40? try 35. your fertility DROPS. people seem to think that women can have a baby at any age, and they can, *if they use donor eggs*. this topic makes my blood boil. (not that there is anything wrong with donor eggs, in my view, but that's the reality.) as a single person, 45 and dating, men in my age range want…

i've read through these comments and remain really, really disturbed by your posts, maddoggirl. there's all kind of unpleasanty in medicine, proctology, for example. you're looking at it wondering why someone would choose to be a "terminator." there are few abortion providers, so imagine what it must be like to help…

am sure the evangelicals can find a way to blame tampon use as a gateway to sex. getting to know your body, and all

seriously? last year the NYT ran the same kind of article in "motherlode" and at least 1/3 of the comments on the piece were from single, childless women, like me, who've been dumped by their friends who've had kids. ... new moms want friends? look at the contacts in your cell phone. we're here, we'll have pizza for…

i actually don't think this is a "real" question, as in one person sent it to them; my experience in editing reader/customer letters tell me it was created as an amalgam. so i question the actual % of people who feel this way.

i think that most people have absolutely no idea the devastation a miscarriage can cause, no matter how early it can happen in a pregnancy.

was my understanding that whole grain pasta, like anything whole grain, filled you up more so you ate less. no?

i was on an okcupid date last weekend and the ass asked me if i'd photoshopped my picture. not kidding. i couldn't even pretend to be pleasant after that

dankso or born, hand's down. once i walked two days in danksos i decided i could never wear anything again.

not sure how the prices were calculated but seriously wrong (esp in nyc, where everything in the real market costs twice what it does elsewhere)... three half-gallons organic 1% milk, $8.99—in the store it's $4.99 each. all summer you can get 4 pints of blueberries for $4, which is half of what the market charges,…

i think we all have the same friends. "moist" doesn't bother me. panties? ick. they're underpants. underpants.

the safety factor between going out with strangers vs people you know (have been set up, etc) can't be all that different. i, personally, had a friend who was set up on a blind date with her friend's cousin. he drugged her and raped her all night long. i think the odds of that happening to you if you pick someone up…

don't want to slam you here, but want to point out that exercising and friendship do not cure long term major depression. even the article says, "retail therapy is no match for therapy therapy." those of us who live with this every day know that while a little shopping trip/outing can sometimes lift our moods a bit,…

why can't i help but think this was some super-secret underground movement by the repubs to get elected under different pretexts? (like the economy)

i think i wasn't clear: how come i am forced, in paying my taxes, to fund things i believe are amoral. what's the difference between that and those that don't want abortions/women's health care paid for by the government?

i get that they don't want to fund abortion (and they don't really care if women die because we're useless anyway...), but with the same logic i have no choice but to support war, terrorism, human rights abuse, aid to foreign countries, etc etc. WHY aren't we pro-choicers using this as an argument?

i really want to touch on the fact that there are people who think kids who were bullied (like me) should just get over it. when you are teased and tormented for seven hours a day, every day, for xx years, how can that not affect you? i'm in my mid 40s, i haven't been "teased" in more than 25 years, but i still feel…

i regret dating many of the idiots i've dated because they were a waste of my time. i also regret never taking a minute to think about whether one guy i dated on/off during hs and college might have been a good, long-term choice. it's possible he might not have been, but 20+ years later i wonder why i never saw him…

first, i agreed with your specific take on the exact reasons this is anti-semitic, though i wonder whether the people fighting for this law have any idea how much of a travesty this measure would be. have read all of the comments here, and i don't know that many well-meaning jezebel readers truly understand the judaic…