It’s def a huge social taboo and societal misogyny. 

I remember reading an opinion piece from a mom who decided to give full custody of her kids to her ex and her thought process behind it. It was a really long time ago, and I remember feeling like it made a lot of sense and came from a good place, something like she felt like her job was too chaotic and she just knew…

It’s a little like death, though, isn’t it? My grandfather passed recently, and my mother (who has been his primary caretaker for the last decade - and it was a huge drain on emotional resources for the last two) was sad until the funeral, but has rebounded and is enjoying her life anew.

His son, who rarely visited and…

Sometimes I wonder... when is too quickly to move on after a relationship? Makes me feel weird when other people comment “they moved on quickly.” Well, after a 9 year relationship in their case, is a month too long? 2 years? Half that time? Point is, outsiders never know what is happening. Either party could have…

I’m a gay dad, but my partner was the primary caregiver when we became parents, and I remember being freaked out the first time that I had to spend a few hours as a solo parent. My partner just told me to deal with it and went out to dinner with his friends. I got over it and now regularly have lots of one on one time…

The sad thing is I have a (smart & important!) friend (who is still working full time!) who (important to note, this was before she actually had kids, but had the husband) said she wouldn’t trust her husband alone with the kids before they hit a certain age. I just thought why tf would you have kids with a guy you…

I feel bad for your Pops, but at least he had that realization that he was wrong. There is a special brand of shitheel, who openly brag about not doing anything to raise their kids. No wonder most of his brood turned out the way they did.

My 80 year old dad never changed a diaper or spent much time with us. He is now so consumed with guilt and regret, and often talks about the great relationships my brothers have with their kids. He’s trying really hard with the grandkids, but gets pretty overwhelmed with the younger ones, because he never learned any…

I don’t know why, but Chris Pratt has always set off “DANGER, DANGER” bells in my head. Like, I feel as though he’d be really slowly emotionally manipulative and that his “charming” persona is just a public veneer that he strips off but only when he’s thoroughly got you under his control. RUN, KATHERINE.

Have them send me a note -- if my child-free single self hasn’t died first, I’ll totally care!

It’s maddening when a woman’s life is to who she married or who her offspring is. My obituary will read “no one’s wife and mother of none is dead; therefore, no one cares.”

Take that money thats been crowdfunded for the wall! Jesus.

Wild how we always have enough money to buy some bombs and jets and arm our allies, but as soon as the notion of providing our people with health care or a greener planet comes up, we’re broke.

Pictured: every Centrist when it comes to actually doing the work

There IS a way to pay for it! She literally just said raise taxes on upper class.

Since the start of Trump’s turn, with a Congress completely under his control, the national debt increased $2 trillion. But somehow, the burden of budgets and debt is always placed on the left. It’s time we let that shit die.

You realize the climate threat is on par with what Lincoln and FDR did? Like there aren’t equal because they’re all different, but in terms of scope and necessity, the New Green Deal is vitally important.

Wooohoooo!!! I have so many of these I don’t know where to start. This will be an ongoing project over the weekend. OK I’ll start with a pretty tame one, but that was just insanely weird.

Many moons ago, before a neighborhood in my big city became crazy gentifried, there would be gay after parties in abandoned warehouses after closing time. It was like a speakeasy and you had to be on a list to get in, then enter via a freight elevator. Then you could order drinks and there were aerialists and other…

The last time I drank tequila was in 1996. My BFF/roommate and I went to a party at a friend’s apartment. BFF was going to tell a boy she was in love with him, not knowing that he had chosen that occasion to announce his super-gayness. Whoops!