That just sickens me. I’m so sorry you experienced that. I hope you love the hell out of yourself now, because you deserve it.

Kids are the worst (or they can be). When we had just bought our first house — which I loved, a three bedroom, one bath bungalow, plenty of room for the four of us — one of my children’s friends came over and asked him if we were poor, “because your house is so small.” They were six.

I have three children. One of them is/was failry conservative. This presidential campaign season pushed him to the left because he started really listening. I’m pretty sure he would actually identify as a democrat now. (But we don’t push our kids to identify their political affiliation, just to identify their views on…

I just laughed out loud. I’m so sorry. I didn’t laugh because of any of the serious stuff that was said before, but the fact that you know your family so well that you can describe exactly how it would go, including tone, is awesome. You should be a writer (or maybe you are,) because I can totally picture this scene.

My first car, a 1981 Dodge St. Regis, so great they only made it for three years. It was like driving a pontoon boat while sitting on a velour laz-y-boy couch.

I have a friend who doesn’t eat Chick-Fil-A, because we still aren’t supposed to. One Saturday, her boyfriend brought over a bag of their chicken breakfast biscuits, leftovers from some work event. She stuck them in the fridge and forgot. Until she woke up all bleary-eyed in the morning, stumbled to the fridge to look…

I feel so strongly about this. I know it’s tacky to talk about money but I think it’s good to be candid about the kind of help we’ve gotten so people don’t feel bad if they can’t just do it all on their own.

And I LOVE how she’s standing up for herself. You do you, Reagan!

1. I’m not all that religious. 2. I’m definitely not a bible-literalist or whatever. 3. I think high school love is stupid. 4. I think this is a sweet, thoughtful and -- yeah, I’ll say it -- COOL gift. I mean, it’s a thing they’re both into, she spent a lot of time on it, and -- unlike some bible thumpers -- she…

That account is probably 81% of the reason I’m still on Twitter.

My nightmares are in full swing. :-/

Been there, done that, but you told it way funnier. And I hope you’re feeling better soon!

SO BAD! Thank you for asking, because I don’t want to talk about this to anyone face to face. I’ve actually been worried enough that I went to the doctor. (I never go to the doctor.) And got referred to a gastro doctor. Okay, I guess I didn’t give any details. The doctor assured me I probably wasn’t dying. And I’m…

I think I’m being dumped by a friend. To be fair, I’m not alone, because she seems to be dumping a group of us. But it makes me really sad, because I think of her as one of my closest friends and she’s kind of ghosting us with no explanation. Maybe I’m just pissed off. We’re all in the neighborhood of 40 and past the…

Random advice: when you get to the point where you are buying a house, and you are in negotiations, see if you can get a home warranty as part of your purchase. It will cover things for a year, or whatever term they choose, like a broken dishwasher, or furnace, or many of the things you don’t have to pay for as a…

What Poodletime said, or look into refinancing the student loan with another lender, which can save in the long run. If your credit rating is already excellent, it shouldn’t matter too much if you get the refinance around the same time. (Having your credit score checked can lower it a little bit.) If that did…

This story is brilliant and the last line is the best.

I agree. If you’re holding up the line recording people holding up the line, you’re also terrible.

I bet that bichon frise when she gets on the stand. (Def have to say that out loud, and also have to be in the “freeze” not “frisé” camp. Too much of a reach?)

Haha. Yeah, I can also imagine that.