I only use shampoo 1-3 times a week, otherwise I just wet it or leave it dry. I have long, thick, curly hair though. I need my natural oils to tame the frizz. My curl defining lotion only does so much, especially if I don't want my curls to be crunchy. Wetting the hair a little just reactivates the product without…

I shower after I exercise or at least every other day. But, I have thick curly hair, so unless I sweat a lot(dance class, running when it's not below zero outside), I only wash my hair 1-3 times a week. If I wash it more, my natural oils get stripped from my hair and I get frizz instead of curls. If I know I'm gonna…

Wish I could afford one. Supporting myself and 3 kids(2 still in diapers/pull-ups) without any child support leaves me with about $10 right before each paycheck. And i make to much money to get the free legal help in my state of course. At least I found a house to rent that I could afford and got out. Unfortunately…

I was told by the police, domestic violence shelters and the DA in my area, that verbal abuse was only considered domestic violence if he was threatening physical harm, and verbal abuse is not necessarily yelling. Unfortunately my husband is the scarily calm and manipulative abuser, which is much harder to document…

I concur with FatLyn, they were faking it. It's easy to fake a picture or a holiday meal or two. It's not so easy to fake it with your closest friends though.

Well, I told my husband(verbally and emotionally abusive, and severely underemployed) I wanted a divorce in May. He refused to move out of the house, so I finally found a rental house the first week in December. I moved the kids and I out when my youngest was 2 weeks old. He's 8 weeks old now, and because I usually…

I have an iPhone, so between Siri and autocorrect, I usually only use LOL and emoji/emoticons. The rest of my texts are complete words and sentences. With a couple friends I rarely even use LOL and type Bwahahahaha!! instead. Because usually they make me literally laugh out loud so LOL doesn't seem like enough.

My mom had that happen. My dad was diabetic, so there was always a lot of diet soda in the house. My mom rarely drinks soda, and never drinks diet(unless its Fresca with vodka). There was an old case of Diet Coke in the laundry that exploded about 2 years after my dad died. My mom didn't even realize the case was…

Unless one parent is abusive in some way. Then you need to fight like hell for full custody. I wish the courts recognized verbal and emotional abuse as domestic violence, because they can be even more damaging than physical abuse.

There's a problem even with that. My husband and I are separated. We have 3 children together. Because of finances, I have no idea how long it will take before we even begin the process of an actual divorce. He is basically unemployed and I am in that income bracket that is a no man's land. I can support my kids and…

I hope you went. You shouldn't be in the dust at that pace. The group I run with does interval training. They always walk back to the slowest runner during the walk intervals. My pace before I got pregnant in March was about 13 minutes for a mile and my runs were in the 3-6 mile range. I went for my first post baby…

In my state(I'm currently in the middle of divorcing my husband and one of my good friends is a family law attorney), the standard is that the parent who has primary physical custody(whether it's 60/40 or 90/10 or somewhere in between) pays child support based on the number of children. It is based on a percentage of…

Midwesterner here(Central Illinois). It depends on the people. Not much handshaking at all. Smiles and nods for acquaintances and new people. Hugs for my close friends and family(both hello and goodbye) and for my community theatre friends(theatre people tend to be an affectionate bunch in my area).

I only go once a month because they're the only store in town that still carries the old style of OB tampons instead of the ones with the stupid silky covering that just leak everywhere.

My Wal-Mart still carries Chocolate Lucky Charms, which is a good substitution the rest of the year.

Ha! My best friend is like that. I "lent" her my copy of Tina Fey's Bossypants(paperback, no big deal). One of her coworkers asked her for a recommendation of a funny book, and before she gave Bossypants to her, she put her bookplate in it and wrote "Don't steal this book because best friend stole it from Bazcat fair…

Then I am very impressed. I never had luck with pads anyway. The always leaked and you could see them through my leotard too.

Well I read Stephen King's It when I was 11, and it didn't scar me. Even with the group sex scene where every single has sex with the one girl and the kids were all my own age.

I agree with other commenters on the when and where it's appropriate. The other thing I would suggest, depending on the age of the child, is giving them a comprehensive book like It's Perfectly Normal that explains not only puberty and sex, but masturbation and gay and lesbian relationships/sex.

Actually the bra shop that I go to carries mostly European brands, I can find the European size on the tag.