Seriously an important fact.

Oh, look. It's British Columbia.

I cannot process this.

A year later, and this is STILL my dog whenever one of the cats is around.

I feel like most of her reasons are pretty justifiable, honestly. I mean, come on, most of us probably feel the same way, or have at some point.

Posting it online, on the other hand.... yeesh! Some thoughts are meant to stay inside the head, darling.

Oh my gosh, yes. I had a very big crush on Raphael for the longest time, in basically the same way.

I will shamefully add, though, that he wasn't my first crush in life. That honor belonged to Teddy Ruxpin, because I thought his voice was "sexy". Whatever I thought "sexy" meant, when I was, like, seven.

I don't get the outrage. If a company promises something to the consumer, and the consumer buys the product on the basis of that promise, and that promise turns out to be an outright lie, why should we feel sorry for the company? Maybe companies should start actually start selling what they're advertising. That…

Honestly, I've never had too much of a desire to attend a convention (they look amazingly fun, but I have an aversion to crowds and people), but bronycon looks incredible.

When my oldest son was about three (and supposedly passed out for the night), he stealthily snuck into the room (unnoticed) while my husband was watching "Slither". For months, he would ask us to play "the slug movie" for him. So, don't feel bad!

Totally! My five year old still has accidents sometimes, when he gets hyper-focused on stuff and forgets. I work with special needs kids who are ten, eleven years old who still have accidents (many of whom are considered "high functioning").

Depends on the kid. In my youngest son's case, absolutely. And it had nothing to do with me being a "shitty parent" (as someone downthread asserted). Funny thing, kids develop at different rates.

I have two kids. I love them dearly, and do not regret them for a moment. But I will admit that there are times (today being one of them) when I think to myself that, if I'd had a crystal ball and could see the future world they'd grow up in, I might not have made the same choice.

IIRC, dogs are somewhat close to humans (in that they need a bit more variety), but cats basically need meat-meat-meat. So humans could eat dog and cat food and we'd be okay, but the opposite wouldn't necessarily need to be true. Along the same lines, you're not supposed to feed cats dog food because the balance of…

Good for him.

...That's all I've got. I'm happy for him and hope it works out well.

The thing is, when looking at any behavior (desired or undesired), you don't necessarily have the whole picture unless you're in the situation, so it's really difficult to judge whether a person is doing the "right" or "wrong" thing based on a few seconds observation. You don't know the setting events, or even…

I also read this as boob. It's not early enough that I have any excuse for it, either.

Well, sure- except, you're assuming that only a very young child would make these kinds of spelling errors. My nine year old (with ADHD and autism) prints at a first-grade level. My husband (32) has literacy issues as well, and can barely spell at a third-grade level. Both my husband and my son are very talented…

Meh. My oldest son (9) is way ahead of the curve in drawing ability, but has a hard time with printing and spelling. This is largely due to autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities. He has the drawing skills of a much older child, but is about two or three years behind in spelling and printing. I don't think that…

I believe it, if only because of my oldest son (who has ASD, ADHD, and some related learning disabilities). He's nine, and can draw the most intricate, beautiful pictures- but he struggles a great deal with spelling and printing legibly. With that in mind, I had no reason to doubt the legitimacy of this picture.

I'd have to second that. I participated in Mandt training at work last week, and we put regular painter's tape on the linoleum floor (so we could practice stances). It was there for less than 48 hours, and when we pulled it off, it took all the varnish/shiny finish off with it. It looked awful.