In regards to being "better than," why is it "better" to read, say, Memoirs Of a Geisha (which I loved) than Hunger Games (which I also loved... and +5 cool points for also reading it when it first came out).

This made me very very happy.

I taught it to my daughter. My husband is all "OH NO! My sister tortured me with that song. I thought it was all finally over. OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!" (he's being facetious... but only partially)

In my day (god I'm old), it was "Tomorrow" from Annie.

My daughter & I sing "Let it Go" ALL the time. Neither of us are sick of it. My husband, on the other hand, would very much like it to go away.

I had the same experience and my mom said the same thing. I cut myself to deal with it, flirted with suicide in various ways, and was sick all the time. Ironically, I'm a strong person, but more in SPITE of what happened to me... not because of it. (and I also laughed and walked away. I've recently talked to people I…

Thanks for posting this. It's something I've always wondered.

Lots of hugs sent your way.

a) When I was about 12, I told my mom that I was thinking about killing myself. That I thought about it a lot. She told me to stop trying to manipulate her. She was/is a therapist.

b) I cut myself as a kid & teenager (my mom walked in on me doing it, once, and just rolled her eyes and…

I think your ex told you who it was because he wants YOU to do something about it. He's passed the burden onto you. Personally (and as someone who was cheated on, and I later found out that at least 2 of my friends knew but didn't tell me because they didn't want me to be hurt. I was LIVID!) I would tell your ex that…

I went to see "Mirror" (I think it was called? The horror movie with Kiefer Sutherland) when it was in the theaters. It was the most batshit insane theater I've ever been in! TONS of little kids. Like, 5 or 6 (or more) of them. Babies (crying)... 2 year olds... some 4 & 6 year olds. All brought (it seemed) by separate…

Thanks Kate. I'm sorry for your loss too.

Hugs to you. Mine was 6 months. Utterly devastating.

OMG! Me too! After my stillbirth, getting off the Toys R Us registry was next to impossible. I remember wanting to keep the registry because I was trying to get pregnant, again. But I couldn't stop the emails. I had to delete everything and cancel my account, too. Ugh.

So much disgust and non-empathy today. What's wrong with you people?

Ever hear of trigger warnings and the like? Some of us have gone through some really shitty/heavy stuff and the LAST thing we needed to do is wake up and open an email congratulating us on our non-baby!

For the record, I didn't get the email (or I…

Must be nice to be so unaffected by it all. If I had gotten this email after my stillbirth and/or during my infertility afterwards, I probably would have cut myself to deal with it.

Me too.

Not all men!

;)

I thought it was fairly well-known gay that dude's gay. I'd be mean, too, if I were in the closet.

I was just talking about this with another mom. Everyone is all (to me) "You and your husband take turns getting up with your daughter and making her dinner and stuff like that?! Your husband is amazing!"

Why aren't I amazing? Because I'm just "expected to" because I'm the mom. Meanwhile, my husband gets a medal for…

I was that person who never wanted kids. NO ONE ever said to me "You should have one!" to me. Ever. Kind of hurt my feelings actually, heh. Maybe it depends on where you grow up?

Incidentally, I did have one (long story that I sort of posted in another post) and have absolutely no regrets. I'm actually surprised by how…

Whoah! Blown away by this. Maybe it's because I waited until my late 30s to have a kid (and I had a LOT of fun beforehand), but I absolutely love having my daughter! It's the absolute best! I would say it's 80-90% awesome. I had some "maybe I've made a huge mistake!" feelings here & there up to around when my daughter…