Of course if the girl is diabetic, she would have special needs, but it doesn't sound as though she made the M.I.L. aware of the fact, since in the email she mentions the exception of food allergy. Most people wouldn't reasonably differentiate between food allergy and diabetes, with one being an acceptable excuse and…

This is not an insane email. And the mother-in-law does not sound horrible. It sounds like the daughter-in-law is incredibly rude and the M.I.L. just tried to address the problem in a private email, which the D.I.L. then made public (again showing her incredible lack of manners).

Did anyone here read The Ordinary Princess when they were kids? I did, and that was a GREAT book about how one can use intelligence to achieve one's goals & even find a prince when one isn't stereotypically "beautiful".

MY mother does that. She is (as a result) morbidly obese. I am very disturbed by the whole thing.

Wait, what?! We only get FIVE????!

When I have kids, I want a girl first because I already have a girl name picked out (it's been picked out since I was a teen).

Well, I don't think I was super unhealthy; my blood pressure was getting kind of high, but my doctor thought a lot of that was also due to stress. I was definitely not in great shape, though. I had trouble with very physical activity like hiking, running, etc. I started diving 2 years ago & got nitrogen sickness once,…

I am 5'3" and weigh 189 lbs. NO one would ever guess that to look at me, though. I wear a size 12, so while I am by no means small, I am not extra large, either. I have lost almost 50 lbs. in the last year (thanks some to diet and a LOT to exercise), but have managed to gain a lot of muscle mass from all the…

Well, I found that a guy will definitely say pretty much ANYTHING it takes to get you to agree, and his hands might roam a bit without your consent...but he will (begrudgingly) accept no as an answer.

Rape is most definitely a (deviant) social/cultural behavior...it is NOT something that biologically, men are inclined to do. I lived in Italy for several years and while rape does occur there, it is SO much more rare than in the U.S. If an Italian man raped a woman, he would be completely ostracized, because it is…

Awesome. And hearted.

Nothing but creepy.

It drives me crazy that he makes all of these girls bleach their hair to the exact same shade of fake blonde. Clairol makes a LOT of different shades of blonde. I know. I try a new one pretty much every month. And my hair still doesn't look as fried as his girlfriends' hair.

Heh, actually doing a Reaper marathon now, thanks to Netflix instant viewing. Wish it would have stayed on the air.

I've bought flowers for my dad before, and he thought it was really neat. Guys almost never receive flowers, you know? Also, my dad and I are both foodies & really into wine, so I tend to do that kind of stuff. Maybe a nice bottle w/a rain check to enjoy it at a later time? Or even tx. to a wine tasting?

In NY, only kids under 13 or people riding a bike for commercial purposes are required to wear a helmet. People still get ticketed for riding w/out one, however, because the NYPD are not trained in bicycle laws.

I've read some stuff that says pubic hair helps to protect against HPV, since it covers your skin and HPV is a skin-to-skin contact transmission (and condoms don't cover enough to help). I don't believe that any studies have been done, however.

@UrbanAchiever: I am SEETHING with jealousy of you right now. Story, please???

I wish I would have shot the man who raped me! Considering the slap on the wrist he got through our court system...oh yeah.

The problem with that is that one hatemongering wackjob leaves. I vote NO ONE leaves.