This has always been my take on this as well. In some fields, really good talent is hard to come by. You don’t want anything to be a barrier to being able to make the hires you want.

My (now Ex) Hubs grew up with two older sisters and had what I always felt was a pretty normal relationship with periods and stuff. He didn’t freak, but he also didn’t want to share my menstrual experience with me. Every once in a while he would ask me an oddly detailed question which I would answer honestly and would…

There is something really depressing when the fashions of your best years coincide with dreadful fashion. Not that we can’t all look good at any age, but my “I can wear anything” peak was in the late ‘90's/early ‘00's when so much shiny, super low rise, baby t-shirt, chunky shoes were so popular. It’s just not a good…

Mis-labeling is a big problem. I work with kids with all types of developmental problems and we were always debating the value of various labels. I worked with lots of kids who had a primary language deficit. Now these were kids that would sit on your lap, and loved to play games, and would take you by the hand and…

Others have pointed out lots of issues that influence the way we diagnose autism. I think another issue is the influx of women into the work place and the rise of daycare/preschool. Up until the mid ‘70's, most women with young children did not work outside of the home full time. Childcare was provided in the home…

I suspect that “dating” was also like Jenny like told the camp bully to cut it out or or let him sit with them at lunch one day and he turned that into “dating”. FWIW - completely ignoring is actually what the author of Gift of Fear recommends. Typically these folks will transfer the obsession after a certain amount…

I think this is the point. Setting aside the highly specific list of common veggies, there are still lots of good things they can eat... AND they have the means to buy the highest quality ingredients, and they likely have delivery service so it’s not like Giselle is shlepping to the store before picking up the kids…

I think you are right in some ways, but in this case it makes more sense to get rid of the guy. And let’s be clear... he’s been ASKED to step down by the owners. He has not had some sort of epiphany and is feeling bad and quietly going away. I’m sure that he was offered a handsome bonus to just quietly step down.

Yeah the legal argument is not always something that is nice or reasonable. I’m not a lawyer, but typically they go with the argument that is most likely to be accepted by precedent.

Yeah this was my thought as well. Dad got tangled up with the narcos. Keeping in mind that these drug cartels are organized crime, so even if you don’t WANT to participate in the business, if they decide you are a good candidate, you will do what they say or pay the consequences. The dad was killed and the daughter…

OMG I had the same thought. Her hair looks amazing! So pretty and soft but with texture. Bah - me and my weird thin white girl hair could never measure up.

That and she really focused on it. She didn’t try to do too much at once and damage the quality of her brand.

I like Rihanna. She has that thing where she takes her work seriously, but she doesn’t seem to take herself too seriously. I like artists who are obviously qualified, but give that sense of it’s a fun job, but it’s job. Good for her.

This is an excellent summation of a general idea that I have observed, but never quite been able to put my finger on. Of course there will be exceptions to every rule, but it seems like the less educated you are, the more confidently you declare your expertise in any given topic. The more education you have (and/or if…

I feel like for the men, there has not really been a precedent or a model for them to look to in order to guide them. Us ladies - well our mothers either took some small advantage of the social changes that occurred in the baby boomer generation and they have encouraged their daughters to continue on. Or they suffered…

I know right. It’s kind of funny because I once announced like 5 years into his BIL *C joining the family... that “man I hate that guy”. And I listed off all the things that I hated about C and how he had offended me, etc etc. STBEXHubs was shocked.. “but you are always so pleasant to him and polite. You have never…

Thanks for the advice and pep talk. I have actually consulted two lawyers. Both lawyers have said that monies spent on extramarital affair partners is considered a “breach of fiduciary responsibility” and in theory I may be able to recover those assets. I don’t actually care about the money all that much, but I’m…

It’s funny how as your life progresses, it colors how you think about these things. I have always been ambivalent about Garner. Liked her in some stuff, find her generally overrated as an actress, but she seemed to love her family and want from life what most of us want.

I’m putting the finishing touches on a 10 week plan in preparation to file for divorce. Should I start posting on his FB wall on the regular (I don’t really do much FB) just to fuck with him/see if anyone picks up on that. :)

Yeah I have a SIL (Hub’s sister) who has a husband who is real piece of garbage. He cheated and got the gal pregnant and etc, etc. There was a whole drama a few years back and we all thought they were going to split up. But the reconciled and took a trip to Paris as a “second honeymoon” (like I don’t know how that…