"I resent that the entire culture of this country is obsessed with kids," Rachel Agee told me the day after her 40th birthday. "And social media is only an outlet to post pictures of your children. I’ve got nothing to put on Facebook. At 40, that’s hard."
What geekery is this?
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As the mother of a 26-year-old boy and a 23-year-old girl, I believe I have a realistic grasp of life modern life for the twenty-something in suburban America. It isn't bootstraps...but for a certain percentage (a percentage of the upper middle-class), it's apron strings.
You need to dump this guy sooner rather than later. You will never be good enough, neat enough perfect enough—never. And he will get angrier and angrier and things will get uglier and uglier. Been there, done that, get out now. Also, someone who really loves you, loves you no matter how messy and/or imperfect you…
It's not really a respect thing. I have some control over the issue of course, but while it's one thing to excuse yourself from a meeting, or pop into your office to let one rip, it's a lot harder to always get away from the person you live with.
My question is, why are these bad manners? I rarely meet anyone who is producing and storing gas inside their bodies solely for the purpose of being impolite to others. Usually it is more like...a bodily function that needs to happen.
Who are these people that never fart in front of their partners, and how do they maintain such rigid control over their emissions? That must be so very stressful.
I have not watched a single episode of Big Brother, but part of me wants to watch the episode when these idiots find out they've been fired. There is not enough popcorn in the world...
I can't handle situations like this, I like to get my free stuff in an orderly fashion. I'm not going to fight someone over something that's free.
My grandmother, when confronted with a particularly ugly newborn combined with proud parents ( and, lets face it, that's a common occurrence) and not wanting to lie used to say "My, that sure is a baby!" Integrity intact, parents mollified.
Legolas is still pissed at his parents for posting that.
QUICK EVERYONE BE AFRAID OF EVERYTHING!
Annals of Stock Photography Horror #4,796: Your adorable child-in-the-ocean photo set earns you the nickname "Sea Pee Girl."
That's cool, I think I already have this installed in reality though.
Somewhere out there, William Gibson is kicking himself.
Gaslighting. It's just another form of abuse.
My abusive father did the same thing. He cornered me outside of my mother's house once after I was an adult and was all, "I don't know what I ever did, my own daughter won't talk to me, waaahhh me," and when I pointed out that he beat me he said right to my face, "I never hit you," like the idea was ridiculous. After…
The thing that made me gasp out loud was when he STATED that none of the girls were "virgins" when he took them and that they "asked" him for sex. Being the mother of a daughter, I have no words. Oh, and the part when he objected to the judge's referring to him being a murderer. He said, "Judge, I am not a…
These Yale dudes are getting away with murder.