This is the most solution-oriented comment the Internet has ever known. All of these are great things to say, and in the future I’ll do that.

Just to be clear, I’ve never told anyone except someone very very close to me that they’re “getting bigger!” and I’ve never offended them afaik — because I actually am joyful…

Trig’s real mother is Bristol Palin.

We had that exact same lineoleum growing up! You have made my heart expand 10 times just for that reason alone. Plus: puppy!

The last one cracked me up.

“There is also great social pressure on women to accept and ignore threatening behavior from partners.”

Yeah, I think you can. Right now I can think of dozens of men I know I’d be safe with. You can see how a person deals with anger and disappointment — character doesn’t change, and it’s easy to see if someone has character.

#4 is almost spot on.

That sucks, I’m sorry.

Or they could’ve just depicted them spitting in the cake batter. ;)

“Huge” in the context of “pregnant” is a joyous thing, and that’s how people mean it. I find it so annoying when women decide to interpret it as an insult. Totally churlish and willfully obtuse. You’re pregnant; you’re going to get bigger and bigger until you give birth. People are going to be excited about that. Wtf…

News flash: the threat of rape is real and terrifying in NYC, too.

So women have 3% of seat space for their backpacks and men have 28%, for a total of 31%. What this data tells me is that women are biologically entitled to the 15.5% of seat space men don’t require due to their inferior hips.

The interruption culture is so wasteful. It seems like it would die itself out, but every year it gets stronger. I had a man talk over me on his first day while I was training him. And of course, later been reprimanded by my boss because I didn’t give enough background while transitioning my work. (I work at a kind of…

Gwyn, you’re rich. Get your roots done.

Exactly! I once wrote an email that said, “If you guys approve, the plan is...” and was told by two supervisors after an underling complained that I should have worded it without using the word “plan.” My “insert euphemism here” was adopted. They just didn’t like that I was a woman and I called it a plan.

An engineer friend told me yesterday, “I like it that you proposed a solution. You’re not usually that solution oriented.” after I spent 15 minutes trying to tell him the solution while he interrupted me. I explained that I always had solutions but that he typically never let me get that far before he took over the…

This. Do your job quickly and efficiently + know what you’re doing = too aggressive. Or, “taking over projects” (after you sent a memo to the CEO and CTO outlining your responsibilities to make sure you’re on the same page). How do men think that work gets done? Magically and submissively without making a sound?

17 people are listed. Only 2 are women, both columnists. One is a freelancer. The other is a former state senator whose focus is education and parent empowerment.

I’m gonna throw out a guess that the SUV guys felt rejected by the sisters. So, you know, justified.

I don’t think she understands the phrase “I managed to make history.” That’s supposed to be related to an achievement of some sort.