But that’s not a normative sample....

I’m not sure to what extent I believe in “average period pain” as a meaningful phrase. There is such a wide range, from don’t-even-notice to can’t-function-want-to-die.

Or, even, if they have the appointment for the tests, but then need to discuss the tests, schedule the follow-up, etc.

Also, there’s all the trashing of National Parks.

Haven’t we talked here about how Salvation Army and Goodwill are both actually kinda terrible organizations that exploit disabled workers/pointedly refuse to serve LGBTQ+ people/dump a lot of junk Americans don’t want overseas, collapsing local mercantile economies?

Not universally true. My library has a “Friends of the Library” organization which sells off used books as a fundraiser for the library. We collect a couple hundred dollars a week from it, and all it costs us is physical space because it’s volunteers processing donations.

Hospice care is generally done during the last six months max of a person’s life. If that’s what she needs at some point, it’s no longer retirement.

Inviting someone back to your office to engage in sex is not hitting on them, it is harassing them.

Why would the schools take the kids in subsequent years if the first grads were obviously unfit?

I know with colleges, you can’t achieve accreditation until after you’ve graduated your first class. Possibly also true here?

Eh, I’d say “not liking anyone less at the end than the beginning” can be a secondary goal.

We had our ceremony in an Army chapel, and despite this warning several friends apparently panicked about getting caught with weed in their cars.

My SIL’s wedding involved two pairs who had divorced/switched partners, who wouldn’t make sense at tables with anyone else. There was much stress about the seating arrangements, and they ended up sitting all together anyway.

Eh, plentiful booze causes more wedding problems than it avoids.

Yeah, but they expect you to opine on things.

But in an equitable distribution, men and women would take off similar amounts of time to provide family care. Part of these results show how very not equitable our distribution is.

But women are still punished in hiring and promotional decisions just for being women, regardless of whether they take breaks in their careers.

I thought about that a fair amount when LittleBoyBlue was tiny and using diapers like they were going out of style. I would wipe him, put on the replacement diaper, reclothe him, set him securely on a floor, and *then* go wash my hands.

Can they be charged with destruction of evidence?

I recognize this can vary based on individual circumstances, but I’m not exactly sure how breaks work for a nanny. The child still needs to be supervised during that period of time, the parent is (presumably) working.