I don't think it's true that he's only gone soft on drugs since his kid developed a problem and thus made it relatable to him. The son is only 24 and he's been "soft on drug crimes" aka "reasonable about drugs" for like 15 years.

He had a soft on drugs approach long before his son developed a drug problem, though.

Eh, I don't even tell my kids they can, with practice, be good at certain things. If they don't show any aptitude, I tell them they could get better and they can get to where it's much easier to really enjoy that activity. I use myself as an example: my parents were kind enough to archive a lot of evidence that I…

This is great. It's also great, I think, to emphasize the fact that you don't have to be great at something to really enjoy it and get a lot out of it. This is why my children have seen my exceptionally wobbly ballet recital videos.

That's really sad.

I would watch the hell out of this movie.

More like tits and ass and ass and ass.

A reconstructed face does not age quite like a natural one, so she probably actually needed other surgeries. Besides, just growing up like that—-needing cosmetic surgery in your teens when your mother is one of the most beautiful women in the world—-probably fucked her looks-related self-esteem pretty good.

I enjoyed your comment, especially the typo "hasn't she eaten the right...".

The pregnant cat who visits my yard does this all the time. So now I'm picturing you as a cat, just so you know.

ah hell. That should say "re- approach " not reap preach.

Yep. Very occassionslly, a girl will tell a guy "go away" and then reap preach him when he does go away. This is for a couple of reasons:

You're fine. If we all felt as much sympathy for strangers as we do for our own selves and families, nothing would ever get done.

There are some things for which pain is a logical consequence. If you don't wear your seatbelt, or you run into the street without looking, you run a very real chance of ending up in intense pain, so I think it's appropriate for parents to use a very small amount of pain (by spanking) as a consequence for those…

I really, really like what you've said. Parents who are in control of their anger can use spanking to provide a swift, logical consequence for behavior, since very young children aren't developmentally ready to connect a consequence days/hours away with their behavior right now. Parents who have issues (not their…

FWIW, what you describe is mild abuse BUT, chronic mild abuse is actually more damaging than clearly hideous torture. A kid who is chained to a radiator has an easier time drawing the line that says "what I suffered was not okay, no matter what I did to deserve punishment" and has his/her experience confirmed as…

oh gosh, are we including weird things we did as children with crushed?

beautiful! Like the "you make me want to be a better man" trope, except you actually, like, did.

I hit on my now- husband by oh so casually putting my feet in his lap.

I may regret asking, but wtf is a diet ménage? I am old and uncool and Urban Dictionary was most unhelpful.