I haven’t had to break from my parents, but I’m a big encourager of those who need to do that for their mental and emotional health. I can’t stand the “but, but, but... they’re your PARENTS” people. Having sex that one time does not a family make. And neither does paying for stuff. Family is about love and support and…

haha! In my instance, the dress and groom’s attire costs were exactly reversed! :)

When I was 12 or so, men started following my family around department stores, grocery stores, I vividly remember Kmart men being the creepiest. My mom thought it was funny and would intentionally walk 10 paces behind me just to observe the observers, while I would beg my 11-year old brother to do something. He didn’t…

That’s awful! :(

We had a bad news day in Philly last week: the local news articles that day ranged from a mother abandoning her son with cerebral palsy in the woods to a man who reported his wife “missing” but was actually hiding and abusing her corpse for some time. :/

Oh no! I’m such a sassy-pants, but I have a memory like a sieve! All I could think of:

O.o

Interesting! Even though my parents could afford the real deal, I was the kid who WANTED the less-cool version of whatever. I was (and still am) weirdly more cost-conscious than self-conscious. My brother had an iPod and I had a $30 MP3 player that played all the same songs... We’re still that way now that we’re…

My husband says the same thing— he works in a luxury hotel and says he can spot a celebrity even if he has never heard of them before or they’re using an alias. He says they just look different.

I have spent most of my late teens and early twenties with progressively shorter and shorter hair (lobs, bobs, pixies), which I plan to grow out as soon as I look "too old for long hair" or it starts graying. Deal with it.

I honestly do not understand how people can find that off-putting, because I can't stand it when people reject a compliment. It's like, "Ugh! Grow some self-esteem, would you?!" For me, when people judge themselves as unattractive/untalented/unintelligent, it instantly reduces their attractiveness.

Yes! Watching my mom's struggle is why I know I don't want to do it and also why I don't want to be a teacher, even though I admire and support the hell out of them. I just don't have that in me. See also: marathoners, ballet dancers, astronauts. All awesome, all way tougher and crazier than me.

Oddly enough I felt the "biological clock" ovaries tug for a puppy, and now that Scallywag's in our lives, I'm all set! My body has not further requests. :)

Scarier than monsters under the bed: Traditionals under the liberal husbands!

Yes! I'm ridiculously ambivalent. I could imagine if my birth control fails, I would go ahead and be an awesome co-parent with my husband, but I also know that I have detested children ever since I was one. My worst case scenario would be single motherhood; I can probably handle being half the parents with a lot of…

Oh no! Don't die... Do you work with kids or tourists? There's no fighting kiddie and out-of-towner germs!

::GAG::

Yes! That's the only way to know that you're really sick, and it gives you a visual cue of when you start getting better!

He's grown into them a little better, but his ear-curls have only gotten more Einstein-esque over time.

Scallywag wants to show off all his cuteness!