Or maybe, like a lot of people, she finds irony overrated, too easy and dull.

You made my day!!

Tracy, this was great!! It's the kind of story that is long overdue. I despise pregnancy and parenthood stories that are designed to do one of two things: 1) Scare the shit of of moms to be 2) show off how hard core the teller is.

I have a weird soft spot for A&F. It was relentless buying at that store that kept mean girls off of my daughter' back in high school. She knew, as did I, that the clothes were dreadful and outrageously overpriced. But her aggressive deployment of those clothes allowed my daughter, who is pretty, but flat chested (and…

LP is really NOT an upscale brand. Hasn't been for a long time. It appeals to women who use the word "classy" seriously. And those dresses flatter no one.

Nope. People who write faux-intellectual think pieces at other national publications. I thought you mentioned two. Otherwise, guilty.

Classic blowhard boomer asshole.

I think the "greatest generation" is grossly overrated. I'm thankful I was born to people of The Silent Generation." They are, as a group, rich, and don't expect the world to kiss their asses.

I fall into all of those categories.

Please review papal authority. It is not absolute. In fact, papal infallibility is controversial within the church and seldom invoked.

This "brand name," Generation Jones" that classic boomers tried to settle on us never caught on. It's predicated on the idea that we feel left behind by the glorious true boomers. Like everything else boomers tried to make happen, it's a idea designed to make boomers feel more lucky and important.

Yep. We're not anything. Maybe that's good?

Vagnoni is 56, a few years older than I am (I'm at the boom's end.). When she writes about the ideas boomers have about how parents should be treated, I have to laugh. Boomers treated their parents like garbage. They had tons of advantages. The kind no group before or since had.

If you are even in your late 30s, yep, you can be perimenopausal. I've been experiencing some menopausal symptoms for 10 years!

Am I the only one who thinks of actual black eyed peas when you see "black eyed peas"? They are delicious!

I'm a cat polyandrist. One human husband. Two cat husbands. My cats have always been my boyfriends from the time I was three.

Menopause will prove this wrong. My house is never allowed to be warmer than 66 degrees. The heating vents in the bedroom are all closed. Ask a menopausal woman about this issue.

I meant to say NOT representative!

I think you seem like most of the childless by choice folks I know—level headed and thoughtful. Yes, there are some really, really sick, vile weirdos out there who say bizarre things about "breeders," but they are but representative of the average childless by choice person. They are freaks and unusual.

It's more likely that you will see people writing that there is only racism in the US. Of course, racism is horrendous in the US, but for some reason, people believe it only happens here. It's bad wherever it is.