And likely do a fair share of the unpaid work of parenting: tuck her in at night, attend school functions, know who her friends are. If you took finances out of this I’d say the same thing: let the guy adopt the child he’s raising.

Were you married to my cousin? Because he pulls that crap about his first daughter. Posts pics of her on Facebook with these “Missin my lil gurl so bad #heartbreakz” kind of shit and then his ex-wife will reply, “We called you four times last week and she was at your dad’s house for Easter - why didn’t you return the…

Not to mention, the author is not part of the girl’s life, yet she’s, in his mind, a fabulous kid. So the guy who’s driving the carpool and making her mac and cheese and whatever the hell else probably has something to do with that. This guy is delusional if he thinks parenthood is all about last names!

Yeah, that part really stuck with me. And I cannot believe his ex-wife was like, “What do you know about this guy?” and felt that was a reasonable argument. The fact that he doesn’t know him speaks volumes, right? My dad met my stepdad fairly early on (basically, when my mom was ready to introduce him to her family)…

A few years ago I made a comment to my best friend about turning 35 (I’m 7 months older than she is) and she, in complete seriousness said, “Wait, you’re 35? How is that possible? I’m only 33!” I had to gently explain to her that she did indeed turn 34 the previous summer and would be turning 35 later in the year.…

Yeesh. Thanks for the clarity! But agreed: the whole situation IS awful.

Either darkened or he stopped coloring it and this is his natural hue.

I feel like we’re glossing over another interesting tidbit: this douchecanoe has a girlfriend? Who would date him?

Ugh, the “Well, you should have thought about that before you had a baby!” crowd is loud and proud. Willing to bet these are the same people who don’t care about making birth control affordable, keeping Planned Parenthood funded, etc. Assholes.

I think there’s actually an on-going need for diapers at most, but check. I believe some also accept tampons.

I DO love Twelfth Night, which I suppose made me hesitate at first. But my nieces love this movie and we tend to have similar tastes in the “teen comedy” genre so I may watch it with them. Thanks for the advice!

Also, Never Been Kissed!

Never saw it. Am 38. Should I bother?

Heh, my husband snaps a pic of the box. He also understands that brands are not interchangeable. Thank God we live within a 2-mile radius of a CVS, Target, and Safeway!

That just seems annoying. Unless you also have piles of cash (look, I like nice sheets) how do you replace them so often? Or do you have period sheets, like period undies?

We had that, too!

Wait, when did they try to take Rory away? From a flashback it showed she and Rory were living with them.

WOULD WATCH.

Not to mention a guy your mom...OH GOD NO.

I always thought Logan was meant to show her what it had been like had she gotten with Tristan.