get help from the parents. If the mother is the one who stays at home, then they're likely the ones doing more of the housework cleaning up…

That makes sense to me - I feel like even if we make some advances when we come to housework, the attitude towards parenting is stubborn. And in the early days, if Mom takes maternity leave and breastfeeds, she pretty much starts out doing the lion's share, and that carries on.

I can see this from both perspectives - on the one hand, Mom gets into the habit where she's already doing one thing, now she's just doing it for one more person (ie: I'm already making dinner, why not make it for one more person?). My husband and I moved back in for a few months after my son was born and I was…

Sorry, I think my tone came across wrong - I didn't mean to be mocking or aggressive. I think it's just another thing where the original comment is a broad generalization that's generally meant to mean something more specific (ie: being a loner and not having female friends is one thing; being Not Like Those Other…

NOT ALL WOMEN WITH NO FEMALE FRIENDS.

I don't trust any guy who isn't on friendly terms with at least one ex (assuming he has more than one ex).

I have a lab who has a reputation as "the bad dog" (steals food, barks at everything, too much energy), but like your husky, she is an absolute angel with my 2yo. Actually even when I was pregnant, she never left my side. She knew I was pregnant before I was - I'd be out walking with her, and whenever we'd pass…

I had an airedale when I was growing up! The one I had was dumb as a sack of bricks, but my dad also had one as a kid and he has similar stories - the dog herding him back into the yard.

I got really sick one summer - bedridden with a bad fever for days. My lab, who kind of has a reputation as the "bad dog" because she's extremely high-energy, did not leave my side. But what was more touching was that she was always watching me. Curled up next to me, one eye on me, at all times. I would doze off and…

We have two dogs - a boxer mix and a lab mix. The boxer mix, who was adopted as a puppy and been nothing but loved his entire life, COWERS when someone is upset. If I'm crying, he will go hide in the other room. Our lab, on the other hand, was a rescue, and she is just like your dog. She will always come to comfort…

Sure - and they should be called out for it the exact same way the men who pull the NAMALT card.

"Get really high and go to a Ke$ha concert" is on my bucket list.