Agreed. Wanting to marry an investment banker isn't the same thing as wanting to marry someone who pulls their own goddamned weight. Yes, I'm successful and career-oriented, but I don't have the kind of income by myself on which one could support two people and a baby. Which means my partner needs to work. Not work so…

This is one of the main reasons I will never, EVER work as a hostess again. People don't seem to understand the food tastes the same no matter where you sit.

I worked my way through nursing school as a certified nursing assistant (the equivalent to the job this woman has). I went through an 8-week training course and then took an exam to obtain my certification. I worked in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and acute-care hospitals. My pay was a few dollars an…

I have just spent the summer being that girl (I'm 22, so I'm a bit more forthright about telling people where they can and cant sit but still). I worked in a 97 table (about 360 covers) restaurant, riverside location with a very narrow terrace out front - like one row of 20 or so 2 tops. It was Hell with tourists. One…

One night that really solidified my yet-to-be-verbalized decision to leave my ex-husband, we were at a restaurant and he asked to be reseated THREE TIMES. The first table had uncomfortable chairs, the second table was in some location where he could hear or sense some sort of ultrasonic noise that no one else,…

Yeah, it's bad. People will march our hostesses all around the restaurant trying to snag tables that are reserved. Or we'll be on a crazy waitlist and the place will be packed and someone will march over and park at a table that hasn't even been bussed and reset yet, like I won't notice and will accidentally serve…

my heart is breaking for that family on top of the rage building in me. I literally just watched the documentary "After Tiller" last night (you should watch it, its a fantastic look at the only drs who preform late term abortions and the struggles all patients face).

"For just 80 cents a day, you can give an actress or pop star the women's history and feminist theory education they so desperately need. Please call today."

Can anyone shed some insight on the ethical issue of this? Everyone keep saying DUH IT'S SO OBVIOUS, but I honestly don't understand what ethical issue would prevent that many doctors from doing the surgery. We have people who get transdermal devil horns, fork their tongues, and cut/scar/brand themselves for aesthetic…

"The blacks" that I know (my family and friends, BTW), thought that it was sad that the old white lady didn't know when to shut up, made allowances for her age and historical background, and wished her well.

Yeah god forbid someone would want to be educated about the world around them. I know that Americans are known for having so many people who are politically aware that we probably wouldn't want any more.

I don't know how it is these days, but back when I was an undergrad in the 90's, there were tons of dual majors in History and Political Science. The reason for that is because there was so much overlap between the coursework for the two majors. If you do the standard History and tack on a quarter or two of…

Under Kira's supervision, according to the source, pledges in the incoming class were called names, berated for their perceived physical flaws and imperfections, and made to perform physical tasks to the point of bruising and exhaustion.

My favorite part of Monday!

EXCUSE ME, I AM WEARING DIOR.

Why do you do this to me, so close to my lunch time and with no monies for sushi.

:C :C :C :C :C :C

Man, people are already taking this thread SUPER seriously and negatively. To all I say: chillax. This thread is not meant to stop women from becoming mothers. If you really want to be a mother, nothing in this thread will stop you, and if it does, then you really didn't want to be a mother.

So I went to one of those super hippy birth classes (for TEN weeks) and they were against everything that doctors normally advise. This would include not eating a lot as you're going into labor, or the day you're to be induced (of course they were against that as well). I ended up being induced at 42 weeks because…