Yes this is fair. And I was being hyperbolic. ;) It’s just the idea of a school authority figure thinking they have license to make my child pledge something THEY decide in regard to HER body or future adult body skeeves me right out.

Is it weird that I would flip out on my kid’s school if they were told to sign/recite a pledge regarding their future adult choices and behaviors? I’m already drilling it into my 6 year old that you don’t ever make promises that adults ask you to make (because that’s totally inappropriate) unless you clear it with…

I am in the exact same situation. My husband and I are both well educated professionals, but we struggle financially on 1 income because putting our kids in child care would cost my entire salary. Don’t get me wrong I’m happy to be able to be there for my family and spend so much time with my little ones. But…

For most of the families I know there isn’t really a choice either way. Child care would eat up an entire salary so one parent is home simply because of this. Which also means when the person who has been home for 5 years (usually the wife/mother) wants to re enter the work force they’re treated like they’ve done…

I blinked at her and said, “You’re right. It’s probably a much better idea to keep them safely inside playing video games.” Then she sort of backpedaled and left.

You’re right. Two years ago my husband paid off his credit card in full. They turned around and cancelled the card right away. If he’d even left $100 owing on it they wouldn’t have done that and the credit would still have been available.

Tell me about it! I let my 6 year old and 4 year old play in our fully fenced backyard while I was in the kitchen making dinner. The glass door and all the windows face the backyard so I could see them the whole time. My concerned neighbour still felt the need to stop over and remind me that they could be kidnapped.

Love those sexy Hapsburg chins!

Many women!? Really!? My husband his getting his next month because we have enough children to love/ handle emotionally and financially. Is it really a thing!?

I know right!? I’m a safety girl and I’ve always calculated my cycles like it was the frggin’ second coming.

Exactly! Honestly it terrifies me. I’m not saying that isn’t totally awful to think that could happen. But for me, as a parent, if this does happen I’m hoping I don’t compile the problem by being like, “This nude photo is there FOREVER and is so shameful it will envelope your entire life you stupid slut!” Because…

I couldn’t agree more. And how about some comprehensive sexual education that isn’t something out of the 1950’s? Maybe taught by young people who even know how social media and smart phones work?

My husband and I were just talking about this. We have three girls who are still little but wondered about possibly facing this type of situation in the future. It was my husband that said, “They traded naked photos. It isn’t like they were raping kids or tortured animals or something!” We also noted that often in…

I’m married with 3 little kids. If I don’t tell my husband, “honey I seriously need to get off within the next 48 hours,” then some random life or child related event will make it never happen. I know this sounds crazy but scheduling sex just sort of works for us and we enjoy each other just as much as back when we…

I used to sneak my mom’s romance novels. I read way above my grade level which looking back was unfortunate because in the books my mother enjoyed, the woman was always very passive and the hot heroic man frankly a little on the rapey side. But you’re right. At least it wasn’t porn!

When my small town high school built a daycare on the school grounds for the teen moms to bring their babies, a bunch of the “concerned parents” flipped right out because for sure we would get a high school baby boom all of a sudden. The teen pregnancy rate in the school actually went down to the point where the…

I’m 9 years married to the kindest most honorable man who I adore and yet totally understand where you’re coming from. I had the same feelings as you when I was single. It served me well because it made sure that only someone particularly fantastic would make me willing to look past the risk to myself and my future by…

That’s exactly what I was thinking. From what I’ve heard these kids have actually dodged one.

The child support would definitely pay off my student loans!

I know right!? You don’t need a history degree (which I actually have) to know that making illegitimate babies is both an ancient and favorite royal hobby. Those kids often ended up smarter, more successful and even better looking than their royal half siblings. Team Harry’s Love Child!