Your nineteen year old self was badass. :) I too married young in part because I loved the idea of someone wanting me enough to tie himself to me like that (although of course I loved him too, and still do in a now-you're-my-family sort of way - we have kids together, do holidays together, and his current girlfriend…

Some people are totally cool with it, and others act like you're practically renouncing your marriage vows / commitment to your spouse if you don't want to give up your personal identity. My parents are used to my "radical ideas" but my inlaws nearly had dual heart attacks in their kitchens when I mentioned I was…

He could just socially change his name? Or hyphenate? I did that during my 2nd marriage and because I put my preferred last name first, I could still pretty much use just that.

I've been married twice and through both divorces/marriages I've kept the last name I took from my first husband. I never liked my birth surname that much (it was long, difficult to spell, and lent itself easily to jokes) and since my first marriage was at 19, my current surname is the one I've had for my adult life.…

I do love River.

I like to read stories on literotica.com. While the quality varies a lot, you can find authors there that are quite good.

These examples are deliberately exaggerated to make an advertising point. While some of them are in extremely bad taste, I don't look at it as Photoshop abuse the way it is if someone's been airbrushed into Barbie-dom and had part of a limb amputated in post production.

I actually leave Skype running in the living room with either myself or my boyfriend keeping an eye on them the entire time. The kids know if they need me they just have to run to the PC and say so.

Well, gee, your statement about what you think looks best will totally change the minds of everyone. Thanks.

You're amazing. If only the rest of humanity would join in on your pledge.

1) I highly doubt you're asking for anything radical that a restaurant owner would object to, and if you are then you know going into it that you're not going to get what you want. This leads me to

I definitely agree that sometimes it is faster, simpler, and even safer to leave the kids at home for 20 min or so, rather than have my 3 get their clothes/shoes/coats/hats together, convince them we're *not* taking the iPad or any assorted stuffed animals, load them in the car, unload them at my destination, monitor…

When I cut a lot of weight off my hair, it made me feel good. I bet doing that to your hair will do the same. :) Everyone loves feeling like they look good.

Actually, in a sense, you as the customer *are* the employer of the wait staff for the duration of your meal. Under the system by which wait staff are paid in American eateries, you pay the restaurant for your food and use of the utensils, and you pay your wait staff separately for the quality of service you receive.…

Well said. Knowing how restaurant service works (and everyone should) and knowing that your server is running ragged to earn her/his pay, you should be a decent human being and leave a tip. It's part of the cost of your meal.

What you said was definitely harsh, but I think your advice is off base. If the guy has long hair, there are plenty of women who'd totally be into that (including myself). He just has to put the effort in to be sure it's clean, nice looking, and trimmed properly if he wants to keep length to it.

Dude, do not cut off your hair unless you really really want to. Some people won't be into long hair, but some of us LOVE it. I love to get my hands into some great sexy hair and twine my fingers in there. You're really cute and as long as you're maintaining your hair nicely, tell the people with the comments to shove…

I felt a sympathy cramp, and I don't have one either. My bf and I were both just horrified by the headline/image.

Please more Somerhalder gifs. They make everything better.

haha Yeah, I read that it's pretty common, but that was during my research before my second child. I had no idea before the birth of my oldest son. The stage you're talking about, transitional labor (right before pushing! Yay!) is actually the most painful and the most hormone-riddled, so women get panicky or weird in…