My son's special education teacher is AMAZING. I often feel as though the administrators in our school district are at odds with my ex and me as parents, like they don't have my child's best interests in mind when making decisions, but Bug's teacher is firmly and obviously in our corner and believes in Bug. She has…

I appreciate the acknowledgement. Before I had my kids I didn't understand this problem either, and now I look back and sigh at my shallow younger self.

Oh. My. Goodness.

All of my kids had those basic types of lessons in their pre-K and kindergarten classes, even (and thankfully especially) my oldest who has autism and needed a LOT of help understanding the "point" of bathing and hand-washing and hair-brushing. He has sensory issues and only worked to overcome them when he realized…

My oldest son has autism. He's 8 now, and he bathes without complaint, but there was a time period from about age 4 to age 6 where he had serious problems with the sensation of water on his skin. SERIOUS problems. Freak out and lie on the floor screaming because you got his hand wet. He had a real sensory problem with…

Basically, one did.

You're right. It was clearly crammed in against the outer wall of a funk-ily shaped skyscraper or something.

Basically a square room but with a little corner diagonally cut off. That's the wall the mirror is on.

It's an excellent word. Used as you're suggesting, it always seems vaguely sarcastic and insubordinate, but in a very proper, polite sort of way. I use it a lot when arguing with my ex about our kids. lol

I too am a Christian man in an Atheist woman's body. Curiouser and curiouser.

I can hear my boyfriend's dad (who is British) in my head right now:

It's a good thing you didn't have a red shirt on or you may never have woken up.

All of us, apparently. I pretty much mentally hear his name as "NOTED-fashion-photographer-Nigel Barker." Thanks, Tyra.

Taylor Swift looks weird and unreal here, like a Barbie doll. I don't know if it's the combination of the dress, hair, and makeup, or what, but it squicks me out. She doesn't look like a person.

Good grief, those heels must be hell since she's that pregnant. Every time I was at that point I felt like I'd fall over just wearing flats.

omg I read like, all of them. Very formulaic, but oh-so-scandalous when I was 12.

It's nice that you have an opinion about hair length. You rock on with that opinion. I will continue to give no fucks about your opinion of my hair. Deal?

When I get mine cut I have them thin it out so it lays properly. I have TONS of hair so they have to chop and chop and chop to get the look I want.

#fuckyeahthighgap <— this is sarcasm, don't hate me.

It's amazing, isn't it, how many people believe that marriage is a religious institution when it has ALWAYS been a social/legal institution. It blows my mind how far a few generations of propaganda will take an idea.