Yes! The registry item plus small personal gift is definitely the smartest way to go!

As I said, "though, everyone's different!" Two of my friends who gave birth recently have kind of tricky diets (one has an autoimmune disease and one has like, ten allergies) so we avoided that option. But your mileage my vary!

I get where the first letter writer is coming from but honestly, just probably stick to the registry. I had visions of unique and personal heartfelt gifts until a bunch of my close friends started having babies and they were in like, sleepwalk/take care of logistics/keep baby alive mode for the first few months. If…

I started off angry at this guy, but then I just ended up really hungry.

Ha, me too! Not sure how much I remember (it was over 10 years ago) but it was hands down the strangest work experience I've ever had.

It is crazy, crazy, that you used this image with this article, Kara, because at the first job I worked out of college (when I accidentally accepted a position at a right wing think tank without realizing it... long story), a completely insane woman wrote us a letter complaining that the movie Bring it On would cause…

What the HOLY HELL? Is this co-produced by PETA and Patrick Bateman or something? I think my brain needs a shower. Or one of those memory eraser pills from Eternal Sunshine. EW. EW FOREVER.

I ignored several dealbreakers when I married my first husband simply because he was so funny and sweet and loved me so much (and because it was the first serious relationship I'd ever had.) But it turned out those dealbreakers (he was extremely conservative and I'm pretty liberal, he's devoutly Catholic, I'm…

Definitely not the worst wedding, but I guess I kind of accidentally ruined my mom's second wedding when I was 7. I got double pink eye the morning of the wedding. There was nothing they could do about it and no postponing at that point. I was wearing a bright pink flower girl dress too, so at least I matched. The…

You used them to bash her skull in, right? A perfectly round hole in her head? Sheesh.

Oh my GOD. Just... bless you, you poor thing. What an epic nightmare. Glad it had a happy and healthy ending at least!

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

Yep! My poor mother was raised by a woman who didn't want to be a mom. It was incredibly painful for my mother her whole life and caused emotional wounds that led her to binge eating and alcoholism. Finally, at 60 years old, she is healthy, sober and has emotionally recovered from having a mom who didn't want her. …

No, sorry, it was actually a mistake! Another commenter corrected me in an earlier reply and included a link to the correct stat, but I can't edit my original post at this point, sadly. :/

Yep! Not to mention that many of the NFL players grew up in poverty and are then suddenly overwhelmed with money and all that comes with it. My ex had a couple of friends in the NFL and man, it was just a rough, rough lifestyle. Yes, they get paid a crazy amount of money but it's physically grueling (one of his…

Well, the reason I think it is a big part of it, particularly the hormonal imbalance side effect, is that, due to an autoimmune disease I have, I dealt with a severe hormonal imbalance before I was diagnosed and put on meds. When your hormones are out of whack you lose your temper like, immediately. It is crazy. …

So strange, I could have sworn I read an article just this week that said it was a good deal higher than the norm. Apologies! I'll edit my original post if I can, still.

I think it's that combined with the rampant steroid use (particularly HGH) in the NFL. It has some pretty serious side effects, emotionally, hormonally, etc., and if you couple that with being basically a 300 pound lethal weapon in human form, it's a bad situation.

At some point can we have a serious conversation about one of the main underlying issues here? Steroid use is rampant in the NFL. The NFL domestic violence rates aren't like, 56% higher than the general population because football players are monsters, it's because of the side effects of steroid use. HGH (the human…

A friend of a friend just got married and wore a hooded lace cape that was freaking insanely gorgeous. Their wedding was in the woods and the pictures were just like looking at a literal fairy tale. Go for it!