Yes. I am in my second trimester and desperate to find foods that don’t give me heartburn. I am hungry ALL the time but EVERYTHING gives me heartburn!

Never trust a company that claims to be “for women” yet only offers products that fit a minority of women (see: most clothing and lingerie companies “disrupting” my facebook feed). 68% of women wear a size 14 or above, so if you don’t want to clothe most of us, that’s a good sign that you’re not actually for us.

I’m in the size range that is rarely offered by startup clothing and lingerie companies advertising on my FB feed. And you’re right, they all have these ads about how they are size inclusive or how they are great for all women, and INEVITABLY I go to their website to see that they don’t do plus sizes, let alone tall…

I think you’ve pointed out an important distinction - it’s makes a big difference when the big boss is also a woman.

To add to your list: the Great Mills High School shooter in MD killed Jaelynn Willey, 16 after their relationship ended. He also shot and injured another child (Desmond Barnes, 14) before he killed himself. Some headlines described him as “lovesick” instead of more accurate words like “abusive” or “hateful.”

My husband and I used to get takeout from a Noodles & Company near our house at least once a week. My favorite dish was a pasta with chicken and olives. However, since I’ve become pregnant my body has decided it won’t tolerate most meats. I don’t know why, I have always loved meat but right now it’s the most…

If you’re eating at a nice restaurant, that’s possible.  If you’re eating at a chain in middle-America, that’s not always a thing.

My ancestor invented the pinking shears, and my family held the patent for them till sometime in middle of the last century. But maybe that patent was allowable because it was such a revolutionary change from previous scissor design, though?

Thanks!  I knew Old Navy and J Jill had a few plus size stores, but unfortunately the closest ones to me are on the other side of my state.  But I didn’t realize Loft had also started to carry plus sizes some of their stores, there’s one just an hour from me so I’ll check it out. 

3 decades later, and I’m still cranky that my troop leader embezzled our cookie money (not sure what she spent it on, but I know I didn’t get to go camping).

Yup! I think reactions to this go two ways:

Before I moved to my current job, I would have been incredulous like you. But I now work in an old streetcar suburb right outside a city. It’s pretty poor, mostly working-class folks and retirees. The chains here do not care about investing in the community or keeping their facilities clean and in good working order.

Reposted from a comment yesterday from burner’down:

Sounds like the question you should be asking is, why didn’t she marry a man who could do some housework?

I don’t have children. I do have a job with long hours. But I also have nieces that I like to cheer for, and it drives me nuts that all of their talent shows, programs and even PTA events seem to be scheduled during the school day. I went to the same school system and most of our stuff was in the evening back in the…

I am in the process of transitioning from the nonprofit world to a for-profit industry, and will be attending lots of tradeshows in my new role. I went to my first one, and was shocked at all the women standing for 10 hours on a concrete floor in high heels. I have an old ankle injury that makes it excruciating for me…

Between me, my sister, and my best friend, we had one Barbie, one Skipper, and 3 or 4 off-brand barbie dolls. No male dolls. I remember that a lot of the time we “played city lawyers.” What that generally meant was getting dressed in something classy and going to a client meeting to give them advice, then coming home…

Yes, I agree with BorgCubed - it’s a good strategy. I’d “loan” a few hundred to a very close friend, but in that case I’d probably know that they needed money before they posted on Facebook. (I put loan in quotation marks because I’d call it a loan to let them save face, but wouldn’t actually expect that they’d pay me…

In my area, some of the churches have funds they set aside to help for just this type of thing.  You don’t have to be a member or know a member, you just have to be in need.  Are there any churches in your new neighborhood?

I didn’t realize this until I spent more time around new mothers, but that’s not how breasts work. Even if she brought a bottle along to feed the kid, her breasts would still fill up over that time period and would need to be emptied, either by the kid or by a pump. If you don’t empty the milk very regularly, then you …