Oh my god...that was hypnotizing.

11 letters is probably fine. Mine is 16, and it doesn't fit on most things. Another annoying aspect of having a hyphenated name, as you have probably figured out, is that people think you're telling them your first, middle and last name, instead of your first and 2 last names, so that leads to mixups at places like…

And it's on my birthday, apparently. Hmm.

My last name is Mother'sLastName-Father'sLastName, which has been a logistical nightmare my whole life when filling out documents that don't allow for hyphens, don't have enough space, airline tickets that make the TSA look twice because I couldn't fit the whole thing on there and now they are suspicious because it's…

I'm white and I learned from the race test that I'm biased towards Hispanic and Asian people, so you're not the only one.

Thank you! And while we're on this cereal rant, I would like to bring up Cookie Crisps. Of course you can't eat cookies for breakfast! Oh, wait, you are going to put them in a bowl with milk over it and eat them with a spoon? Sounds like a balanced breakfast to me!

I also grew up in a very similar situation- a father who left when I was less than a year old, and his efforts to keep in touch were few and far between, and a mother who I was at constant odds with as an only child with no one else for her to focus on. This episode made me cry as well.

In somewhat related news, I am not pregnant, nor have I ever been, but over the past few years I've gone down a shoe size. Shoes that once fit me now slip off. I used to be able to wear my friend's shoes and suddenly they are all far too large. What's up with that??

I dealt with bedbugs before, and I ended up with many very large, VERY itchy welts. It was like having mosquito bites from mutant mosquitoes. Definitely couldn't have mistaken it for ingrown hairs. Are you waking up with itchy welts that weren't there when you went to bed? Check around your sheets and mattress,…

Yes, I didn't figure this out until I read the byline of the article!

Our founding fathers would probably think our speech is ghastly.

I lost on legend, because in a moment of panic I spelled it as legand.

That word always gets me as well. I always feel so dumb about it, too, since I am usually a great speller!

I get told she looks like me as well, and I imagine part of it is because of similar eyes and the fact that our faces are about the same shape, and we have the same body type. I wonder if you and I look like each other!

Did you watch the movie? I thought it would be an odd pairing, but it really didn't seem that way when I went and saw it. I thought they did a good job.

Yes! This is the move I came here to recommend.

This is how I met my boyfriend, only I told him to put MY number in HIS phone. Yesterday was our two year anniversary, so while it worked out well for me, I can see how some people might be weirded out by such a thing...

I love this idea. I think I'll use it on my hypothetical future children.

Your doctor said every three years is fine for YOU. You are not everyone else. The OP has never had a pelvic exam, so I doubt her doctor would give her this advice without having had at least a few pelvic exams.

Girl, do yourself a favor and get a pelvic exam. I know it's really uncomfortable and awkward and even scary, but you owe it to your health. I recently got a potential cancer scare nipped in the bud thanks to a yearly pap smear. You've gotta catch that stuff early on!