Oh, they will never sign on to the Feinstein bill. I’m worried that there’s going to be two or more competing bills, one or more terrible, one not, and nothing will get done. Cruz’s bill is awful. I THINK the Cornyn bill is less so, but it’s like, evil vs. even more evil, which one do we pick? Shit sandwich either way.

Interestingly enough, also breaking this afternoon: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/393051-mcconnell-backs-bill-to-keep-immigrant-families-together?userid=24383

THANK YOU. People look at me like I’m a weirdo when I put my bare produce into the basket or shopping cart. Uh, if you were planning on your bag preventing all germs, have I got a revelation for you. Just wash the produce!!

Exactly. It’s far more the responsibility of mega-corporations polluting everything than it is about my one freaking straw. If they ban non-compostable straws or whatever, fine. But also we need to keep in mind that most people will cheerfully throw compostable materials in the trash anyway, and those don’t break down…

THANK YOU.

That’s absolutely horrible. I can’t imagine how devastated I would be to discover that something that could have changed my life was just flagrantly discarded and deliberately lied about, and that everyone I loved thought it was FUNNY?! (It kind of reminds me of a plotline in The Female Persuasion, so maybe don’t read…

Oh my god, that is so terrible. So, so, so, so heartbreaking. I feel for you, I feel for the guy in this story—how do you ever trust someone again?

You’re welcome! I am still happy with SoFi. All the caveats that I mentioned in my comment apply, but they’ve had great customer service (I needed to change my name on the loans after I finally changed it legally) and are very responsive. Also, life insurance is just good to have anyway, especially if you can get it…

EXACTLY. It doesn’t sound like your co-worker could, but I hate it when people who CAN take off the full leave and CAN take off the FULL DAY OF THEIR C-SECTION (WTF) choose not to, because it makes bosses think that the rest of us should just suck it up, even though that’s ridiculous and in a lot of cases medically…

And that’s why we need better protections around sick leave in the United States, right there, because that is not normal for a white-collar job (even for the US!) and should not be considered YOUR normal. I bet they begrudge women their maternity leave too.

I live in Arlington and commute to downtown DC. Can confirm that taking Lyfts (without sharing bc I never have time for pools)/bus/Metro is significantly cheaper for me than owning a car. Parking downtown close to work alone would be about $250-$300 a month if I could find a monthly garage with a vacancy. Plus…

I’m pretty sure most of the kids being discussed in these comments are not special needs. There’s an overwhelming lack of manners in American society from adults on down, frankly, and if the adults aren’t being good restaurant patrons, how can we expect their kids to be? So, I’m just not convinced that every screaming…

Something like that. My husband usually rounds up to $10 on a $30 cut (despite thinking 20%—$6 seems like a weird/cold amount to both of us), and my cuts are generally ~$70 (going price around here!), so I round up to $15. Since she cuts both of us in the same block she’d normally do one woman’s hair, she’s making off…

Well, considering how much women’s cuts cost in my area, and considering that she spends like, 20 minutes on my hair on the outside from shampoo to blow-dry (as opposed to other women with more complicated hair)... I can see the argument for men with cheap cuts going higher, but for women, much higher than 20% is…

I’m a woman and I usually tip 20% to my excellent stylist (but I don’t have color done, only cuts), so $5 for you? I mean, $25 isn’t that expensive, so $30 total isn’t going to break your bank.

Make a smaller amount of it and put it only on your portions?

As a woman with some attachment issues... yep, still the same advice! I needed to get out of the apartment more and develop my own interests/friends separate from my husband’s. (I’ve never been unemployed like that though.) He needed to set boundaries and hang out with his friends more. So, yep, everything I’ve said…

It’s classic emotional abuser talk.

I mean, seriously. Like, what, is he too good to go work at Walmart or for a temp agency or something? If it meant the difference between a small bedroom and a larger place, I’d certainly be working. There had better be a damn good reason he didn’t take ANY job for five freaking years.

OMG seriously. Whether through death or dumping, that relationship would NOT have survived if it were me. Also: LW, GET SOME FRIENDS and GET OUT OF YOUR ROOM. Seriously, go hang out with some lady friends! Or, go to the library alone! Or the park! Or ANYWHERE that is not your room. Just, like, somewhere your husband…