I nursed my sister through her high-risk pregnancy and helped raise my nephew. I did it full time (raised my nephew) from 6 months when my sister had to return to work to 3 yo when we enrolled him in preschool so she wouldn’t have to worry about a stranger raising her child. I contribute in financial, emotional and…

People really need to stop medicating themselves with booze and Ambien before flying.

In Utah thats basically 4 in the morning.

If these were just a couple of lucky rich people who decided they wanted to live their lives as Victorian-era cosplayers...well, I’d find that odd, but fuck, it’s their time and money and it doesn’t hurt anyone. You want to play dress up with your life and you have the money to do it? God bless.

Damn your grandma died from an accident while having the flu, TB, and a baby? That’s hardcore!

Totally get this. It seems like yesterday that we brought our bundle of joy home, put her in the crib, and said to each other, “Now what?”

Well, he had the time of his life. He left yesterday.

Isn’t there a video where a baby stops crying when he holds her? and then he gives the smuggest smile to Michelle Obama

YES! Dude, the stars aligned when motherfukin’ KUROSAWA was like “I dunno, let’s do some Shakespeare maybe”

Right? THERE’S NO CRYING IN THE RING! Unless it’s tears of joy as you accept your championship cooler.

First of all, I’m enjoying the unexpected convention of equestrian commenters. Who knew?

Oh man. I’m a little bit older than Chrissie and I grew up with that same bullshit, victim-blaming message drilled into my head — and boy was it drilled into us. I got over it. Fwiw, I was also raped (back in the 80s) and I tried really hard to blame myself, but my therapist wouldn’t let me get by with that.

That makes sense. I’m sorry you had to deal with all of that on your own. That must have been really hard. It says a lot about your brother that his friends wanted to honor him like that though, even if it didn’t end up happening.

I wish my family wanted to shoot me out of a cannon. I’d be totally on board with that. :)

After being dead for 18 years, my father in law still has a stalker.

I basically babbled. Something along the lines of, “I’m so glad he has such an open minded and loving family, but I’m not a sex worker and I really only know him from the amazing stories my new coworkers tell me. I’m so sorry for your loss, and I’m sure I would’ve loved him but maybe not that way but maybe that way…

Oddly enough, it has to be post 2005!!

My wife also lost her breasts to breast cancer and we’ve had all those same conversations. It’s only when we’re around close friends at a private pool or something that she’s brave enough to go shirtless. Her joke is that about 10 years before the cancer, she had breast reduction surgery and after the mastectomies she…

Necessity is the mother of all invention, possibly also the mother of all reform/revolution... and, for better or worse, the fact that the economy is such that couples have no choice but for both partners to work is forcing a lot of issues re:women in the workplace.

The saddest part is that bullshit doesn’t just come from rich women, although I am sure they’re the majority. A huge number of women of all walks of life do similar mental gymnastics to soothe their own bruised self-respect. If they can convince themselves that “choosing” to do what men want them to do - be it…