Um, it’s a steel business. How else do you think steel erection happens?

It’s like “Bad Reasons to Have a Child” bingo card. We are missing the “wanted to salvage the relationship” box since she said she didn’t want to share her life with him.

That was my initial thought, too. It’s not uncommon and people have misinterpreted not reporting/recanting/deciding not to proceed with charges as “Oops, my lady-brain got confused again!”

Oh, no. I just don’t think they’ll get a single truthful answer out of her, that’s all.

My male gyno asked if he could set me up with his son while I was in the stirrups. I reminded him that I’m married and thought how fucking weird would it be to know your DAD had been all up in there before you had? EW.

Yeah, and I’m so sure given her willingness to cooperate that they’re going to get a truthful answer out of her.

The only thing I can think of is establishing whereabouts/timeline since one would presume you’d never forget where you and your spouse were when you got that awful call. Something like that, but I would agree anything beyond that would be cruel.

Re: parenting of little kids/giving up your interests: You could also get divorced and just see your kids every other weekend and alternating holidays. My dad had a ton of free time when I was growing up. In all seriousness though, in addition to becoming a little more self-sufficient as they grow, your kids will also…

Yeah, that was my first thought, too. Ugh, this poor baby.

My brother is significantly younger than I am and I have witnessed some insane freak outs over the years. Usually because we wouldn’t let him fling himself off something tall/into water (before he could swim), eat something scalding hot, and/or jam sharp things into his face or orifices. Children are magical!

Seriously. I have been judged for being a prude (I was 23 when I lost my virginity) and for being a slut (my number is in the double-digits) - sometimes by the same people! So you basically can’t ever win and there’s some asshole waiting to judge you anyway...so why share that information?

Right, and then that it was “much too high” for her age. And even though their names are changed to the public, the husband/dad and presumably other family members or friends know who they are. So she basically still shamed her daughter but now leaves the actual number to the imagination. What a Cool MomTM.

YES to all of this. I wouldn’t be inclined to continue being part of this if I were her daughter, because it feels a little too “I’m trying to be a cool mom but then I’m going to freak out when you trust me enough with highly personal information and THEN I’ll publish it.” FTR: I don’t have any opinion on the…

Your opinion is totally valid, but I don’t see how it correlates to my comment? I feel a little attacked here, like I said something that indicates that I feel sex means nothing? I could be misreading, you may have responded to my comment by mistake, and/or you are just trying to start a conversation, which is…

Right? Presumably she has time to edit this and think about how she wants to present this conversation/information. Maybe do it in a more thoughtful way, especially now that you’ve basically called out the number as something to find “concerning.” So now dad gets to let his imagination run wild? Great. Gonna be a fun…

So, she interviews the daughter, asks the number, then won’t publish it because she thinks it will be upsetting to her husband, but says it’s a really high number. OK.

He is one of the main cast members but as far as I’m concerned he should have a bigger role every week because he’s amaaazzziinnngg. Love his character, love his delivery. He’s awesome. Well, he and Haverchuck are a great duo.

Yeah, I’m looking around my office right now and thinking, “Yep, this seems about right!” Could probably stand to be a bit more culturally diverse, but the male/female ratios seem pretty spot-on.

OMG that’s fantastic!!!! And SMOOSHFACE. Dying over here. I hope your pregnancy continues to go smoothly as can be expected when there’s a person in there fighting for space among your organs. :)

She tried to turn it around as some sort of “People are mean to fat girls all the time so...yeah” which I also found gross. Like, sorry someone was mean to you at summer camp 30 years ago. It doesn’t give you a license to be a huge bitch to someone else who has said nothing to you and was undeserving of those…