Ugh THANK YOU! At home my kid is always strapped in. At restaurants the straps are almost always broken at the clasp, missing one side, nonexistent...very annoying.

More like the current advice is YOUR BABY WILL DIE AND YOU WILL GO TO HELL IF YOUR BABY DOESN'T SLEEP ON ITS BACK AT ALL TIMES!!!!!

Hahaha me too. We never had sugary cereals except for our birthdays. I got so excited over a box of Cap'n Crunch.

I love this movie, but her damn WARDROBE. Guuuh. I think she's supposed to have that whole grimly stay at home mom look. Come on. Everyone knows modern SAHMs wear yoga pants or leggings and a cute sweatshirt.

Ahh excellent point. Thanks for the correction. I was really referring to government as opposed to self-identification but I appreciate the input all the same.

There's just no fucking excuse for smelling horrible on a plane. I usually refresh my deodorant and brush my teeth (or at least pop in a piece of gum) on layovers or during a 3+ hour flight. It's not that fucking hard.

What kind of fucking asshole sticks his wife with three young kids in a different part of the airplane? Aside from the rudeness to anyone else (and that seems pretty damn rude), that's disrespectful as shit to the mother of his children.

I was once on a train trip when a woman boarded and unwrapped a sub sandwich LADEN with hot onions. The conductors don't give a shit about being polite and they came and ripped her a new asshole. I seriously thought they might kick her off the train. It was surreal and amazing.

I think this is more when it stops being about disease - aka long term, monogamous relationship. I think it's also a good choice for those "Eh, we're not looking to get pregnant but on the off chance that we did it wouldn't be a huge, terrible thing" couples, of which there are plenty.

Well I'm not a man, I'm a woman, and I just have to say that pulling out makes me a little sad. It just doesn't feel quite as complete. And on a totally gross note I enjoy smelling like the other person for a little while.

My little sister is lovingly referred to as "sponge baby".

Nothing you read about Scientology will be fun. :(

That's horrible! Ugh. I would bawl too. That poor man. :( Fortunately my husband hasn't talked to him in almost 20 years at this point, but it still affects him of course. His dad was a shitty parent absorbed with his new wife/kids who were Scientology approved. I really hate this exclusive, private religion shit. So…

My husband's (ESTRANGED for the obvious reasons) father is a Scientologist. It's some creepy shit. He refused to help my husband pay for college despite making bank because he spent all of his money on Scientology and sending his kids to private Scientology school. I'm pretty sure one of the big tenets of the faith is…

I played with TMNT toys more than perhaps anything else as a young kid (I had a close friend with a huge collection that he happily shared). I was late to Kindergarten class once because I walked there "like Master Splinter". My first and second grade recesses consisted almost entirely of what amounted to an X-Men…

I LOVE going to the movies alone. You should give it a try! However, suggesting it to book club guy is not a bad idea either...

I've made them this way several times now...I don't always because they are REALLY quite creamy and that's not always the texture I'm looking for, but holy crap are they yummy this way.

I have several much-younger siblings, the youngest born when I was 12. I was a reasonably older-looking 12 so I would frequently get horrible glares and whispers when caring for her in public. I was absolutely enamored of her so I frequently fed her/dressed her/doted on her in public, and having lots of little…

I think that's a step in the right direction. Much better for you to politely correct them than for them to hurt you the way the author has been hurt, ya know? Maybe they thought you were older and just looked young for your age.

Jesus. As a mother I can only imagine how gutting this could be when said over and over and over. This is why I always just act like the kid someone is caring for is theirs until I'm otherwise corrected. Genetics do all sorts of interesting things, and two drastically different skin tones do not mean those people are…