I was also today years old when I learned Olivia was Paige on Bizzardvark - Disney show about vloggers. I watched that with my daughters and it was pretty silly and cute (if you ignore that Jake Paul was also on this show).

SAME! I never associated it with prom. These troupes are not unique, Love wasn’t the first and Rodrigo won’t be the last.

The best advice I was given when struggling to breast feed my children and resisting formula because of mom guilt/societal pressure was “do you want to feed your baby stress?” - of course not, so mix a bottle and get on with in. 

HA! 

Thank you for saving me from wasting an hour - I have liked and shared the Texas Bee lady’s TikToks, they are fascinating. I understand the concern that she isn’t showing the whole process or wearing all the gear, but I have no intention of trying to replicate what she does. I am not up for any Darwin awards this…

First, I have to agree that based on my post divorce, over 40, on-line dating experience the bar for decency is pretty low and “apparently cooking dinner, occasional flowers, and returning texts puts me head and shoulders above everyone else” is true.

This is exactly why I didn’t sleep naked before kids. After kids, you will definitely get up in the middle of the night or have visitor. 

I watched the first two episodes over the weekend, it is tremendous. Smart and funny - even if I was slightly upset that I now identify with the “old broad” and not the “young woman” in these sorts of stories.

And the foundation has a spend down provision, meaning it will not seek to perpetuate its own existence after the Bill and Melinda die. Unlike legacy foundations that need to use a good chunk of their endowments and resources to exist. The Gates Foundation will spend down - give away, use for programs - all of its…

Buy three pairs of black maternity pants, 3 tunic tops and 2-3 dresses from Target or Old Navy and just keep rotating.  No one will say anything and the clothes are nice enough to last through your pregnancy.  I have 3 kids and am size 14/16.  I didn’t look pregnant until my bump made it past my considerable boobs -…

Please sweet baby jesus do not let my tween daughters discover this trend.  We are currently in the land of baby tees and Doc Martens having just left acid washed jeans.  

PREACH!! Perimenopause, plus increased stress, lack of exercise, and increased drinking (lock down coping mechanism of choice) have made my cycle unpredictable and cramps like I haven’t had since I was a teenager. 

Agree completely.  Once my son - now 20 - started rifling through my nightstand drawers and I told him stopping looking in there or you will see things you don’t want to see.  He immediately ran from the room as I was doubled over laughing. 

Same. And of course there’s the hot dads of Riverdale!!! I live for all the 90s stars as the parents.

The best part of Riverdale — well in the past — was that all the adults are 90s teen stars!! I binged the whole series with my daughters during quarantine.

Congratulations on making the difficult - but best - choice. And on behalf of the divorced/single over 40 women out here, we would welcome emotionally available grown-ups into the dating pool.  There is nothing sexier than a confident, well adjusted, emotionally available adult -- regardless of the bumps on the road…

Was it dismissed by an order? Then she won. If it was dismissed by a stipulation then there was likely a settlement agreement of some kind.

We have similar taste! This is a great list with new suggestions for me. Tana French is the best - if you haven’t already read the Dublin Murder series. I liked The Searcher but The Likeness is my favorite by her.  

Typo - Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy and the Capital in the Rise of the WORLD System

My first introduction to Candice Bergen was when she played Sydney Biddle Barrows in the TV movie the Mayflower Madam.  The movie must have been replayed on Lifetime. It came out right before Murphy Brown started.