Ugh, that is so hard (I've already thought about these things and mine is 3). Please don’t give up on your dreams for your kids. That’s a pile of guilt waiting to happen. There is also something to be said for having somewhere great to go to visit family :)

Those people annoy the crap out of me! They have no clue and won’t listen to a word when you try to have an actual conversation about what it’s like raising kids today. Everyone (every. single. one.) I know my age (early-mid 30's) with kids has “made it work” with significant financial and/or babysitting help from…

We do this for my 3yo and she’s already better with money than some of my adult friends.

Thank you for sharing this. It is nice to know a bit about her as a person, rather than a victim. I expect this was the family’s motivation for making the statement.

Also the contractor! These projects often take the architects plans and shove them off the project only to cut corners during construction. The architect isn't responsible for the General Contractor cutting corners.

But define “denomination”. I was told, by the archdiocese in both Philly and NYC, that my midwestern megachurch non-denominal christian baptism didn’t count because it wasn’t actually a sanctioned baptism because it wasn’t done by (I paraphrase) a catholic approved priest.

Having gone to one of those schools (still recovering) I can say this is 100% true. One of my friends was Lutheran and was a bit of an outsider but it was tolerated. Mormons=Cult. Catholics were blamed for anything bad “christians” have ever done (i.e. Crusades=Catholics)
To be fair though it generally goes both ways,…

I agree it’s a little odd but we’re living in odd times (to put it mildly). I can understand the reasoning behind her people thinking this makes her more relatable.

Yeah, I cannot imagine it would hold an ounce of water on appeal.

Speaking as a New Yorker, politicians tend to get lambasted for even appearing to pander to NYC. Making this announcement anywhere in NYS would poise her as a New Yorker and not endear her to anyone in a middle state.

This has a nice breakdown of that answer. https://theintercept.com/2018/01/23/no-more-deaths-arizona-border-littering-charges-immigration/

Squirrel Girl is the hero we need. Kind, empathetic, and willing to kick ass if the baddie isn’t willing to talk.

Captain Kirk, I wish?

You spelled Pine wrong 😉

Momoa is super meh and gets more and more Meh the more he talks

Notifications have been messed up across Kinja for several days (weeks?) now and it seems to be getting worse.

You haven’t met may republicans have you?

Maybe I just haven’t had enough coffee but.... that doesn’t look like Melania?

He did not fully cooperate so he only got a reduced sentence. This is a more detailed take: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-sentenced-years-prison-181212155228552.html

I’ve seen several dentist since having mine installed and they have all said I am the only person they have seen one on in their entire careers.