What kind of heinous shit would a decent college football team have to do, for this to happen on the same scale?

Maybe the cheerleaders did something completely disgusting and amoral, like going to a restaurant with a married man.

Agreed. Keep Alex Rodriguez though. It pains me, but he’s actually a pretty good if not slightly great analyst.

He was on Fox’s postseason coverage last year and it should be a seamless transition into broadcasting/commentating, hopefully they can boot off living fossil and Ditka analogue Pete Rose to make room for Jimmy.

It’ll happen. I drop my kids off at practices, scout meetings, etc. He walks or rides a bike to friends’ houses in the neighborhood. It’s sweet.

This is clock work with Geno. He does this intentionally, what seems like every year leading into the final four . He says something stupid, something he knows will get a ton of attention and deflects pressure away from his team. Geno is an ass, but he’s a brilliant ass and he wins a lot.

I took my wild ass boys to a birthday party for the kiddo of my coworker. The boys were dominating the jumpy house and attempting stunts, like you do, while I was drinking beers as quickly as possible with my husband and my coworker. Coworker’s (pregnant) wife comes up to me and was all “don’t you ever watch your…

You’re the best mom for not taking your kid to church as far as my son is concerned. Sunday mornings are for going out to breakfast and not having to wait to be seated because you know everyone else is in church. All the glory to bacon and blueberry pancakes as far as our household is concerned.

Want proof that anything related to weddings have out of control prices? How about the fact that it cost $25 to get all that “free” stuff?

SAME SAME SAME. I barely have time to get together with the friends I already have, let alone the time or energy to cultivate new friendships with other moms who I may or may not have anything in common with.

I too am the parent of a “difficult”child. The thing that makes me angriest of all is that a child’s confidence offends these people. We’ve talked to my daughter about tact as well, but I refuse to dull her shine at all. It’s hard enough being a girl in this world, FFS.

What I find funny about what happened to us is that we all put our kids in the same daycare - meaning, it cost the same amount of money for all of us and we all could afford it. But I didn’t show up to drop-offs or pick-ups wearing expensive clothes. And my kid didn’t wear Hanna Anderson every day. Or bring lunches…

My Nana told me that she used to track when the other moms on her street would leave the house through the blinds and then plan her day, so she wouldn’t have to run into them anymore. The moms used to invite themselves over to my Nana’s house and then make ‘polite’ recommendations about the decor and cleanliness,…

That’s because I used to say, “I’m going over to Julie’s,” and then I walked over to Julie’s. If I were a kid right now, my mom would have to phone Julie’s mom and schedule something three weeks out, between flute and tennis, and my mom would take me the quarter of a block to Julie’s and not leave while I had a…

Also true for me. And it never occurred to me until just this moment. And I find myself more relieved than anything....

Yes--I agree with you. Aunts, great-aunts, friends-of-my-parents--they all bugged my mom who in turn bugged me to set up a registry. It was also handy because we got married in a state that we don’t live in, so many gifts were sent directly to our home and we did not have to transport them.

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To me that seems like the best kind of gift to give someone on their wedding day? We’re all adults, we can buy our own stuff. What’s nicer than giving someone a great holiday?

Thanks! I’ve heard they are very against it over there. I wonder what it’s like to have such strong opinions about what other people are doing for the wedding/elopement/honeymoon? They are delightful in person, I’m sure.

I never saw a problem with a honeyfund. I used to hang out on the wedding wire boards though and omg those women will tear you apart (about most things, really) when it comes to honey funds. I had to delete my account because everyone commenting seemed miserable 24/7 and it was weirdly cliquey...I couldn’t deal.