My mother-in-law did this amazing thing where she read the famous passage from 1st Corinthians at our wedding ("Love is patient, love is kind, etc) and then tore it down. "Love is NOT patient. Love is jealous and petty and hates the way you chew." It was fantastic.

That is very sweet!

Re: #1 - I just don't see why it's an issue that gets people so riled up. Like a lot of my friends and family, I'm married - as in, we had a ceremony. But I also have lots of friends and family, including my two brothers, who are in long term, committed relationships with shared property, kids, pets, and they are…

Thanks for the tip! And, oof. You're right - it ain't for wimps, indeed.

Seriously considering doing exactly this.

Thank you for the heads up - I wouldn't have even thought of that.

Thanks! I actually put the enhanced parental controls on 2 days before we had the talk with the kids (my husband works every day but Sunday, and wanted to be present for the talk), so I had to tell them something about the change. I said I'd put on additional software "to make sure that pages that are only for adults,…

This was the moment that I went from "Oh God, my kids looked at porn I'm going to be sick" to just giggle-crying. I was weirdly relieved. Oh, he also image searched "vigina". Worryingly/impressively, his knowledge of the word "porn" itself appears to have come from his own internet research, as once I got far enough…

Huh. I really thought it was a cat. Not that it's really related, but I think it's hilarious that here in Peru I can buy facial tissues with these images on them:

She did have a genius ability to make everything all about her, all the time.

Last week one of the other moms from school told me that my 9-year-old had shown her 7-year-old a porn site that a 10-year-old in the school had shown him. I said, "no, we have parental protections in place." But then I went through his browser history and there's a short period from over a month ago when he visited…

I had one straight female friend who was super offended when I came out to her as bisexual, because my answer to her "so, are you attracted to me?" was "no." Cue "I think you're an attractive person but I'm not personally attracted to you" speech.

Hetero married bisexuals try to claim they're more oppressed than you are?! That's just ... ugh.

Yes. First of all, even if she only recently realized/accepted/admitted being bisexual to herself, it is more than likely that it has always been there, but she hasn't been able to name it. At least, that was my experience. So, if you're going to feel like people outside the marriage are competition, the numbers…

Cosigned. The other BIG reason for me to be out to my family as bisexual is that I actually think it's important for my kids to know. They should know that bisexuality exists, that it's not salacious or slutty, or people just failing to make up their minds. They should especially know this because we've gotten to a…

Not compared to Ryan Gosling, he's not. But Gosling is the gold standard of bland. When it comes to not having facial expressions, he's like the blond love child of Keanu Reeves and Nicholas Cage.

I'm closer to strawberry yogurt, myself. Also with Stilton-like blue veins running through!

This is how my kids once convinced me that Friday is "part of the weekend" - until I was fully awake.

Mine used to do this whenever I climbed into bed after he was already asleep. I dubbed it the "boob check", and decided it was his way of confirming that I was not an imposter.

Mine called me a "pinko commie" under similar circumstances.