Just fwiw, if you can buy a home that will command a high enough rent to cover your mortgage, it can be a pretty easy investment- IF you are willing to pay a management company. During the worst of the housing crash my grandma died. She left me enough to buy a (pretty trashed) forclosure condo in a decent location for…

FWIW my friend's 5 year old daughter loves the spinning machine set. And my 5 year old son isn't interested in building at all, though he does like making costumes. Gender, man.

You're ok, your baby is ok, you are not mean, and sleep hygiene is good. It is very hard with baby #1. With baby #2 you'll just turn down the monitor and get on with it :)

Thank you for this. More than anything else, this makes the situation crystal clear.

I've been married 10 years to a nerd I met at a Halloween party. My housemates threw the party - I really didn't have the time or energy - and forced me to wear a blue Betty Page wig. I had invited the smoking hot guy from my grad school class, but he showed late. Meanwhile, I met this dude in a Penny Arcade (what?)…

You aren't the problem! I had the same problem with other brands before I found Betsey. She is my boob soulmate. Your boob soulmate is out there, somewhere, hopefully at a reasonable price point.

I haunt Nordstrom Rack & Rue La La to find Betsey Johnson bras. They are pretty, fun, and keep big boobs high all day long. I love that I no longer have to compromise good support for femininity, or vice versa.

Fair enough!

I've written and erased several responses to this to distill this thought: if you cannot fathom a child enriching your life, then don't bother. There are always, always reasons they won't be easy. Your life, relationship, and self will be permanently changed. They will not all be good changes. You will have to evolve…

I'll go with 'having kids is a selfish decision'. Oh man, though... When peeing alone becomes a selfish choice because someone small is sobbing about being locked out, parents get a bit pissy about being told how selfish they are.

You can say 'love' with invertebrates. Observe:

Our first Valentines together my husband brought me a bouquet of tulips that had a slug in it. And cookies, which didn't have a slug. I've gotten flowers every year since, but apparently I'm no longer slug-worthy.

The other high drama pieces still manage to maintain proportion & flatter the body, but this one feels really off.

Your story hit a nerve for me. I went to an all-female high school, where girls filled ALL the roles, from jock to brain. Then I went to college. I remember being in a discussion group and realizing I was literally the only woman there who was speaking. Everyone else was letting the boys talk. I'll never forget it.

I agree that it is good in principle, yet problematic in reality. I'm not a big government proponent, yet I do think most couples can benefit from these conversations. How would we keep it open-minded and exploratory, rather than preachy? What are considered the major bullet points or agenda items? Who is paying? Who…

Fun story: my good friend and her husband of 13 years were married in the Catholic Church & did the testing and pre-Cana. On the test she said that they disagreed about drug use, because he didn't like her smoking. When she told him about it after the fact, he immediately realized that the priest and pre-Cana leaders…

My FIL got us a Pocket Hose (http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Hose-Te…). Why? We have hoses. We're not gardeners. We xeriscaped the front yard two years ago, and our back yard is small. He's been to our house many times and knows all of these facts. Why?

My kids live in a bubble that includes Sesame Street, Curious George, and the Garfield Holiday Specials. I think you're doing fine.

That's because you didn't live in Denver during Tebowmania. ESPN would be nuts to let a ratings bonanza like this pass them by. Apparently being inarticulate is ok, even swell, as long as you throw in words like 'Jesus' and 'Savior' every 30 seconds.

I'm with you, but someone who claims to love Titanic - whether to pick up women, or in true sincerity - should have enough romance marketing savvy to use less biblical language.