I read a short story once called Girls Who Wear Glasses (I can't find it online), but it had a great line in it... something about "Women who wear glasses are saying to the world that the eyes may be the window to the soul, but my soul is not so easily accessible."

True story: I go to friend's wedding. My boyfriend catches the garter (a tradition no one has yet commented on??). So, my bride-friend turns around and attempts to peg me in the chest with the bouquet. Sadly (?), a 7-year-old guest (whose mother made her go out there) reaches up and grabs it. Being unwilling to…

Isn't this the exact plot of How I Met Your Mother?

I've been coloring my hair since I started to go gray at 19. At 40, I *could* let my gray grow out, but I really, really don't want to be gray yet. (70 is the magic age, FYI.)

As someone selling my JK, this (#3) is awesome news!

I have an infant daughter, and I plan to teach her that no one has the right to touch her if she doesn't want to be touched. That is not dysfunctional, that is owning herself. When she's old enough to know the difference between good touch and bad touch, then we can talk about social touch. In the meantime, there are…

I like this! I think giving warning, yet assuring him that it's not going to be a big deal would work. He's usually okay with discussing, but he will only talk for about 1 minute. I have to be brief myself if I want to get anything useful from him. This lets him know it's coming, and he can prepare his 1 minute…

I need an exact phrase to use for this. "Would you like to talk about your feelings?" doesn't seem any better to me than anything else I'd think to say.

I write technical documentation, and "write anything" is my fallback plan. It's not literally "anything," but I'll write something that I know sucks, then come back and edit. It's always easier (for me at least) to edit than it is to write.

This is yet another "thank god for the Internet" situation. Imagine if you had no way to find out if that was really him? Maddening!

This looks exactly like an ex of mine. If he played Chunk and didn't tell me, I will be SO PISSED.

I hear every thing Silverstone writes in Cher's Clueless voice....

Seconding the chicken thing. Why did no one tell me this before I made a special trip there? (For my birthday, of course.) So, so gross.

So, I just re-read this article, and I really, really need to know how to handle a smelly coworker. This is 100% a cultural issue, and I cannot think of a sensitive way to ask my no-deodorant-wearing coworker to please shower at least weekly. Is this something that it's appropriate to just report to HR, so there's…

If it helps, this is exactly what mine was like as well. I didn't want to do an epidural unless I really couldn't take it. Then I had back labor, which felt like a sustained kick in the spine with steel-toed boots. So, I got the epi. After the epi? No pain, just a feeling of pressure. I literally laughed out…

North is making the exact face that Jaden Smith makes in every photo ever.

Thank you so much for posting this. I have a 5 month old daughter, and I struggle to leave her every day to go to work. I feel like I should stay at home while she's young, but I forget that she'll always need me, and I can always choose to stay at home later, and she'll value it just as much.

Since when are women empowered "all over Asia, Africa, the Middle East"?

I visit this site before I get on any flight. It makes me feel so, so much better. I also get to the airport really early. For some reason, being at the airport early, so I know I won't miss the flight and I'm ready to go, makes me feel much better as well.

I had been on the pill for 5 years when I met and married my now-ex-husband. After going off the pill, I HATED how he smelled. Six months later — divorce.