Uh-oh. I'm five years into my marriage and so far have never even considered cheating... well maybe with a hot celebrity in my dreams. Is that about to end? I really still like my husband and think he's hot (and we're not without issues... we have a 14-month-old and that's been crazy stressful and caused a fair bit of…

Agreed and agreed.

Yep, you got it. They wouldn't have arrested her if she'd stayed in the car, as she was no doubt told to do. She got out, approached him and distracted him from the arrest he was making. He had every right (and reason) to cuff her, it is a safety issue when one cop is against two people, especially when one might have…

True that. I do live in ultra-liberal Hollywood, but I know two married couples where the mom wanted marriage and kids and to sleep with guys, the dad wanted marriage and kids and to sleep with guys, and they got married as "friends" to have a family together (both women were older and approaching the fertility danger…

I live in Hollywood. What do I need to do to get this happening here? Start a change.org petition? The names of the babies in my 14-month-old's class are just freaking ridiculous, even more when you learn how they spell them. And we seem to set the trends for much of the nation... be warned, "Atticus" is already "way…

I have only come across "Justice" since I moved to the US, as a middle name... first name "Aryan." So... yeah. That said, NZers in general are one hell of a racial melting pot, so I can't imagine they're that worried about a local white supremacist group giving their kids names like that... I'm guessing they're…

Yep. As an Aussie with a natural rivalry/begrudging affection and close familiarity with many, many New Zealanders, they do happily and proudly call themselves Kiwis. It's not an insult in the least... it's just like an Australian identifying as an "Aussie."

Agreed. Janelle is no angel, but NO ONE "deserves" the life she's living now, and it would just be a total tragedy if this ends up killing her. I have conflicting feelings about Barbara... yes, she's stepped up to take care of Jace, but she's just as likely to start the screaming matches and hurling of insults and…

I was part of an intervention (with a psychiatrist) to help a friend of ours with severe post-partum depression realize that she really needed help, it was not her fault, she had not "failed," there was treatment available. Prior to that any conversation about it only made her feel worse, like everyone could see how…

Seriously. I have a very common name. A name that has been in the top 20 and more recently top 10 girl baby names for about two decades. It has six letters and is spelled as it sounds phonetically. I go to Starbucks all the time and not once has my name been spelled correctly. I just laugh and take pictures of the…

You went to high school with Janelle? Are you surprised by how this has all shaken out, or was she a nightmare in high school too? I guess I've always seen her as a product of major abandonment issues - you never hear of her father, he left her with a lunatic of a mother, and her "baby daddy" (I hate that term, but it…

I do think her mom (Bah-bwa, oh it kills me every time) is a better carer for Jace than Janelle, but... she also raised Janelle, and look what a fabulous job she did there. And she's just as likely to start the screaming matches and swearing and hurling of insults as her daughter, often with Jace in the room or even…

Yep, saw it that way too. She could use the stand-up booth anytime she wanted, but it wasn't working that day, so presumably she's just going have to come back when it is. Nuisance, but no big deal, and definitely not "discrimination." If the tanning beds really are only rated for a certain weight and she's heavier…

Honestly, I don't know if it really is "pretty well known" that it's so difficult. My friends are generally well-educated, worldly people, and the majority of them assumed I automatically became a citizen the day I got married. That's how it works in the movies, right? At least I've never heard any of my friends say…

Preach! The system is so broken - there quite literally is no line for so many people, and as you said, marriage is prized above all else except the almighty dollar - and even then, you need sufficient $$ just to pay the fees, and as evidence to prove you can support your spouse. As for the professionalism of USCIS…

Immigrant who went through all the proper channels right here! I entered the US legally (originally on a student visa) and got my permanent residency and citizenship in quite literally the easiest way possible - through marriage to Mr Alleycat, a US citizen. The process is, quite frankly, ridiculous. Even with my…

So true. I didn't grow up in the US so I knew nothing about American Girl dolls - just that my niece has a huge collection and loves them. I went to buy one for her 3rd or 4th birthday (don't remember exactly, she's 6 now) and walked out empty-handed and in shock... $110 for the basic doll, plus tons extra for outfits…

1. Pauley Perrette is so far beyond cool it's not even funny. I know her personally quite well, so this a direct source! She really is "goth" in real life, although not as much as Abby - the spider tatt is fake, most of the others aren't. She volunteers at soup kitchens all the time, is obsessed with animal rescue,…

Ooh, I forgot Kevin and Kyra! Never heard a bad word about either of them, but there is some concern going around that Kevin has lost a lot of weight and is really looking his age all of a sudden - they were supposedly on a big health kick together recently and for a while he was super-buff, but he seems to have taken…

Mad Men - they're all well-liked, except January Jones, who is DESPISED. Jon Hamm has apparently become a little, well, taken with his new star status, but he's still considered charming and polite to work with. The Good Wife - Julianna works her butt off, she's always prepared for every scene and knows every line,…