My son took(and still takes at age 10) dance, but never liked any sport. One season of wrestling was all I was ever able to entice him to try.

Well, my dance teacher as a kid was a retired professional dancer. After career ending injury and having two children, she could no longer perform most of the moves, but she could choreograph, and she knew what it should look like. She hired older advanced students to help with the younger kids classes for…

I thought the same thing. And some of us white girls with super thick and curly hair veer dangerously close to an afro puff on hot humid days without any product in our hair. My dad and one of his brothers were the only white boys(Slovenian heritage) in the late 60's early 70's in town that could grow afros without a…

The Jane Lynch comments were in character for her role in Glee(Sue Sylvester).

If they take out the complexity from the songs, this movie will move into the never see category for me(unless Bernadette Peters is the witch of course).

They also predict based on occupation. I was warned by a couple of lawyers and quite a few librarians that I would likely be picked for a jury if I was ever called and had to appear because I was librarian when I started grad school. Neither side usually objects to librarians because they expect them to be impartial…

It resonated with me as well. I have never been in a physically abusive relationship, but I am currently in the process of divorcing my verbally and emotionally abusive husband of almost 11 years. It took a new, close friend with a background in social work, to make me realize the poisoned water I was swimming in. And…

I was a 38H and then lost weight and am now a 36I. It sucks. The only place within an hour drive of me that I can get any bra in my size is a local boutique. The cheapest bra I found was $70. And there were only 3 styles that fit me because I have short distance from the top of my breasts to my neck/shoulders. And all…

This makes me miss my grandma. My paternal grandparents were Slovenian. I was the oldest grandchild by 11 years, and the only one they taught how to make potica. There are only 2 Christmases in my life that I haven't had a potica. The first Christmas after my grandma died because I couldn't get the dough to rise, and…

I'm the only grandchild(or child for that matter) that my Slovenian grandparents taught to make potica. And I was stupid and didn't try to make it by myself until after they had both died. The first attempt was a complete bust because of a wrong word in the recipe. The base is a sweet yeast dough and her handwritten…

I fall into both the 5% number and the 43% number. Both of my children(and my current pregnancy) were conceived while using contraception. I was on the pill with my oldest. While I took it every day, I forgot to change the alarm on my phone when we went to a different time zone for vacation(and sometimes were in the…

At my son's school there is a limit of 1 book at a time in kindergarten. However the kids are allowed to go back to the library at other times during the week to return that book and get a new one if they finish the first one. We did have to fight a new "librarian"(she was not trained or certified as school librarian,…

I'm just naturally a really fast reader. I fully comprehend everything I read and do sometimes read passages more than once(even entire chapters). I still routinely finish 1000+ page books in a few days. 200-300 page books are an evenings read for me. This only applies to fiction. Non-fiction takes me about twice as…

My parents did the same thing. And I'm doing it now with my 5th grader. And kind of with my 2 year old. She can have as many books and stuffed animals in bed with her as she wants, but gets in trouble for any other toys we find when she's supposed to be going to sleep. It works like a charm. My son has read all of the…

At least in the large urban districts there is some choice. Especially for involved parents. In single school districts, especially in areas where there isn't any real choice in private schools either(only Catholic in my area), there isn't any kind of option. My cousin's son, who is the same age as mine with a…

But we do not educate "gifted" kids who live outside of large urban areas at all. Most rural districts have no "gifted" programs, no accelerated classes until Jr. High(if at all), and a strong pushback against grade skipping of any kind, even if its only in one subject. I live in a rural district with 1 k-5 building…

If you can get your kid into it. My public preschool was next to imp[ossible to get into because the school district I live in is 65% free/reduced lunch, and the FREE slots in the public school's preschool go to those kids who are "at risk"(low income or developmentally delayed). My son was too smart and we made too…

For baby #1, I was induced. The only people we told were my mom and dad, and they were only told because they were going to take care of our cats. No one else was called until after the baby was born. My parents showed up after with dinner for us.

Orange or yellow stripes usually

Her twin brother He-Man had the green tiger. His nemesis Skeletor had a purple panther.