I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be totally cool with dudes "tricking" me with makeup. Especially ball makeup. I'd be totally cool with believing those were more beautiful than they actually are.

Yup, same here, same era. I channeled all the pain and sadness from my parents' divorce into that crush, wondering why fate would be so cruel to keep us apart. I cried constantly. Very glad my parents got me some good therapy.

What's the proper way of addressing the fact that the majority of the trick-or-treaters that come to my door are between the ages of 18-65? I don't get many actual children! To be fair, I live in a pretty mixed area, economically, and I suspect there's a bit of a "free calorie grab" element to all of this (which makes…

Well I guess you just nixed my "Sexy Carl Fredricksen" idea. Thanks.

That's wildly unfair. I hope you can always find the energy and willpower to be your kids' best mom. And I hope your mom comes around one day with some very specific apologies.

Oh, those get me, too. And I'm sorry your mom took that news so poorly. It's hard enough as it is without managing someone else's feelings.

I was so confused by that headline. I must have read cavel-adies three times before I figured out what I was looking at. I kept envisioning the early Greek philosopher and artist, Caveladies, painting on cave walls.

Dang indoor rain. It gets you at odd moments! I get rained on at my desk sometimes, too, especially when I see pictures or video of dads doing real "dad" things like wearing dumb things to embarrass their children or demonstrating to their young kids that they're clearly the strongest man on the planet.

That makes me ache a little for you. I was kind of hoping you'd be like, "Yeah, the first 10 years really sucked and then number 11 was total cake!" I sigh for both of us.

I'm so sorry about your dad. August 16 was my dad's 10th anniversary. Time makes it easier, but man, it doesn't get a whole lot better, does it? We all find ways that best acknowledge the occasion and honor the person. For some people, that means going about your business on the day and not feeling obligated to be a…

I had no idea Bigfoot had such a girlish figure!

I just keep imagining her feeding him flat-handed, like you would a horse, when I read "hand fed." Hope that image helps!

Kim missed the anniversary of her dad's death? Um, no. You can't miss that one. It's not like a birthday. Regardless of where you go in the world, what you do on that day, it's still the day your loved one died. You move on (if you want to) and spend the day living instead of acting like another dead person. If you…

Sorry, we just disagree about this completely.

Their definition of success and yours don't match up. End of story.

Yes, these are all relevant examples for YOU. The whole point is that every person has to find their own balance, and college may not be a necessary component of that for many people. Why go into debt attending college if you're going to end up working in a trade anyway? That puts more economic strain on the country…

You changed lives today. Go get yourself a milkshake.

Whoa whoa whoa. You're getting loony on us here. No one is advocating in this thread living off of others in order to pursue your passion in life. You're setting up a straw man. Everyone else is saying that, despite how you, personally, feel about what financial security means for you, for most of us having a greater…

Good for you for supporting them in finding their own way. Especially when one of them clearly is already on his own path! I'm always impressed when people can manage to set up their own businesses and run them - I'm not logical or motivated enough to do that for myself.

I'd add that disappointing your parents is an important milestone, too. Maybe not perpetually, but if you're always the good kid who does everything right, it's just worse the later in life it happens. I majorly disappointed my parents for the first time at 26 or 27 and it was devastating to all of us. None of us had…