So here I am at my desk, flipping my monitor the bird, when my coworker walks by....

What a nice way to start my morning!!! Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you, and all that.

Thank you, I think that's what my problem was. If it were a morbidly obese person, we would be choosing our words a little more carefully to avoid body snarking. If we were to make comments about that person's poor health, we might be accused of concern trolling and reminded that we can't actually know anything…

In the linked article, Ioana mentions that she's Romanian and uses that as evidence that she's not anorexic. She says that heavier women are valued there, as it's a sign of wealth. I think the point she was trying to make was that, in her culture, she would be seen as more attractive if she weren't so thin (and so…

I once casually dated a guy that worked as an exotic dancer and that's exactly why I ended it, too. I found it frustrating to be around someone who was that obsessed with food, to the point where it severely limited where we could go and what we could do. He was very muscular and hardly malnourished (as far as I…

This is just gross. Not the model herself, who is clearly beautiful (though the video is very haunting to look at)- but the pro-ana porn aspect. I don't want to comment on Ioana's health (because I wouldn't want people making assumptions about my health based on my size and, for all I know, she's actually healthy)…

Every time I hear this horrifying story, I think back to when I was in grade two. I was in a split class that was co-taught by two different teachers (often at the same time- it was actually sort of cool), and once a week they would bring in a different food for us to try. The idea (I think) was that it would open…

I don't have a problem with the word 'babe' itself. My husband and I call one another 'babe' all the time. I LOVE pet names. I call just about everyone I care about by pet names regularly.

I have seven tattoos, four of which are on my arms. I haven't tattooed my lower back yet, but only because I've been saving that spot; it's such a nice piece of blank canvas and I want to find something perfect to go there. I got my first tattoo, on my right shoulder blade, when I was sixteen.

Yes. McDonald's food is greasy and salty and high in fat and just not good for you... but it is really just food. My first job was at McDonald's (years and years ago) and I can say that there was absolutely nothing sinister going into the food. Every time I see that pink slime picture, I think it looks more like…

TOTORO! Oh, goodness, that was one of my favorite scenes. He was such a good dad and those girls were so happy.

I didn't do a huge amount of co-bathing with my parents, but that was mostly because I had a younger sister. She and I co-bathed all the time (no room for anyone else in there but us two!). Heck, I've got pictures of me, my sister and a cousin or two all in the bath at the same time. My parents weren't overly shy…

I agree. I pretty much disagree with everything Gwyneth says most of the time but, in this case, I'm on her side. Our family does a lot of co-bathing. It saves water, it saves time, and it's definitely not a pervy thing. I don't understand why people in the USA/Canada are so prudish about stuff like non-sexual…

The Rock is definitely my secret celebrity crush. He's not remotely my type, but his awesome personality and great smile just kill me.

I was just going to say, I love the Healthy Choice steamers. I tend to eat a lot of frozen diet foods (just for lunch during days I'm at work), and some of them are really bad. I've learned through painful trial and error which foods are good and which are just frozen evil incarnate. Both the Healthy Choice Gourmet…

No, they haven't. Since it's 'a song of ice and fire' (and, like you said, she's fire and he's ice), I suspect that the whole series is sort of leading up to the two of them meeting up. Whether it'll be as lovers or in battle or as allies, no clue. I just have a feeling it might wind up being important.....

My oldest is just shy of seven years old and probably not too far away from being invited to sleepovers. I have so much anxiety at the idea of it in general, to be honest. I worry about ANY strange people around my kids, not just the dads. I've known a lot of individuals who were sexually abused as kids by the…

This story made my stomach hurt in an 'It's so amazing, I want to cry... but I also want to cry because he was badly hurt and because there are children in this world that need to live in an orphanage in the first place' sort of way. I want to hug everyone.

I can't see myself ever posting something like this about an ex, mostly because I don't think it would reflect very well on me. Assuming what these women are saying is accurate, though, and not completely fabricated (which, I think, would make it libel?), I don't feel sorry for this guy. You have a reasonable…

Oh, for sure. My son is being potty-trained, so right now he thinks that going to the bathroom is a communal thing. He wants to flush the toilet for me and hand me toilet paper, and tell me I did a good job afterward. Maybe it's weird- but if it gets him out of diapers sooner (because he's excited about using a…