I don’t understand how you can even manage to go from wanting to get married to hating each other in a year- how is that even possible?? And yet, my hillbilly cousin was married LESS THAN A MONTH.

As a not married person (although in decade plus relationship), I have a question about something I’ve seen A LOT lately. Marriages dissolving after less than a year. What the hell is going on? They can’t all be drugs/violence/other deal breaking scary things. What are/aren’t you doing as a couple before you get…

I’m really conflicted about this. I think mandatory sentences are generally a terrible idea. I also think judges are going to continue to treat sexual assault as a harmless little non-crime in which the perpetrators are the true victims as long as they’re legally allowed to do so. I’m honestly not sure which is the…

This is an example of a bad set of facts, and public outrage in search of a target, leading to a bad law.

Exactly. Having a kid (and paying for childcare because our health insurance is through my job and we still need my husband’s income,so we both need to work) would take us from “Earning enough to own a small home, put money away for the future, and go on a carefully-budgeted vacation every year” to living basically…

Lots of research in this past decade has been questionable. Vox has done a great series on how science is actually having a bit of a crisis right now, most notable social science. With sample sizes that are either too small, not diverse enough, or led (either overtly or by accident) to the intended response, data is…

Except GBS hasn’t been causally linked to the flu vaccine.

With side effects so miniscule, I doubt your math works out. Remember how the recommendations are constantly updated based on current risk and effectiveness data? That math has been DONE. If you came to a different conclusion, you’ve got an uphill argument to make.

Healthy adults go out among people who are elderly, pregnant, very young, or care for them. The flu shot isn’t 100% effective, either.

“But I will (personally) continue skipping the flu shot until I get older or my health changes. Of course YMMV, not a doctor, etc.”

Every person who is susceptible to the flu is a stepping stone the virus can use to reach the elderly and sick.

Former veterinary nurse here. I obviously know about dogs overheating in cars, but I question this. You can’t just smash the window, you also have to get the dog out of there and cooled down. I’ve seen really experienced animal nurses be mauled to hell when trying to help a distressed animal. Breaking the window in a…

It’s worth noting that she doesn’t live in Sweden. Since she became a parent they’ve mostly lived in NYC and London. Her husband is finance big shot. Her life is probably not terribly different than another London SAHM who married a millionaire but... that’s not exactly normal, either.

I took that as her kids wake her up? I know my 7 year old wakes us up at 6:30 on the weekends.

I read it more neutrally, that it was unfamiliar skill set required than anyone was necessarily a lesser singer. Or specialized enough. Like when an athlete has play a new style cause the new manager likes a different style and all.

An RN midwife would greatly cut down on the cost of births for everyone, too. It reduces the immediate cost for the low-risk pregnancy, sure, but surely it must also cut down on unnecessary hospital costs and procedures due to protocol, so that more attention is spent on the high-risk patients. Then, since less…

Alberta has a midwife program whereby home birth with a midwife is free, and the midwife is a RN. It’s hard to access to the program because, obviously, the demand is overwhelming, but nevertheless it’s there, giving people more options that are still safe and lessens the overall impact on the system for low-risk…

Poverty, lack of education, food deserts, terrible women’s health services, miseducation about our bodies (I have learned more about my body in the comments section than I ever did in school). Possibly related to our high percentage of C-sections too maybe? (Meaning people who have multiple deliveries via C-section…

I hope you get the other pieces of paper that allow her to make emergency medical decision for you, continue to raise your daighters, keep the house in case of a sudden death, etc.