Lol! This weekend my husband and I got sushi and I got one piece that had rubbed against the wad of wasabi... I started hacking and laughing at the same time because all I could think of was that damn scene!

My freshman roommate was on the phone ALL. THE. TIME. I knew every detail of her life, because she would call one person, tell them all her tales and woes, then hang up, call another person, and tell them the exact same stuff, nearly word-for-word.

Every once in awhile she does that - calls someone out on her show, or goes on a really great tirade (there was one against a commentator who made a snide comment about Megyn taking maternity leave) and I applaud her. Then there's something dumb like this.

The clothes thing in particular kills me. Do you think someone's going to get a lot of money for her clothes, even if they are designer? I shop and have sold at those boutique consignment stores and it is not a way to make money.

Perspective, again. I saw that as a dig at her own privilege. Like she was admitting that as a well-educated, affluent white woman, she never had to think about things like this before.

Not to mention... Is that steak really that much more expensive than chicken? Like, maybe it's an extra 3-4 bucks but damn.

I had the same thoughts when I read the article - that the commenters missed the point.

Someone commented in the WaPo article's comments, and I asked my husband as well, but the car she's describing probably isn't worth that much anymore.

There was SO MUCH in that last look. Oh my God.

How are women on maternity leave risky candidates?

That's why we need guaranteed parental leave for men and women.

I miss AIM. For some reason, FB messenger just hasn't caught on the same way. IMing someone was much less risky (not sure if that's the right word) than calling/texting someone because it was like "Hey, you are on here at this time as well, that is an open invitation to talk!" Whereas sending someone a text says "I…

This! I kind of feel like the behind-the-scenes stuff - the cleaning, the cooking, the laundry, scheduling doctors' appointments, etc. - is just generally... invisible. It's just assumed to happen, somehow. Until it isn't done. Then the whispers begin about what the wife/mom is/isn't doing.

This! My husband works in very male-dominated industry. At his store, outside of HR, there are no women. All of his colleages are men, and they are all divorced. His store manager has a very blunt "fuck your family, you're here to make me money" attitude about him. It's very testosterone-heavy (we watched The Wolf of…

I HAAAATED this movie so much. I really hate the whole depiction of love as "if you ever love someone and they reject you, the romantic thing to do is to become a recluse and stew in your rejection for years." That's a healthy message to impose on young women - if you're rejected, your life is basically over! And if a…

I'm not. The pro-breastfeeding movement is relatively new, and I think a lot of older generations fed formula and don't understand why women now are so committed to breastfeeding - and take the fact that they are breastfeeding as implicit judgement on their own decision to feed formula.

My mom, who gave me and my…

I didn't know I was pregnant until I was six months along and drank (moderately, with a couple wilder nights), ate raw fish, exercised vigorously and did all other things they say not to do. When my little guy was born I asked the pediatrician if there was anything I needed to be watching for, developmentally, and she…

I used to drink my coffee black but when I was pregnant it tasted super-bitter. I started drinking a cup of coffee plus half a pouch of hot cocoa mix for DIY mochas. It took me a year to get back to drinking black coffee.

Once you hit that distractable stage, you run in to a lot more modesty issues. I remember once being at a restaurant and having my little one latched on all nice and comfy under a wrap, until the (young male) server came over. As soon as he heard a new voice, kiddo whipped his head around and tore the wrap off, fully…

I've seen so many people laughing at "gym fails" and stuff like that that I'm afraid my form will be off and either people will make fun of me behind my back or I'll hurt myself.