Not to mention babies in general are hard work. Of course you had your hands full - you were keeping a tiny, helpless human alive.

I’m mom to just one girl but yes, all of this. Her feet smell. She burps and farts with glee. She loves dinosaurs, digging in the dirt, outer space, and doing science experiments. She also loves dolls, looking pretty, and princesses. These things are not mutually exclusive and the whole #boymom phenomenon drives me…

Those of us with IBS thank you for saying this.

Her current relationship may be safe.
Or she may just be saying that it’s safe. Or the relationship may end and she may no longer be safe because she’s publicly out. Or it may seem safe now but somewhere down the line, he commits bi-phobic actions that make it no longer seem so safe. Or people outside of her…

Hmm, wonder where she gets that from...?

A heternormative relationship is absolutely not an automatic safe space when you are not hetero. See Kender Again’s reference below if you need one.

Something like this should work: Have a very stern conversation with him about how he needs to stop doing that. If he does it again, immediately do what you have to in order to get away from him to safety, then refuse to play with him until he agrees not to do it again. Repeat as necessary.

I’m wondering that too.

So the white people who discovered racism on Nextdoor ...quit? Wtf?

I used to love his work (like everyone in the ‘90s did) and watched anything and everything he did. But it wore thin after awhile, probably because I grew up and he never seemed to. You can only ride a 20+ year old wave for so long before it gets boring.

Rather than “should a female-bodied child be sexualized like an adult?”, why not ask whether female-bodied adults should be so frequently sexualized? Is the magical threshold at which it is okay to sexualize someone the age of 18, or should all people be allowed to live a life outside of objectification? Will it be…

I sometimes feel like I’m the only parent who gives my kid a crayon and a piece of paper at a restaurant.

There’s also the Women’s Premiere Soccer League, which is amateur but is more accessible if you’re not in one of the bigger cities:

Same here. Mine will grow up to be a lawyer for sure because she always finds the loopholes.

This should all be after a long childhood of similar microconversations. My kid isn’t a teen yet but already knows that I’ll talk to her about anything, as factually as possible, without getting annoyed or embarrassed.

What about salt water pools? They seem to be increasingly popular but I wonder how well the salt actually works.

You think he actually knows that much about women’s soccer??

You do. You get the compensation of having a family that actually helped you out so you didn’t end up deeply in debt, or the comfort of not being deeply in debt. What I don’t understand is you not thanking your lucky stars that you aren’t one of the financially orphaned or enslaved.

What about those of us who didn’t have parents who could (or would) help pay for college? What about those of us who worked part- or full-time jobs through college and still weren’t able to pay for it without loans? Are we not deserving enough for you?

Same here. I don’t even live in a place with high cost of living but my debt load due solely to student loans is high. If even a portion of it were forgiven, I’d be able to spend more on other things - like maybe replacing my 30-year-old car finally.