I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I've also had birds, rabbits, rats, and hamsters. I love the little guys, and they love me. They make my daily life easier. But love is not enough to make their lives as valuable as a human's life. My Dad dedicated his life to being an amazing physician, to addressing health…

My dog wouldn't try to save your children. My dog MIGHT try to save me, because she's very attached to me. She would bite your children if they were too close to her. Because she's a mean little dog and, as a non human animal, not capable of empathizing with the pain of others. I'm a human being, meaning I'm…

Just so I understand. If for some reason I'm in a burning building with your kids and my dog, and I save my dog and leave your kids behind, you'd be totally okay with that? I mean they're YOUR kids. So why should I care about them? The important thing is, my dog can continue to drag her butt across the carpet to…

I usually bring an Amy's Kitchen bowl/meal and just microwave it in the office kitchen. They can be kind of expensive for frozen meals, but they're so tasty!

I've written ten page papers the night before they were due way too many times to count. So yes! It can definitely be done. If you feel like you should start now, set an easy goal for yourself: write the introductory paragraph by the end of the night. Just the intro! Not so hard.

I don't really understand changing one's name. I don't know if it's my profession or what (attorney) but almost none of my female friends changed theirs. Nobody at my law office blinked an eye either when I didn't change mine, and my office is full of middle aged conservative men.

I don't believe this at all. My Dad had the same last name as me. But it's my name too. I MADE it mine by living in it for 28 years. It's on my diplomas, my written works. Everything I've accomplished, I've accomplished under this name. We sometimes share attributes with our parents. That doesn't make them any…

I wouldn't break up with a guy over that, but I also wouldn't (and didn't) change my name. So my question would be for him: I'm definitely not changing my name, so is that a deal breaker for you?

I was the lead in Anything Goes in high school! It was a lot of fun, but.... the production was pretty embarrassing come to think of it because we basically had two people in yellow face playing the Chinese guys accompanying the missionary. I hope they've rewritten those roles for more recent Broadway productions. …

Thanks, I'm crossing my fingers for better results on the next one, but don't want to get my hopes up too high.

Thanks, that's reassuring. This is all making me think about switching doctors. They're nice, but they kind of just rushed me out without giving me a lot of information or telling me how common something like this is.

I had my first sonogram a few days ago, and they found a gestational sac but couldn't see an embryo. The doctor said it could be a miscarriage, but it could also just be that I'm not as far along as I thought: I may have just ovulated later than estimated. Judging by last menstrual cycle, I thought I was a little…

My husband and I were on a month long road trip around the United States. We had been going for about 2 weeks, and at this point in our travels we had just come from Seattle and were on our way to San Francisco. We stopped for the night somewhere around the border between California and Oregon. We stayed at a…

People with black friends can be plenty racist. Hell, people with black spouses and kids can be plenty racist. This is really a very silly argument for trying to prove one's not racist.

Cats are scary! They can climb up to really high places, above eye level so you can't see them, and then jump on your head and claw your face off! I'm not anti-cat, but I definitely like to get a warning if I'm going to be in a room with one. Sneaky devils.

My husband and I are both lawyers. My husband works for a big fancy law firm, and tends to work 70-80 hours per week. When he has a filing due he goes 2 or three weeks where he does not come home before 1 or 2 am, and he's back at work by 8:30 am. I work for a small boutique law firm for 1/3 of the salary and work…

Ah kids. I'm mixed, black and white, and I remember my parents asking really concerned questions about whether I felt okay about the color of my skin. I think they just wanted to make sure I wasn't experiencing racism at school or feeling low self esteem about being different or something. But I thought they were…

Honestly, I think one of the perks of being married is that I get to have sex whenever I want to, but I don't feel any obligation to go through all the steps of kissing, making out, etc. before getting to the point. I enjoy nonsexual kissing - little kisses to say 'welcome home' or 'have a good day at work' and the…

Modern Family is cute and all, but really? The humor just seems really generic to me. And to beat Parks and Recreation? And no best comedy series nominations at all for Community, Louie, or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?? I just don't get awards shows.

I kinda have baby fever, but I'm actually experiencing societal pressure NOT to have a baby, despite the fact that my friends, husband, and I all in our late twenties. In my circle of workoholic lawyers, babies are apparently career ruining and gross. However, I'm guessing it'll just take one couple to get the ball…