Wow. You're doing a wonderful thing! Big internet hugs your way. I really wish I'd put more thought into this whole thing while I was in my twenties. But every time it came up, it got dismissed with, "oh, you've got plenty of time, no rush." People were saying this to me up until I turned 35, and then it was an…

Aaaand now my missing post shows up and I've double-posted. Love Kinja.

My reply to you simply disappeared when I clicked "Publish." Kinja. But I wanted to say thank you! I actually talked semi-jokingly with a friend about egg freezing when I was 28 or 29. At that point I'd been single again for a few years, but I thought for sure that I'd be married and on my way to starting a family by…

Thank you! I remember jokingly talking about egg freezing with a friend when I was in my late twenties and had been single for a few years by that point. But I was maybe 28 or 29 and thought, "Surely I'll meet someone within the next few years and be married and starting a family by 35." I even looked it up and saw…

Ugh. I'm 38 and my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage back in February. My fiance and I have tried to get pregnant again since then, but no luck so far. I was single for nine years spanning from my mid-twenties into my thirties, and when I finally met my fiance 3.5 years ago, neither one of us could afford to have a…

I have never heard of a bank refusing to deposit a check made out to and endorsed by you. I also have a Bank of America account, have a generic checking account with them, and they accept checks made out to and endorsed by me for deposit. Huh?

Nodding in agreement here. I stopped watching Grey's after season 4 — it had become too monumentally silly for me. Scandal, I enjoyed the first season, but the rest of it is an overwrought mess and I really don't know why I'm watching it anymore. How to Get Away with Murder — the first two episodes have been decent,…

Sorry, that's a spoiler. There are a lot of them flying around here so I didn't think.

Agreed, although I see goldenrae's point too. I just haven't been able to get into Girls because I find it to be tedious. And when it isn't tedious, it's excruciating to the point of being unwatchable. It's just not my thing.

We'll miss you Dodai! Thanks for all your great writing, and congrats on the new job!!

LOL! Ain't it true. I spend waaay too much time here typing up my grayed-out comments.

I agree — with your first paragraph anyway, but I just wanted to say I love your username. I have been reading and commenting on Jezebel since 2008, and since Kinja I can't get out of the grays most of the time.

Not saying I agree with the way they've gone about it, mind you. Just that it seems to me that it's obvious what their strategy is.

The lawsuit is worded in such a way to amplify whatever distress the mistake might have caused. Whatever the case, I'm sure the parents love Payton just as much as they'd love any other baby they might have. But they are looking for compensation for the big ol' mistake that was made, and rightly so. Thus, IMO, the…

I was just coming on here to ask if anyone knew anything more about her having a possible schizophrenia diagnosis? I read something to that effect last year. Someone in my immediate family has it, and from my experience it requires the right antipsychotic, therapy, and generally just lots of support. No matter what…

I can't with The Fly. I saw some of it as a kid, and even though I pretty much ran out of the room, I still feel traumatized today.

I've only read the first book, absolutely hated it, and then refused to read the rest of the series. I did look forward to the series, though — thought it might translate better if they fixed some of Gabaldon's messy writing. It's not the best thing I've watched, but I definitely approve all the Frank screen time.…

Yep, I've got it. I don't remember those scenes, but then again I'm not retaining much because I'm seriously considering abandoning Scandal — it's gotten waaay too silly. The tweet from People was in extremely poor taste indeed.

I hadn't seen the episode last Thurs since I had DVR'd it. Just watched it last night. So I was confused because I thought people were talking about last season. I didn't know her hair was straightened as opposed to relaxed. All I meant was that Olivia always wears her hair straight as far as I know, and I've watched…

Ah, that's what I get for not having watched the season premier yet. It's in my DVR. Right, ignore my original comment! The tweet by People is amazingly stupid.