I agree with you - There are a lot of people that have these naming standards within their home. I have an very liberal friend, and when they have to call for each other in earshot of the kids, they sort of reflexively say “Mommy” or “Daddy”. Now to be fair, they call each other their names at other times, but…

I am an adventurous type, but I also have a degree in bacteriology.  I long ago told my better-half that I was at a “firm no” on cruises.  I live near one of the largest cruise ports in the country and it would easy a cheap to do a quick weekend getaway, but just no.  Patriot Act on Netflix did an episode on cruises…

I mean it is snake oil salesmanship at its finest. You find people at their lowest, you convince them you care, you sell them a product, you disappear on the next train (or repackaged product) out of town. There are so many people that suffer with chronic health conditions that could probably really benefit from…

I read a variation on this topic a few months back and my take away is that I’m not sure that this is such a great idea. I fortunately navigated the weirdness of app dating without excessive chaos, but I never forgot that this process was fundamentally high-risk and it’s best to be consistently smart. My concern would…

Absolutely! I actually really respect the things my parents do to protect themselves from risks. They know the risks and more importantly their limits and choose to say “not for me” for a lot of this stuff. They very much realize that seniors are at risk for abuse and scammers and actively try to minimize those…

OMG this! I realize that aging is a bitch and it will happen to all of us, but there are scads of evidence that learning ability, problem solving, decision making, retention, ability to understand and optimize technology and executive functioning all decline with age (some evidence that age 70 is when it is most…

I sort of wish we could go back to the days when the kitchen was not a show piece, but rather a utilitarian room at the back of the house that no one ever saw. Sure toss in in some eat in space/desk space for a routine Tuesday night dinner and homework, and make it aesthetically pleasing, but really - having a…

This ^. Narcissists have three channels: rage, self-pity, charm. This guy has been stuck on the rage-channel since the election. Envision a smaller interpersonal version of this. A lady decides to break up with him. I’m sure we can envision this guy writing all kinds of crap on her social media, blowing up her phone,…

At the risk of seeming like a prude - I’m spending a lot of time lately sort of shocked by how much grown adults (men and women) seem to just ricochet around the world trying to satisfy their sexual urges as their primary driver, with no sense of how insane it is. Like how does your brain override common sense to the…

I kinda love this. I have a job and a field of expertise that when I tell people what I do they will literally say “Wow, you must be really smart.” Which is like a super awkward thing to respond to... I mean technically yes - I score pretty high up there on standardized testing and my educational level exceeds that of…

When I was married - every year I would threaten my now Ex with instant death if he EVER bought a car without consulting me. And he had some sort of personality disorder that manifested with somewhat impulsive spending at times... so he had been known to just buy a car before we were married.  Of course I ignored that…

I don’t know that I EXPECT an App to do this for me. As someone said - the sex offender registry is such a mess that I’m not sure there is a reliable way to screen. Heck - Something like my credit report I check ever so often and pretty consistently find errors (places I didn’t actually work, spelling errors etc.). I…

Re: tens of thousands which we will never be spoken of ...

You seem genuine - whipping it out is not about actually trying to get laid, it’s about an act of sexual aggression and not so veiled threats. “Look at me ... I’m hard and ready to go. I could just pin you down and jam this into you and you would know who’s the boss you little bitch. I can do whatever I want, and…

My ExHusband definitely had some kind of personality disorder in the Cluster B/Narcissism classification and I think one of the crazy I things I came to understand was at least some of these folks - the lie they tell then becomes the truth in their world. The thing they say or the series of events they claim…

I’m team homeowner on this one. I don’t like arbitrary, poorly defined rules. Tell me the rules, make it clear the consequences of not following the rules and I can then decide if I can live with it or if I will need to peace out. Either have a written rule that states “Holiday Decorations may be displayed for no more…

I know there are many competent people doing great work in education (I’m friends and family with many of them)... but DAMN, this type of lack of problem solving capability in administrators is one of the reasons I don’t have kids. When I read this story a week ago i thought “well I guess the school is looking to get…

I definitely have the fall cleaning bug. I live in Los Angeles, so usually this time of year is like a convection oven with hot wind from desert and “fire season”, but you do get the occasional cool and pleasant day.  The fact that you can do a bit of physical cleaning and not be a sweat exhausted mess is certainly…

My reading of it was that through the DNA service it kicked back a name that was essentially her biological paternal grandmother. The woman in this case contacted Grandmother, inquiring about her son who was the woman’s sperm donor. I don’t think that her own mother (e.g. the woman who had a pregnancy) had anything to…

It’s probably some carefully crafted semantics to address the fact that they may have contracts in place from some suppliers for delivery of X amount of units in FY 2019-2020. Walmart’s fiscal year starts in Feburary, so they will likely spin out all existing contracts and have some amount of dwindling stock…