Yes. Also, the interest rate on my student loan is over twice that of my mortgage, and has been climbing steadily because the feds see student loans as a money-making endeavor. I now have a loan I cannot refinance (without major reprocuctions) with an interest rate several hundred times what I signed up for. And lets…

you are not

I definitely wore these with my parochial school uniform in the ‘90's/early ‘00's. As with everything else from parochial school, I will never, ever touch them again BUT I do not begrudge anyone who chooses to wear them today. The height/stability ratio of these puppies is off the charts.

birth weight, discharge weight, birth length, how often do they they eat, how much do they eat, how long do they eat, how often do they sleep, how long do they sleep, how often do they pee, how often do they poop, what color is it. . .

After 40 weeks of torture you’ve just gone through the most physically and emotionally difficult ~24hours of your life only to be handed a screaming pile of human it’s your job to keep alive, and BTW the pediatrician expects you to have its medical information memorized despite having not slept in three days (and not…

If just one young-ish guy trying to gladhand his way up the ladder thinks twice next time he’s about to give a woman a “friendly/harmless/meaningless” touch because of this Biden news cycle I think the torture of having to see it plastered everywhere may be worth it.

this.

In medieval times (or whatever) wealthy women wore those dresses with absurdly long sleeves as a statement that they didn’t need to use their arm/hands because they had People to do everything for them. The Editor Drape is just a modern day rehash.

Where can I get a pair?

I miss my pre-baby body, not because of any BS beauty standards but because we were pretty damn close for 30+ years. I knew it intimately, I knew what it liked and didn’t like. I knew where my exema would show up when I got stressed out. I knew what food made it gassy and what bras fit best. I knew what made it truely…

Is there a Go Fund Me for her legal fees?

The thing that gets me about almost every single “apology” from guys like this is that they are adamant that the didn’t “knowingly” do any of it, and I believe them. The level of horrible behavior that men, especially (but not at all limited to) powerful/popular men, have been raised to believe is acceptable, or…

At the very least he shouldn’t have been able to get a gun

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,…