I’ve read the same thing in an article written by a classically trained dancer. But are people whose lives are dedicated to dance competitions going for the same thing as people dedicated to ballet? I don’t know the answer, I’m just asking.

My family has the opposite problem and it really bothers me. Almost no one dies young, ever. There was one aunt by marriage who died at 82 and the family (and we're a huge extended family, my dad is one of 12 children) everybody was all "oh, so young." I am surrounded by relatives in their early to late 90s. They have…

You’re probably right but I hope the sex offender stink he’s trailing stays with him a long time. Of course I would have preferred a long stay in prison as punishment but the criminal justice system doesn’t usually treat the top 1% like the rest of us plebs.

We only wish.

That sex offender designation for the rest of his life is the real punishment here. Every HR department I've known does internet research on job candidates and I doubt he'll be hired no matter how much juice his family has. His only hope is they own a business or buy him a business. But even then he will be restricted…

I totally remember feeling that way. I'd be all "please God, let it snow and snow and snow so we don't have to go to school." Then I'd feel horribly guilty and add that if He was busy saving starving people or stopping a war, well I really could stand another day at school.

I was in elementary school in New York during the Cuban Missle Crisis. Yup, we had drills to make sure we were under our desks because plywood is well known to protect people from nuclear weapons. My main worry was I was in the last row of the class and I was terrified of getting cut by the flying glass (little kids…

I have regular leggings, fleece lined leggings, and corduroy leggings. They won’t be able to pry them from my cold, dead legs and feet. Leggings forever!

This poor, poor woman. Losing a child is awful and losing a child as she did is whatever word means awful to the tenth power. Racing thoughts, rage, grief, sorrow, despair - no amount of money can make those go away. Sometimes suicide seems like the only way to stop the pain. The only glimmer of hope comes from the…

“Facts” never got in the way of my father’s strongly held beliefs. He was a former Marine and an NYPD detective. He spent his whole adult life being told he was the best. Something on paper? In his eyes, most likely a clerical error. “Paperpushers -bah” that was his attitude. Although in many other ways he was a good…

Klopman was considered a solid, good value for the money brand in the 70s. And yes, I was having plenty of sex in the 70s - it was also the period (early in the decade) of hip hugging jeans and tiny little halter tops. Nothing but skin from belly button to just under the boobs. If you had a tight little body like I…

I am so very sorry to hear that your children had to suffer from these diseases. And kudos to you for fully vaccinating your children. I’m an old so I remember when just about everybody caught “childhood diseases.” I even had a classmate who contracted polio as an infant a few years before the polio vaccine became…

My dad was convinced I was born on my due date, not my actual birthday. He was so sure that he convinced my husband which for years meant I got birthday presents three days before my birthday. I don’t know why either of them had such a hard time believing I was born a few days late.

Why do you think you are the one to decide how this woman feels? Do you know her story? Do you know how she’s going to use the money? When you don’t have much, who cares why someone gives you money? She delivered the pizza, went on stage, and got a thousand dollars. Who are you to judge? Perhaps you should take the…

What I saw was a hard-working woman who doesn't make a lot of money get a bit over a thousand dollars. Who cares what the pastor's intention was? She got money that will probably help her live a bit more comfortably. It was self-congratulatory but again, she got a bit of money that might ease the pressure in her life.…

After an entirely Catholic education I can tell you that a priest must perform the baptism except under extraordinary circumstances like the person who is being baptized asked for baptism, was about to die, and no priest is available. Dying unbaptized babies can also be baptized by a lay person but again, it is only…

I suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder that went undiagnosed for many years. I just thought I was a weak person, someone less than others who were so calm all the time. I would prefer having a broken shoulder or pneumonia (I've had both) to a serious anxiety attack. If you have an obvious physical illness people…

When my husband died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 42 I was on the receiving end of more advice and more clichés than anyone could expect. The one thing that drove me crazy was people asking me how I was. I didn't want to get into that with anyone but they kept asking. The worst part was people who wouldn't…

An able-bodied person taking up the single disabled space when someone they knew needed it? I've never thought about this family, just not that interesting, but now I hate them. How awful is this? Laziness over respect and kindness. One of my nephews is physically disabled, works a full-time academic job, uses a…

Thank you for your kindness. It is truly appreciated. You are totally right. I would have preferred that people told me they didn’t know what to say rather than the clichés that just hurt or upset me. But the good news is the kids all turned out well. They’re employed in jobs they like and married to good people. And…