Yuck, I am a temporary SAHM who has never prepared a lunch for her husband and never will. Believe me, I know where you are coming from— my first husband was raised by a SAHM who did everything for him his entire life, and he drove me nuts. It got to the point where we cooked and ate separate dinners every night…

The research you mention makes sense, although I wonder what role the surrounding environment plays. If a kid's grandmas, aunts, and friends' moms mostly work, would that kid assume his mom stays home with him because she's a woman, or because that's just what she does?

So feminism has replaced "you must work in the home" with "you must work outside of the home"? The goal of feminism was to create the option to do the same jobs as men, not to compel women to do them.

Yeah, I bet they have seen a surge in traffic over the past week.

Yes, it seems like a lot of people assume all SAHMs are Ann Romney. I am doing it for a couple of years and then I'll do something else. Do the critics think I should turn in my feminist badge until I land my next job, at which point it will be returned to me?

Wow, those quotes are horrible, I can't agree with Tracie more. I am a SAHM for a year or two, not because my husband wouldn't be good at it, or because I am better at it than him, or because it is what I am supposed to do as a woman, but because I, an individual, wanted to do it. I can go into a long spiel about how…

It must say something really sad about my life that I am fascinated by the answers to this question. But, then, my immediate thought was, "oh I can always find uses for tiny ziplocks," so that's a pretty good indication right there.

I see, thanks for responding. I get what you are saying. I am fascinated by how strongly people feel about this brand!

So, what about this made you change your feelings about him? Because of how expensive they are, or something else? I mean, don't rich people spend lots of money on all sorts of things we normal people would find insane?

Breaking: business owner just wants to make money! Film at eleven! :)

So, question. I was told the right way to bathe a dog is to use one of those hand-held shower head things, wet them down, soap them up, and then rinse. Rather than actually doing a bath. Does it matter which way you do it?

I was in a restaurant today for lunch in my Irish NYC neighborhood (both Irish-Americans and people from Ireland) and someone ordered an Irish Car Bomb. The bartender didn't blink, but I couldn't help but do a double take. I guess she's used to it, particularly on St. Patrick's Day.

Don't worry, once the baby comes you'll be too exhausted to contemplate anything, much less getting a new puppy. :)

I have much more trouble understanding my Quebecois friend than Parisian French. Although, to be honest, I have zero ear for languages and my French is quite bad.

Ah, thanks!

I see where you're coming from, but I don't know. The fact that he has to reach back to sterilizing the breast pump and changing diapers to show what an involved father he is makes me wonder. Because if the child is school-aged, that stuff is several years in the past. And the pump sterilizing just seems like such a…

Admittedly I was in high school many, many years ago, but I don't remember having to take a test to get my diploma. Is my memory that bad?

The episode are available on thewb.com. I don't think they are on netflix streaming or hulu.

I'm a third generation native, and I totally understand what you are saying. I had some white friends from Canada who moved to Harlem and were very excited about the gentrification going on around them, which really made me angry. It didn't seem like they knew or cared about the history at all, and when I tried to…

I used to think that if some critical mass of people is unable to detect your sarcasm or satire, you're doing something wrong. After reading this comment section I think I need to reevaluate.