Because who’s job starts at 9 and ends at 12:45?! One of my friends found a great solution to this, she paid a stay at home mom who had 3 kids, one in the preschool with the daughter, to basically just add in one more kid to her mix. So she’d drop off her daughter at 7:30 with the mom and pick her up at 5:30. I forget…

Yep, my son is in one and it is FABULOUS! I pay a lot less than my friends (about $720 month for full time as opposed to the $1100 or so my friends report paying) and she is wonderful. She’s in her late 50’s and is a baby whisperer, the pied piper of toddlers. She can’t have more than 5 kids for every one adult (she…

Well shit. I have been wondering about that. I looked into preschool thinking around 4 he should get more structure, he’s just in daycare now. They all end at like 1. What the hell am I supposed to do from 1 to when I actually can leave work?! The aftercare is, like you said, more expensive than just plain daycare.

Christmas in November is also bogarting the holiday spirit from Thanksgiving. Like I enjoy Thanksgiving in it’s own right. I like the autumnal feeling of the color palette: red, brown, orange and yellow. Give me the gourds, the pumpkins, the mums, the harvest wreaths and of course, a horn of plenty! THEN the weekend…

How dare you. Christians are under attack in this country and it’s people like you that are making it so America isn’t great anymore and the terrorists don’t respect us and Putin thinks we are all weak. All this because you can’t be bothered to recognize the sanctity of Santa who died trying to bring presents to all…

I just now discovered this show and I could not get over how stunningly beautiful Ruby was. Just gob-smacked.

Yeah feces based graffiti has always presented a very weird contradiction to my mind. Cause on the one hand, you showed them: poop is gross. On the other hand: poop is gross and you were touching it.

Yes and it’s really complicated, the conflicted feelings. I lost weight after I had my son, like from a 10 to a 4 and people are always telling me I look so good now. Well that’s great and it makes me feel good that you want to compliment me but then I start thinking, does that mean I looked bad before? Does this mean…

That link doesn’t have pictures (at least that I could get to load) and this story cries out for pictures. So here: Pictures of 50’s mansion and other tacky mansions

Fair enough.

God himself couldn’t have a problem with that body, yowza! I think that the struggle about what work is “meaningful” is a doozie. I was not working then only working part time when I was pregnant and for the first year of my son’s life and even though I did a lot of stuff at home that my husband would have had to do…

Oh shit. My parents split and the “my money”talk was definitely a red flag. Maybe they’ll navigate it? Where are you reading this by the way? The stranger?

Hmmm. I do agree with him about low rise jeans not flattering most people, they look awful on me and I don’t like how I have to worry about my butt crack. But in all seriousness, I don’t know what to think about that. I love Lindy West and I respect what she has to say. A lot of those statements were from 2004 when I…

Wait what? I need to read the column more, I mainly listen to the podcast in the car. What’s going on with him and Terry!?

I think he’ll continue to use it as an example. Every relationship fails until one doesn’t. Hopefully if he and Terry ever break up he’ll do so with the same care and grace he encourages others to use when ending a relationship.

People say this but I just don’t get that from him at all. I love his show, I love his column. Where has he said things that lead people to claim he hates fat and bi people? I am genuinely asking, where has he expressed hatred towards fat or bi people?

Hey, while you’re back there, please look up past do the same. It doesn’t matter how far you go back, 13 year old me could use a smack and a hug just as much as 23 year old me.

God yes, hurry before he turns two. Mine’s 2 years 2 months and believe me, it’s good for them and you to be away from each other. They love the other kids and the stimulation and it’s easier to deal with the trials of toddlerhood when you aren’t around them so much. I love 18 mos, such a sweet age, where they are…

This. So much what you just wrote. I had the same revelation two years ago and went to a nutritionist and have overhauled the way I eat and am determined to keep to it. I’m still a few pounds away from my end goal but I’m not stressing about it too much. I also do the 80/20 thing where I am very good all week so I can…

Oh, well it’s cause baby. They are exhausting and so damn time consuming plus it’s hard to find a time to work out. I go after work while he’s still at daycare or I go walking pushing him. The nice thing about walking with them is they grow and gain weight so it’s like increasing the resistance over time.