You should post this on a NY review site because it perfectly described what an average day was when I took my kids for the first time last month.

About 12 years ago, my now ex-husband and I were just married and expecting a baby. We were looking for an affordable place to live in the Southern CA mountain town my parents lived in. We found this house on the part of the mountain that didn’t get much sunlight. Most of the houses around it were unoccupied for the…

Crying. And I’ve been where you were with two small children escaping that. I’m now in the most loving relationship and have a peaceful, happy life. I hope you have the same. 

I only last week found out this was a thing. My 11-year-old son and I have visceral reactions to seeing anything like this. When we’re at the beach and we pass one of those rocks full of holes we both want to run screaming. I always wondered what that was about. 

We did our summer camping at Lake Almanor. No one ever knows where that is. My most vivid memory of it is when my asshole uncle was being a disruptive dick and my family went to stay in the world’s scariest motel.

This one has to be a contender. So good!

I wish they’d take this energy and put it into something that actually threatens children, like gun control.

Say what you will about Bethenny, she is actually making shit happen. I’ll never forget that dinner with her fellow charity people she took drunk AF Dorinda to hahah.

This article pissed me off. It was effectively “I’m not sick from it and I like it so it must be safe.”

Agreed. I’d like to think he’s changed and grown up since then. I had come to have some respect for him with all the work he does in the sex trafficking arena. That sentence sucks but I haven’t had caffeine yet.

I see what you’re trying to do. It’s almost time for the annual scary stories contest.

100%.

This is fucked up. I have two boys who are 8 and 11. My 8-year-old gets anxious about the drills, and I had to hold back tears when he told me his teacher was telling the class that she’s strong and “can fight” to protect them, and showed them an alternate exit. He then explained to me how he’d run from “the shooter…

She just started yesterday. Today she pulls out a big carton of milk and starts talking about how “real” milk is so much better for you than the disgusting non-dairy creamer we have. She gets up, puts it in the fridge, then sits down on her chair and out it comes. I’ve been laughing since.

Between this comment my my new co-worker loudly farting, I’ve had a couple good laughs this morning.

UGH. Tom Holland is my favorite Spiderman ever. That last one was so fucking enjoyable. I’ve seen a lot of movies this year and that was one of my faves.

Mine are 8 and 11 and yes, their bathroom is disgusting. I have them cleaning it themselves once a day and they’re finally doing it without complaining. I think my biggest concern is making sure I do everything in my power to educate them about incel culture and entitlement and consent.

The fuck? Good call.

My sister and I say “boymom” as a joke. I’m a boymom and I hate every quote in this article. Mommy culture makes me want to chew my foot off.

Hah I just mentioned I Love Lucy earlier in this thread. I watched it the other night and HOLY FUCK. Did you know there are episodes where Ricky SPANKS her? lol