While I don't turn up the volume to distract from discomfort, I DO get louder when it's enough already and I'd like to escort my husband to the finish line. It's like cheering extra loud as the running back makes a break for the end zone.

My honest view is that the majority of the time, the louder the woman, the less the enjoyment. It's like;

Dropped sharpie, fumbled eyeshadow, accidental brush against tree trunk or rusty metal, greasy flaky rubber car door gasket, soy sauce, or that thing where you take a sip of your iced latte and somehow drool/dribble some of it out from the top of the straw onto your shirt? Anyone else do that? No? K, I'll just sit…

I'm getting married in March and our flower girl is my sister in law to be and the ringbearer is my brother. She's 30, he's 28. I've always felt that most, not all, kids don't really enjoy weddings so why not bring in people who will have fun with it? Nontraditional all the way. I'm only doing this once, I want it to…

I'm thinking you've got a boatload of interesting stories.

omg. If I were Ferragamo's PR person, I would send him that belt free of charge. 'Cause we all know Barney's will issue some lame non-apology if that even.

I am beginning to suspect all the white people who said racism was Over (tm) might not have been speaking from knowledge.

Good luck to her, good luck to her parents, good luck to you, sending you some internet hugs and loads of love.

Thanks for this, my great niece is under going radiation. She is 7 , she has underwent 6 rounds of chemo and two brain surgeries. Now on to 5 days a week of radiation for 6 weeks. You bet your ass I hear that kid roar, EVERY DAY.

You go on and wear the HELL out of those ugly ass clown pants, Emma Thompson. No one's telling you what to do. Jive on.

God, nothing pisses me off more than that. Awstyn, Madisynne, Lilleigh . . . You want your kid to have a "unique" name? THEN CHOOSE A DIFFERENT FUCKING NAME. Don't just take a common name and spell it like an imbecile. Arrrghhh!!!

No scope for imagination, these people. I swear to Anne.

I don't disagree, but consider this:
They are all nice, pretty and non-embarrassing names. They are not stripper names. They are names that will not get in the way of a professional career.

I'd rather be unmarried all my life, I'd rather break up with my fiance, I'd rather give up sex forever than give up my name. It's one of the most common names in my country, my family comes from a long line of uneducated farm workers none of whom has ever done anything remotely interesting, but it's my damn name, I…

When my husband and I decided to get married, I was like, "Look, I'll change my last name - but only if we both change our names to something bad-ass." He was totally game and today we share the last name of "Rocket", based on a shared love of space and also because "Rocket" just sounds awesome. (Or, at least, it…

I would keep having conversations about it (not that you asked for my advice, feel free to tell me to shut up). I can't help but wonder if he won't budge on this, what else he might expect you to dutifully accept as "his decision, and that's final!"

And what if the mother of your child feels the same way about her name. You know the person who will actually expel the baby from her body, who will potentially put her life in danger having that baby, the one who will nourish that child from her body, the one who is more likely (statistically) to change diapers, to…

This stuff runs so deep - it's in the fabric of our culture, but it's also ingrained in the fabric of who we think we are. Hardwired and hidden under the hood, and the first time it even gets noticed is when someone is kicking the tires and opens the hood (i.e. brings up the question of name changing in relation to…

This is such an amazing point. I hadn't thought of it like that before, but it's true.

Why? Because for some stupid reason a man disagreeing with a man is just a a person disagreeing with anther person, i.e. normal and acceptable. But a woman disagreeing with a woman is jealous, a hater, etc.

Gross.

After two babies I'm still a size 4, I weigh less then before ever being pregnant. I haven't done a damn thing to achieve this, I'm lucky if I get a walk in each day. So really, I'm not jealous of how she looks, nor am I "hating" on her for it. However I STILL find this woman's attitude annoying and insufferable.…

Oh good... yet another person who acts like a douche and then gets rewarded with free publicity for their stupid, vacuous, fart-sniffing blog.