I think it genetics. My family all have what could kindly be considered “strong brows”. I am very much a lady and I have had to pluck, shave, and wax for over 20 years and no signs of a letup. It’s something we commiserate about every holiday.

I wish my brows would settle down, actually. If I forget to prune them for more than a few days I start looking downright feral.

Meanwhile I plucked my brows down to near nothingness several times during the 90's and i’ll be darned if they didn’t come back thicker every single time.

I wish I was in a position to hire someone to clean for me! I love a clean house but the drudgery of keeping it clean (while working and parenting) really wears one down. Unfortunately it’s not something we can afford presently.

This was absolutely my favorite toy growing up. I wish I still had it sometimes.

We went through active shooter strategies at work, and run, hide, fight is correct. The first two are optimal, last one is last resort. The idea of “fight” is to disrupt the attacker’s train of thought in order to buy yourself (or others) time to get away. It is grim, but necessary in some situations.  

I never liked the feel of it, either. My skin tends to be on the oily side, so after a few hours it just feels like caked on grease.

We’ve lost some really wonderful, beloved teachers at my kid’s preschool daycare, which was the second-most expensive one we looked at in our area. It is so frustrating but you can’t blame them. We petitioned to get their wages raised, but as others have said another dollar an hour only goes so far when you are well…

I have two, and both are getting quite ratty. One is terrycloth and good for quick post shower coverups, and the other one is fleece, and is used for general warmth. Since they are unisex, my husband wears them, too.

He was probably caught up in the moment/trying to be dramatic, but speaking as a swimmer* with defective nostrils, your explanation sounds reasonable too. Seriously, I can breathe through my nose until I either lay down or begin to exert myself. Then it’s open the mouth or asphyxiate.

Yes. All of this. I think sometimes you have to cut toxic family members out of your life, yet it is a sad thing to have to do. Also, mental illness is a Bitch.

I realize that being an elite anything requires tons of time and focus at the expense of other pursuits, but it made me sad as a history nerd all the same. I also desperately want pros Lindsey and Whitney to maybe pick up a book once in a while.

Goodness I cringed when she mentioned bra burning. She and the other pros are better at dancing by leaps and bounds, but I would crush them all in Trivial Pursuit.

Was no one else worried about O’Connor? She may not be most pleasant person IRL but she has said some very brave, true things at the cost of her career. You have to respect her for that. I hope she is doing better soon, and that someone goes to visit her.

I had the same reaction. McCormack looked terrifying in that intro video. At the same time I thought that she would be fabulous in a remake of Sunset Boulevard. The look in her eyes! I wish I had a screenshot.

He was a past DWTS contestant. I think he was in Mean Girls? He was always giving that face during his run, which is the only truly memorable thing about him.

Everything else: yes. Those Pants: No. They could work, but they’d need some heavy duty tailoring and cuff removal, stat.

I had a female manager like that, only with menstrual issues. She claimed she didn’t get cramps, or headaches, etc. so the women that did were just looking for excuses not to work. The weird thing is that I liked her and we got on well, other than for that one very weird blind spot she had.

Mandy Patinkin has had a special place in my heart since Sunday in the Park with George. I can’t picture him being truly mean.

I like Hernandez a lot, but that was an underwhelming routine. I really don’t know what the hell Val was thinking when he choreographed that. Talk about under-utilizing your celeb! Any other pro would have been severely taken to task for that.