How is layaway not living within one's means? It's just like saving up, except that the toy your child wants or that thing you found on a great sale won't be all gone by the time you have the cash in hand.

"Because sometimes, the less you have, the more you need that 'extra' stuff to feel like you still even fucking exist."

This sounds like a spontaneous gift to a less-fortunate family. They don't HAVE money to buy fewer things that are made locally. They probably have only the money to buy a gift or two per child from Kmart. Do you not get the whole concept of not having money? This isn't people buying a dozen gifts for each child…

I used to get so riled when kids would bring their fundraising shit to church when I had fundraising shit too. I used to ask my mom if I could bring mine, and she'd reply with, "Moneychangers in the temple."

I see your point, but if my husband was part of a group with a bake sale, he'd totally bake something and happily bring it. The problem is I'm not sure how much that happens in these groups (I've never done a bake sale for anything, personally). Baking doesn't have to be gendered. I will say most of the groups I've…

Awesome, I'm partially vegan too! I ate a clementine for my mid-morning snack.

Oh god. The Winnie the Pooh sweatshirt. Back before plus-size clothing got cuter (maybe 6-8 years ago), I remember being in some big box store looking through the plus-size stuff and I swear half the tops had Mickey or Winnie the Pooh on them. What the hell?

I've always loathed Hello Kitty for reasons I can't quite pinpoint, but when my Women's Studies prof said, "I hate Hello Kitty. She doesn't have a MOUTH." it kinda hit the nail on the head for me. I realize it's a stylistic choice, but goddamn if it doesn't creep me out. Then again, I pretty much any sort of…

LEAVE THAT SHIRT ON THE CHAIR!

Mr. Water got Fallingwater for his birthday and you should have seen his face when he opened it. Legos are for everyone.

I'm totally pro-choice, but I'm mystified by everyone here claiming that a sixteen week fetus isn't very developed. 37 weeks is full term, for goodness' sake, so 16 weeks is technically over halfway "done". Of course it's pretty developed by then. No one has to lie about development to be pro-choice.

I wouldn't really call it a business so much as a nationwide volunteer organization of photographers who offer to do this for free.

16 weeks is halfway to full term (37 weeks). So yeah, this very well could be. Fetuses have pretty well-developed extremities at that point.

Hahaha. I take it you've never been a female nerd.

A 16-week-old fetus is NOT the size of a bean. More like the size of a large avocado. Also, by four months along, it's well into the fetus stage. Sounds like you need some "better knowledge of fetal development."

Yeah, Facebook is kind of where I draw the line. I had a friend who experienced a late miscarriage (or maybe at this point it was technically a stillbirth, I can't remember). The baby was still fetus-y enough that the pictures completely turned my stomach when she popped them up on Facebook. And of course she…

I like how she said "prejudice", like she's the physical embodiment of the concept or something, lol.

I've had so much trouble buying neutral baby clothing. I know the sex of my baby but, you know, I would prefer practical stuff that can be handed down, and also boy clothing drives me absolutely fucking nuts with all the footballs and shit.

Has anyone had a first birth where they just skipped straight to c-section? I know they are unpleasant and the recovery time is horrible, etc, but it looks like I am due to have a big baby, I have been having some BP issues (no Pre-e, YET), and I'm really just fretting about laboring for 12 hours and then getting a…

I admire your restraint. Anyone does that to me when Water Jr. makes his debut in February, and I will spit in his or her face.