I'm all about reproductive rights, but once you have decided not to abort, shouldn't you be somehow obligated to care, at least marginally, for the unborn baby? It's like adoption. Of course you don't have to keep your baby, but if you do, you are legally required to care for it. Loosely. There is no law on the books…

Oh, that is very interesting. So weird, but I have had the exact opposite experience the past few days. We're switching to public and all the moms at the private school act like i've thrown my kid to the dogs. What about organic lunches! What about self-led teaching! And all the better-than-everyone-else things we can…

So what's this mention of public school? This topic has been occupying my mind today. Are you saying sending your child to public school is a good thing to do and makes one an over-achieving-seeming parent? Just curious.

I had two girls and I hope they like me enough and I also hope I have other hobbies than obsessing over them into their 30's. Maybe the answer is a whole boatload of kids so you can't possibly stalk just one? Answers! I've got 'em!

Wow. As a person who spent four hours in court yesterday getting a restraining order against her mother, I can't decide if I'm more sad for myself or ambitious to raise my kids to want to hang around me that much.

I was a waitress right after college and I waited on cool women eating dinner alone all the time. I remember being so impressed with their confidence and money. I was like, "wow, they just plop right down, order a nice full entree and a glass of wine and read!" I was so blown away. I had eaten an appetizer alone…

Very interesting! Thank you for retroactively restoring my 12th grade self-esteem!

Aw, she sounds awesome! I feel like people were always getting me water and nodding approvingly. I always got the feeling I could have whipped out my vagina in the spring air and everyone would have went about their business.

This has to be a regional thing. I breastfed both my kids whenever, wherever and never got one single bad look. Literally never. I'll just brag on the north side of Chicago for a moment - no one gives a crap here!

Really, because you said, "always". That's not a one-time little fluke you laugh about. That's a habit and should have been stopped. I will clutch those pearls loud and tight. THAT IS NOT NORMAL.

Well then he needs to hand the baby over to someone else until his little friend quiets down. No, a sexually aroused man has NO BUSINESS cuddling with a child. NO BUSINESS. I will not defend that or back down from it.

I'm going to say, yeah, that's disgusting. Adults shouldn't become aroused by their children. That is pathological and potentially very dangerous.

Yeah, she's going to give up her writing gig because you don't like her opinion. Not happening!

The problem with a black bachelor might be the dynamic of relationships in black culture. Black women don't see happiness as tied into marriage, so selling a show that exploits the desperation of women competing for a man isn't going to work. Not that black women don't compete for men, but the urgency to find a…

People call women pigs too. And while I'm on it, sometimes creepy as well.

I'm just imaging the type of person who instead of asking for something "hints" at it like a scared little boy and then exploits sex for a car. I would feel so used. Yes, they're married and have sex anyway, but it's just such a cloying, repulsive scenario. Have some dignity, dude. I stay at home and I have…

I think it's really weak how he went about getting the car. If that were my husband, I'd be disgusted. I'm the small-earner in my house and I drive a huge, nice ride. When I got it, I said, "I'll take that one"!

That is absolute, complete bullshit (about the rape threats). Wow. Doesn't surprise me, I guess, but damn.

Hm, but couldn't you just use initials or unisex names? I'm still failing to see why it matters what gender you are or how it's lying to not disclose that. By the time something is published and there are a few reviews, it won't matter what gender the person is at the book signing. No? Or is this an imaginary world I…

Serious question - isn't this why writers use pen names? Who has to know if an author has a vagina. Not that you need to hide it, but what difference does it matter?