I’ve had 4 kids. As much as I love them, if I could go back in time and have them again, I probably wouldn’t. When you become a mother, your realistic choices are 1) be a caring parent, but sacrifice your dreams/life because your kids need you, or 2) be a substandard parent and have your kids potentially hate you, but…

“But if you read his letter you see that he’s pretty sure that she’d move out immediately no matter what, so any post-breakup accommodation will probably be ignored and still work to her detriment financially.”

My understanding of their arrangement was that they both agreed that if they broke up, the embryos would be destroyed.  He’s been carrying on this legal battle to get around his previous agreement, hence the fake move to Louisiana to use their “personhood” law to his advantage.

He’s so pissed that she’s banging hot Alcide from True Blood and not him.

I used to bang a dude who taught at Loomis Chaffee. Great lay, terrible/strange person. If the students are anything like the faculty, then I have the greatest of sympathy for Sofia.

Don't forget to add gender to that list!  You think transpeople and ciswomen get the same kind of deals that white cismen get?

Because apartment rents keep moving up, while wages are stagnant. Because of rising real estate costs and the difficulty that poorer people have in keeping good credit, home ownership is out of reach. The tiny house movement was created to help people get shelter who are being priced out of housing.

I think, since the cult is anti-psychology, that she probably has a degenerative illness that they are not getting her treatment for since it would clash with Scientology teachings. If she is exposed in a fragile state that could be relieved and they are refusing to give her access to that treatment, then it would…

Yup.  Definitely weird.  The only Trump videos I want to see are ones making fun of him and his biggest fans.

That fucking Youtube side bar has gotten me in more ways than one. I’m a Pagan, so I watch videos of Youtube Pagans. Someone will pop on, and I’ll like what they are selling, but I always research them after watching the first video. They will turn out to be a misogynist/homophobe/racist, so I will not want to watch…

OKCupid is free though? That’s where I met my boyfriend, and we’ve been going strong for 8 years.

Yup! One of the benefits of losing the abusive asshole that crawled out of her crotch was that I've only seen her 2 or 3 times since we divorced 8 years ago.  Hell, even if he was a good guy I should've divorced him just to get rid of her!

They didn't cross illegally.  They turned themselves in at the border, where you can then request assylum status and have your case heard before a judge.  They did do it "the legal way", Trump's policies have just decided to criminalize it for them.  Oh, and it's "border".  

I’ve mentioned this before, but here we go again.

Me and my peeps deliberately do only simple gifts.  They give me little useful trinkets like flashlights and little all-in-one tools.  I bake a shit ton of cookies and fudges to divvy up and deliver to them.  The only one I buy for is my 14 YO, but once she is grown she’s going on the cookie list too.

I worked as an assistant to a financial planner for about 6 years.  He and his wife were very socially conscious people, really altruistic.  He got into financial planning because he was a social worker with child welfare.  He’d get calls at 2 AM to pull kids out of dangerous situations.  He said he was only able to…

LOL, my oldest is 25, and my youngest is 14, so I’m not going for wild girls nights. But I’ve been raising babies since I was 17. I’m not running around partying, but I’m doing the things that I always wanted to do when I was that age. I’m doing things like medieval reenacting, which includes sword fighting! I’m the…

I second this, although when she has adjusted, there may be times when she wants to talk about anything but the baby! Probably the best thing to do is to check in with her, even in the middle of the conversation, about how *she’s* doing. You know, after you go over the baby and word stuff, ask her how she’s feeling,…

I think what helps this perception is that TV and book writers don’t know what to do with a couple after they start a family. I loved Jim and Pam in The Office, but once the baby was born they were written as very boring, and the cutesy couple attention shifted to Andy and the character played by Ellie Kemper.

It wasn’t necessarily girls-vs-boys.  It was good guys-vs-bad guys.  So like, evil girl characters like the Misfits from Jem would team up with Skeletor, while G. I. Joe and Barbie were on the same side.  No way would I make my beloved heroines marry bad guys!