When my mother-in-law came to the hospital to meet my 12-hour old baby, she said, “did they leave one in there? You’re still so big!”

It’s really sad how they thought their little building was on the cusp of solving all these problems and that people of the future would care. But instead, it got torn down to make way for shops & apartments and mental illness still runs rampant.

Being a part of two-parent working family in LA myself, it grates me that you think we stretch ourselves in order to create some glossy-spread version of our lives, like if only we had lower standards and fewer toys, we could just breeze on by. I mean, you live here and you think that? Do you seriously not know any…

I would feel so creepy gawking at that. I felt gross leering at my hot contractor over the summer because he worked for me and that wasn’t a fair balance of power. How do men do this all the time, just, like, it’s fine?

Waiiiit. I’m 36 and have three kids and I . . . put the powdered detergent into a thing at the top. Is this not right? It this why there is always standing water in there? Keep going. Where does the powder go?!

The real question is why can’t cleaning people ever do the pre-cleaning too? Just charge for their time? We both work full time, so yes, picking up the toys and folding the laundry is work I’d like to delegate but no one seems to be able to do it. The nanny strictly watches the kids, the cleaning lady strictly does…

Honest question - are women not supposed to say thank you? Hubs thanks me, but then I thank him back. I thought I was being polite but maybe I’m being outside-spoony. Hm.

Bahaha! I look okay. I can wear pants that zip and I don’t look perma 4 months pregnant anymore. Woo.

Fucking thank you. Why should only the men get away without a physical price for parenthood? I needed tummy tuck so I got a tummy tuck. I suppose I should just get into my wayback machine and be 26 and judgmental like the writer of this post.

What’s missing in so many of discussions of wealth is that it’s not entirely about income. A high income-earner from a non-wealthy immigrant family is in an entirely different situation (lifestyle and tax-wise) than a mooching adult child of wealthy people. I’ve got friends who inherited luxury homes and make a…

Yay for having goals, but maybe not when the consequence of failure is an expensive rescue using public resources?

Exactly. It seems so on it, that it’s over.

Counterpoint: I had positive tests 8 days after ovulation with my two singletons and nothing until 10 days with twins.

I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. I’m a big fan of Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, too. Her book, Motherhood, has stuck with me for years. All 900 pages . . . I read them twice.

See? And you’re even nice! xo

Someone suggested that to me at LAX last weekend. I was stunned, but in my imagination, I get into my hot tub time machine and tell him to take some drugs instead.

*oh, we can edit!

Thank you. I was just on four flights in three days with my 18-month-old (why didn’t I pony up for direct flights?). I did the VERY best I could. That included letting her sit on the floor exactly like that and eat crackers, probably crackers that fell on the floor too. WE DO THIS FOR YOU, PUBLIC.

The truth is, your parents both see you as the clear winner. You’re more successful, happier, make more money, are more independent and I’m guessing better looking. They’re always asking “how will Amy’s little sister feel?” because she always feels TERRIBLE that she is not you and does not have what you have. So,…

Do they all choose it for themselves? How do you know? I’m not in the habit of systematically blaming a person who is held financially hostage by a man.