No, you can’t screw up your life beyond recall at any age. You are unique and valuable and wonderful. Keep the video playing and know you have worth.

And something like 90% of Pinterest users are female. If any company should have a good ratio of women employees, it’s them.

For your garden

NOT ALL PANDAS LIKE POPCORN

I’m not so much proud as INCREDIBLY AMUSED by you and some other people.
I’m also really confused where you got the idea I had any intention or desire to have a serious conversation about this. (Is this an example of men misreading signals?! It is, isn’t it? PERFECTION.)
I feel the the satirical popcorn gif is pretty…

I used to babysit - not nanny - for a lot of NYC families when I was in college, and almost all of them had full-time nannies (and mothers that didn’t work). The nannies for these families were all middle-aged career nannies, usually with families of their own, and were of average attractiveness. And I mentioned that…

Late post: You had me at Shaun Of the Dead.

Frito, I’m in the same situation. My initial reaction to Eleanor’s comment was “Howwwwww did you DO it?!” Like you I’ve had comments with hundreds of stars, and hardly any of my comments ever *stay* gray anymore because someone always rescues me, but the powers that be seem happy to let me drift off.

AW THANK YOU. Always a pleasure to see your delightful screen name turn up!

Thank you, nanny advice is the best! I honestly think I was better at parenting when I was a childless nanny. Something about the kid not being mine gave me a lot more reasonable reactions to this stuff. I’ve since lost my ability to see the best solutions.

That is so reassuring.. Thank you! And congrats on raising on a crazy ass toddler into a totally normal young lady:)

Grease, Grease 2, Dirty Dancing, Steel Magnolias, Footloose, An Officer and a Gentleman, Mother, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, It Happened One Night, Some Like it Hot, The Odd Couple. Oh I have some eclectic movie taste.

I don’t feel guilty about any of these, but...

It’s an honor to be in your company.

My advice, as a nanny not a parent, is to walk away. Don’t give her obvious attention when she throws a tantrum. Be some where you can see her so she doesn’t get hurt, but out of the way so she thinks you aren’t paying attention. That will also give you a chance to catch your breath. Don’t let her get a reaction out…

Happy Saturday!

you can do a time-out! But it's not for the kid... It's for you. Put her in a safe spot for two minutes and take some deep breaths. I do it with my 22-month-old and it keeps me from yelling.

So I’ve finally decided to quit my job. Most of my work is done in a volunteer capacity and it’s too much stress for almost no money. Now the soul-crushing job hunt begins! I’m disabled and can only manage part-time work and I live in a very economically deprived area so... yeah. This is going to be fun.

Still in New Hampshire visiting my family basically waiting for my dog to die - she’s had a bad couple of days, so I think this week is it and we’re going to have to put her down on Monday or Tuesday. I’m kind of mad at my dad because my mom and I both think she is suffering (she has barely eaten today, mostly lies…