I think it's the poorly laid out workbook—#5 should be on the next line, but it's right next to #4, and it makes it look like one long, complicated problem. That would be confusing for a kid. Hell, it was confusing to me until I realized what was going on with it.

The problem isn't the difficulty of the question. The problem is the half-assed formatting. Question 4 and 5 of A are written on the same line which makes the problem horribly confusing. It, seriously, looks like: 7x(_x_)=21x75.(21x3)/_=7 I had to study it for a minute or two to figure out what they were saying.

The real problem with #4 is that whoever formatted the page put #5 on the same line when each question had its own line before that point. Sloppy editing can and will lead to confusion.

Here here on the 'you can figure it out yourself' front! I'm exactly the same - firstborn and have the highest academic achievements. And your statement

I'm going to be selfish here and say it's nature and not nurture. My parents devoted all of their time to my sisters, because "you'll figure it out. You always do." I am where I am today because of grit, determination, hard work, and awesome people outside my family of origin who stepped in to help at key moments in…

It could also be that firstborn girls are required to be more independent and help out more with younger siblings. The 'helping out' doesn't necessarily mean 'helping raise' or anything like that, but simply being asked to 'look after your [sibling]' or 'help your [sibling] with their homework.' The helping out with…

It's okay to have differences when it comes to idioms, but always remember that you are equals in your relationship.

I loved the AG magazine. It was so positive and just the ideal happy, healthy girl magazine.

Random aside about your rankings of childhood catalogs: did you ever get the American Girl catalogs as a kid? Like the old(ish) school 1990s Pleasant Company catalogs, before Mattel bought them out? As you included the non-clothing items at the end, I was surprised to not see it listed. Because that was the best…

You know what? This is totally how Tom Haverford would get married. This looks like an extra straight out of Parks and Rec.

I've been doing it wrong...

I really think we need like a million of these. Like, woman walks down the sidewalk on a busy commute day, and is shocked to find that people don't run into her. Even when she tests the waters by throwing herself in their path, people dodge hurriedly out of her way! She goes home and is talking about it with her…

No yoga today. Just checked my pits ...

I'M A DUDE! Does this mean I get a 24% raise for the afternoon? Because this could be a regular thing. It's really not a problem.

Sophia says:

I'm giving 3-1 odds on gay sex.

"This church was not built on one man, it was built on The Lord Jesus Christ"

Brief synopsis of my thoughts, upon seeing these photos:

I have mystery chin and cheek hairs too! The worst is when I'm at work and realize one has grown back in - I can't do anything about it until I get home, but just knowing it's there drives me nuts, so I can't stop touching it for the rest of the day. Maybe I should stash a spare pair of tweezers in my desk...

I have two weird coarse black hairs on my face that are always growing back, one on my cheek and one on my chin. I am obsessed with spotting them and plucking them out as soon as they sprout. The days when they show back up but are two short to pluck make me completely insane.

Well, there's the innate things - I too have that one belly pube, and another down by my knee. Totally pubic. BY MY KNEE. I'm like "Hair, what are you doing down there?"