I suppose I've theoretically gotten over the weirdness of it, but it's like the actual temperature that I have a problem with. It's pretty good milk, though, you're right :) I just can't drink it at room temp.

My husband drinks the scary kind of Euro milk that doesn't have to be refrigerated. He mostly puts it in cereal, it seems, which I still find pretty gross, but definitely less gross than drinking it straight at room temperature.

The bee situation in Romania is amazing. Every one has a few small boxes in their backyard (most Romanians with a yard have at least fruit trees and often a full vegetable garden), so there are bees everywhere. Obviously, they're having problems too—everyone is right now—but the sheer number of hives is really…

Dude, my cat is the EXACT opposite. She was a stray who adopted us and is insanely a people cat, not an animal cat. She sleeps on my pillow around my head and night, and lays on the floor wriggling around when anyone walks in the door. She loves all humans, but she wants to end all other cats and dogs.

I would love nothing more than to get a medium-sized dog, but I'm afraid we don't have the territory to support a dog and the cat. The cat is crazy territorial and has put dents in the screen trying to get the fat, mean neighbor cat who would eat her for lunch. I'm pretty certain, however, that even if we DID have the…

I was waiting for the bus in college when someone told me, and I started crying right there. He was so immensely talented, and I had the only fangirl crush of my adult life on him :(

Guys, bubbles. I'm pretty sure cats have object permanence, so when the bubbles disappear, my cat is like,"I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE THEY WHERE DID THEY GO THINGS DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT YOU GODDAMNED SORCERER."

I know, my heart had a small flutter when I saw his little face staring at my on the main page. Le sads :(

When my husband and I got married, we had to sign The Big Book (i.e. the actual wedding registry book that is looked after by an actual person called the Marriage Registrar—all very common in Europe). Husband is a leftie, and we had to sign with an actual fountain pen that had to be blotted and everything. Needless to…

Yeah :( I grew up in a pretty small town, but everyone ALWAYS drives from point A to B. Now I work in the Detroit metro area, and everyone in the 'burbs drives EVERYWHERE. I find that so depressing, and I would find it extra depressing if I didn't have a job. I kind of hate being locked in a metal box constantly, and…

That's super lame :( However....if you guys are academics or in IT, you may be able to swing it. It depends on the country, but they do make exceptions.

Oh no, I only meant "Me and baby without husband who is at work at the same company that I am on leave from." You make a good point that parents at home are not literally at the house alone for that entire period of time. I think this is especially true in Europe and more urban settings where there is more of a…

Ugh, that is positively shameful. I'm so sorry that you've had to go through that :( It would make me not love my career anymore, also.

According to my husband, Romanian men are allowed to take a full 2 years of partially-paid paternity leave, the same as women are allowed maternity leave. The law was originally written for tragic situations in which the mother died in childbirth, so that the father would be able to provide care to his baby. However,…

I'm moving to Europe. My parents keep asking me for how long, and I told them that we won't even consider moving to the States until after we're finished making and birthing babies. There is no. fucking. way. that I will give birth in this country only to be met with a max of 12 weeks unpaid leave. I told my Romanian…

Jesus, right? I would be more surprised if the figure for women is less than like, 99% if we're considering UTIs and yeast infections as "complications." Those are not complications of not being circumcised. Those are just fucking complications of having genitals in general!

Huh! I had no idea! No, she's an English teacher, but it's possible that one of her students has a French background. We have a lot of really diverse students whose parents do all kinds of crazy shit for a living.

I'm moving to Germany in three months, so I've banned myself from "acquiring stuff." The only things I'm allowed to buy are food, gas, things that will be used up before I move (e.g. candles), and things that I specifically need for when I move (professional clothes, but only if they're on sale; and it must be with…

See, I have a weird shape (like, my silhouette is not in anyway smooth) and I prefer underthings that are cut lower at the leg rather than really high because it just suits my body better.

Well, take that up with whichever idiot parent in my colleague's homeroom was responsible. I still maintain that it was well-intentioned, contrary to most April Fool's pranks. I doubt their "home" environment with a million of them in a tank at Petsco was particularly bitchin'.