This is my everything!

Yes! Somehow my boss and a senior co-worker (dude in his late 50s, of course) don’t seem to understand that even though I am at home my children are in daycare. They always comment on how quiet my children are and I remind them that my oldest has been at day care/pre-school for the last four years. GRRRR

Maybe it depends on where you live? I’ve lived in various cities on the East Coast since college but recently moved to the midwest. I was joking to a colleague the other day that “Hot in Cleveland” is a real phenomenon. I have not been hit on this much since I was 18 (early 30s, w/ two small kids now). In my birth…

Just popping in to second Old Navy jeans. I’ve had a pair of ON Flirt jeans going strong for going on 7 years. They’ve outlasted other pairs from gap, express and lucky. I think they have less spandex than other jeans and just wear through less quickly. Also thumbs up on the air dry- it really does make everything…

Take it back! Scrooged is an American National Treasure and my dad and I watch it together every year! I even sent him a Christmas Card this year with Murray and a speach bubble that contained the immortal line “Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples.”

Had to comment as I had to go shopping after my 13 year old banana republic slacks started getting shiny- I looked everywhere for nice black work pants (didn’t even think of a Talbots). Meh quality, style seemed trendy at best (skinny or flared etc.) I had 30 minutes left on the babysitting clock and ran into JC…

Hear, Hear! I actually thought this was kind of a good idea (the dating site) and don’t get all the hate. My brother is a Disney fan (also a major comic nerd and monster movie nerd), has a shelf of weird Disney bobble heads in his man cave, takes a trip to the parks every couple of years- stuff like that. He also is a…

Eh -I think more people probably run those numbers than you think. With our income the only way to make it work was for my husband to be the full time stay at home parent with our kids. He had no interest. We were able to keep both our babies home the first six months of their lives then transitioned to part-time day…

Yes on the Maureen O’Hara! To my five year old self she was the definition of beauty (as in “I want to grow up to look like her”.) I actually just scrolled through to see if anyone was going to mention her :)

Yes! Ugh I got an IUD (paraguard) after my daughter was born. It fell out within the week and I had a new one put in - a month later I received a bill for over 2k! And even though I got it through the same provider that did my yearly exams and all my OB care the IUD was not covered and was considered out of network. I…

FWIW- when I was at my poorest and in a crunch for housing my “studio” that I rented only had a hot plate and a mini fridge. I could have maybe stored a half dozen snickers ice cream bars in that thing :) Luckily I had resources and family and I knew that place was a temporary (1 year) measure until I got back on my…

I think the driving factor emotionally on the show is actually the exact opposite of your last sentence. With war you know there is a possibility for a large number of lives lost - you are, in essence, prepared for loss. With this show people just disappear and no one is prepared for it and the psychological damage is…

Ha! i love “textbook toddler narcissism” - I think I’ll just say it flippantly whenever they are acting nutty in public (to hide the fact that I’m cringing inside).

Exactly! My four year old understands privacy as a concept but can’t imagine that I need privacy from him. He burst in the bathroom the other day and I said “I need privacy please.” to which he replied, “From me? Mommy why are you breaking my heart?” and then began sobbing (he feels things deeply).

I grew up in Indy and while there are certainly super conservative people I always found a surprising amount of willingness to vote across the aisle. I had repub relatives who always voted for Evan Bayh and know Dems who voted for Luger a few times. A lot of Hoosiers will vote on issues as opposed to party…

ugh yes- we had a secret 2nd baby while my husband was finishing his PhD. No one knew until someone saw us at the grocery store with two little ones - at that point he had secured his funding for the next year so we were in the clear. Sometimes Academia is so stressful. Hope your situations worked out okay!

This is really interesting to me because, and I almost feel uncomfortable saying this on Jezebel (but also feel the need to say this because I’m having a personal growth moment or something), I’ve always felt the same way and honestly assumed most others did as well. Like I am strongly Pro-choice for the women of the…

You speak my language! You are my tribe!

Dude- I’m a native Hoosier who just moved to Ohio after being on the East Coast (Boston, NYC, Baltimore, then Durham) for almost 15 YEARS. I am so frickin’ stoked for apple orchards, midwestern fall festivals, and corn mazes. My SoCal husband (who has always considered me an “East Coaster” is totally flumoxed by my…

Chiming in late - but after trying several samples at Sephora this summer I really like the Supergoop Mineral w/ Olive Polyphenols. It is a bit pricey but didn’t make me break out, went on easily and I didn’t burn. I am pretty fair so I don’t get any weird mineral “ghost” face - not sure how it would work with darker…