I'm really annoyed at the responses here saying it's easy to eat at the table. Actually, I'm really annoyed at this entire article. It's ridiculous. Neither my husband nor I grew up on households where eating at the table was a daily thing, yet both our families were into healthy and diverse foods. Eating at the…

No no ... I agree somewhat. In fact, my friends tend to see me as an irrational health nut when it comes to food. I'm an organic-eating, carb-avoiding, whole-food-loving type. What I'm talking about is how downright NASTY I've seen people become over artificial sweeteners. As a diabetic who rejoices at the…

Well, I'm type 2... I'm actually a weird mix of type 1 and type 2 in that I'm a confirmed type 2, but my pancreas also doesn't work well and I have other endocrine issues that tend to go with type 1.. SO, I do take insulin, but I also take oral meds and walk on my torture device to keep my sugars down. Insulin isn't…

This video gave me the creeps, to be honest. I'm wondering what it is I'm missing when I read all the responses saying how cute they are. No... It's sad and weird and... creepy. I can't put my finger on just why, but it is.

I don't understand how not having children is selfish. I'm a mother and I love being a mother and it always shocks me a little bit when someone doesn't want to have a child since it really only takes up about five years of intensive parenting, then they start to just live their lives along side you. But that's ME. …

Breastfeeding was horrendous for me. I wanted to do it very much and I tried for about five months. I just didn't make much milk and what I had didn't want to come out. I was sore and miserable and guilty... I was devoting so much time to trying to get the damn milk out of me and into my baby... Hand pumps didn't…

Yeah... it really does suck. I can have berries in small amounts without it affecting my sugars too much, so that's something. I never thought I'd look at a banana or an orange with such longing as I do now. Crazy. You think it'd be pie or something, but no... I'd kill for a peach! Though, honestly, what I'd…

This makes me feel really good. It's so rare that I explain my situation to someone and they respond by becoming a little more understanding. That says great things about you.

Good point. Health and food trends change so much and people love to look down on anything they think is "unhealthy." It's not really about health though; it's about feeling superior to others. ...But I'll stop there because I'm not feeling up to a rant at the moment. :)

I've tried liquid Stevia. It's super bitter. I taste more bitterness than sweetness. I wanted so badly to like it, but couldn't.

I'm a brittle diabetic. I dislike soda, but if I liked it I would be super glad of the artificially sweetened sodas out there. I really hate this... People always assume artificial sweeteners are about vanity, but for lots of us it's about being able to taste sweetness sometimes. I haven't tasted real sugar in…

I think it depends on how you define positive and negative thinking... Maybe?

This reminds me of what I went through with interstitial cystitis (IC). It's a constant inflammation of the lining of the bladder that makes you feel like you have a raging bladder infection. The pain is unbearable and you have to pee incessantly. Peeing doesn't help; you still feel like you need to pee. I spent 7…

Some women are raised to think that their worth lies in whether they give erections to men. They aren't told this in words (usually), but they are raised to place great value on male sexual attention. In their families it means they WON. They won a high place on the female social hierarchy.

It's because you're making a false assumption. It's not attention they want. They're just expressing themselves by dressing and looking a way that they find attractive. I have had blue streaks in my hair for the past decade. I had always wanted blue streaks in my hair before that. When I finally had them put in I…

All of this is dependent on the personality of the child being bullied and the tools and support they have at their disposal. I was horribly bullied and it forever changed who I am. This outlook would have been totally foreign to me as a child. I'm a very sensitive person, which isn't a choice, contrary to popular…

True dat.

My grandmother, who was born in 1914, used to talk about learning eugenics in school. Consequently, she had many prejudices about people that we'd find just crazy now. She used to say you could tell how intelligent someone was by the shape of their ears. :| She said that a well-formed skull indicated that someone…

OK... I have to say something. Especially because of the response to your post saying this is a case of a trashy upbringing. This is not unusual behavior at all. I have an 11 year old daughter. She started puberty at 9 and is now a D cup. No kidding. At 11. When her friends who have not started puberty yet put…