Read PLD's reply. The same is just as true for moms.

Ding!Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

Huh? Did I imply my husband did anything?

I was more thinking of a boy being careless with her. You are right, of course. I suppose I meant being cavalier with her feelings.

My husband didn't use threats or words. He just WAS. Very politely, he existed. No boy ever got our daughter home late, much less broke her heart.

The vast majority of Americans don't want their teeth super white. If you actually know Americans in real life with teeth that are too white, then they fall into one of two categories:

When the time comes, do it. We became more thoughtfully loving after we moved into separate rooms. We actively make time to cuddle and connect with each other. Plus, we are both better rested!

You know what's even better than a really big bed? Separate bedrooms! Yep.

You often write about your obsessive hatred of the US and its power system. Where is your hatred for the powerful elite now? Or can't you muster up hate for an elite jock because you like the way he plays?

I believe the term for this is "home school hair." That's what my students call it.

Obviously, each has her own experience, but when my daughter lived there, she thought it was beautiful, as did we. The land itself is lovely. I suppose rundown doesn't bother me, as I grew up in a town that was rundown, but set in a beautiful part of PA.

My background is French, German and Irish. I don't know where our big butts come from, but I always liked having one!

Ever been to Ireland? It's fantastically pretty.

My remarks were directed to white women who claim to have suffered rejection by white men for having big butts. I do not attempt to speak for POC.

You mean from other women? Because no woman has ever made me feel bad about my butt either. And it is big.

As a big butted woman with almost no boobs, who last dated in the 1980s, I must call people out in the idea that white men don't like big butts.

Lobbying is indeed terrible. Iniquitous, even. But the average US citizen does not need to bribe a minor official to get a building permit, much less a job. I have never had even a passing interaction with corruption in 50 years of life here in the US.

You made sweeping statements about litigation and the US. You then added a statement about Western European countries (plural). I pointed out what almost everyone knows: That most Western European countries are more expensive to live in than the US.

Girls don't have these exact same pressures, plus they must be thin and beautiful?

REALLY? Men have higher expectations put on them than women? In what ways? Also, why is it a contest?