I've always said if I get engaged I'll ask for a crystal or class ring instead of diamonds...I don't want to participate in the diamond industry.

Dude he's adorable now.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

I feel both of these rants on a deep level.

Or if you're gonna blow all that money, spend it on your honeymoon & go on a baller ass trip!

T-pain I'm really into your new direction, keep going buddy

Everything's spot on except the part about platinum. We have literal tons of platinum, but not figurative tons of platinum.

I.... agree with T-Pain. Huh. I never understood that about weddings. Like lets put a down payment on a house, not host a expensive-ass dinner for all our friends.

He's not wrong!

Mothers' stress, especially when mothers are stressed because of the juggling with work and trying to find time with kids, that may actually be affecting their kids poorly," said co-author Kei Nomaguchi, a sociologist at Bowling Green State University

Officially feeling less guilty about lying in bed sick today. The children are free ranging, so they'll be leaner when we cook them up for Thanksgiving. Wouldn't want to stress them out with my stress.

"Quality Time" parenting mixed with the evangelical Christian features is the worst ever.

some might say it's downright impossible to cook something you don't have

My dad died when I was nine. For a chunk of my childhood he had a job with a crappy commute. He got home right before my brother and I went to bed. So he did the bedtime routine. Long after I forgot what his conversational voice sounded like I could remember the voices he did when he read us bedtime stories. I also…

So, I'm in the throes of a bad headache right now, but is anyone else having massive problems figuring out what the headline means? Is it just me....?

There's a lot of "let them eat cake" attitude in these comments. Healthy food is out of reach for many families who are poor and living in a food desert. If you tax cheap food, it's not like they magically have the buying power to afford more healthy choices, you're just punishing them. It costs money and time they…

Unless they don't sell the ingredients you need to put a healthy meal together...

Something I wish this article mentioned: last year, the nation also removed a 5% tax on fresh produce.

As stupid as it is it depends on location. For instance in Texas some foods aren't taxed but others are, I believe it's mostly junk food. It hate city taxes. I mean in IL now you have federal, state, and city taxes. Triple taxation whoot.

Well, honestly, the big manufacturers have lobbied the government to be hands off. And by lobbied, I mean $$$.