You continue to try to discuss Detroit authoritatively, but clearly know nothing about the area.

Oh please. I've been in downtown Detroit a zillion times. My sister works in Detroit. My middle aged, tiny sister manages to drive, eat, and generally function there at least five days a week.

I had my kid the same age as you did. When you are 45, your kid will be out of college. You will still have lots of time to save for retirement. You will have plenty of energy when grand kids come along!
Here's what really pisses the judgey types off, in my case: we still ended up well educated and well off. Also,…

Well, I raise my hand as one of those damn fool idiots who had a kid in my early 20s. The entire experience was a blast, and still is. My child is now 30.
We were young enough to be filled with energy, and the teen years were very easy. We remembered them well enough to be both strict and empathetic.
It was the best…

As a well educated woman who was treated like a freak for having a baby in my early 20s (30 years ago), I do not think such questions are well meaning.

No. I said that I can be super critical of the US, not that I was being so in my post. I'm done.

Dear God. I stand ashamed. I shall slink away, fully vanquished.

You want a list of things I HATE ABOUT THE USA?

Did you see Birdy's link? It's still in the grey, but it appears the UK has nothing to brag on.

Americans can actually be outraged by more than one thing at a time. We can be horrified by what happens in our own country and also by a similar incident in another country.

Why would that surprise you?

I read an article in Vanity Fair a number of years ago that made it clear that Ariel was meant to be super sexy. So this ain't new.
Also, while many old school versions of fairy tales were not necessarily meant for child consumption, The Little Mermaid certainly was. Yet, in the original HC Andersen tale, she is a…

They are not hot, to me. Not a single one. Not even oddly hot. I mean, Charlie Hunnam is pretty cute, but Jebus! His acting.

Not everyone who is elderly dies that way. Not all death in old age is a ghastly slog.

Well, I'm around the 50 mark, and I assure you, 86 doesn't look that old to me. My parents look good to go to well into their 90s, and they are fully involved in life. But they don't run marathons, they walk the beach.

I ardently support government-sponsored, single-payer health care for the US. But your health care is not free. You pay taxes for it, which is how it should be.

Hunnam is pretty, but wooden. He has the worst American accent ever. But, when he is required to act violently in SOA, he glows with energy.

You mean black people getting shadowed, profiled and pulled over constantly and unfairly? Yes, I am well aware of that. But this is a news story, hence my observation.

First there was driving while black.

Well, she is so cute, for half a second, I wanted a useful uterus again, to finally have that second kid.
But that moment passed, and I'm back to living the post menopausal life.
Still, she's just perfect.