I don't have any personal experience but a woman I used to work with fostered greyhounds and swore by them. She always had lovely stories about them and her husband took beautiful pictures of them. From what I gathered, they had very particular personalities - like people and each one seemed very unique.

My problem with this is that at 8 he did not have the capacity to consent in much the same way that he did not have the capacity to understand and process that type of experience. He lived in an environment where he was watching porn and having these experiences at such a young age and it completely contributes to how…

He very well may not see himself as a victim and he may actually have processed that as a positive memory. And it doesn't change anything. In fact it more than sheds some light into his current behaviors and why there appears to be a disconnect in his accountability. He has been conditioned to see these types of…

That sounds amazing! Enjoy!!

That is hard. Maybe you can pick one of his friends and ask them to meet you at a park that is half way betwwen you on a bus route or rail exit? Or one of the museums on the day it is free? I have asked the teachers who my daughter plays with so I could ask her questions about her day and use names and be more…

My whole social life has changed since I had kids and it's so weird navigating the friendship with other parents and my friends. I think it's hard for everyone. We had a party and invited the entire class. You could do that or invite all of the boys or just a few that your kid plays with at school. I saved all of…

Focus on your strengths. Looks fade.

Random stuff - read more (joined a book club), make new friends (joined a wine club), volunteer (joined a group that was building hike and bike trails throughout the city), take a trip by myself (flew to another city for a job interview - it counted). Another thing I did was force myself to interact with people. I was…

It says that she tried to contact the school and got no response so I'm not sure she didn't first try to challenge and overturn the rule. I'm curious why this wasn't a problem for more of the squad.

Just jumping in here to say that I met and married my now husband right before I turned 40. I never dated much in my 20s and 30s because I'm super picky and would definitely rather be alone than with someone who wasn't a good fit. I always wanted a relationship but had sort of reached the point where I accepted it…

Maybe that's why no one mentioned it to me before hand. After reading everyone's comments I was a little annoyed that I hadn't been advised of that possibility. My main point was to emphasize the lack of a period and cramps since I got mirena because to me that is priceless. As many commenters have pointed out, it is…

I think I live in a cave because I had never even heard of an iUD when I had my second baby in two years at 42. But there was a brochure in my obgyn's office that I read after baby #2 about iud's and I definitely did not want baby #3 so I decided to get one. I had heavy flow, seriously crampy periods my whole life. I…

I was around 20 when that happened and Catholic and had no idea what her statement meant. It seemed so random to me. I remember trying to make sense of it then and it really had no idea what her protest was. Now it all ties together. I wish I had understood where she was coming from. I have found that the Catholic…

My husband and I met and married quickly around the same time too so I hear you! But, as of now, no problem with drugs. Fingers crossed!

Only reason I didn't laugh out loud is because my son is asleep on my arm. As it is, my body shaking might wake him! Brilliant!

At mine, my hostess had blown up balloons and diapers. The first one to get a diaper on the balloon won. Make sure the diapers are the right size for the balloon. I think the diapers had helium which made it tricky. Seemed like everyone enjoyed it. Very few of the guests had diapered a baby recently so it was…

I have two small kids that haven't reached the age yet where they would even try to run up to a dog but reading this has given me a lot of good suggestions for how to teach them to safely approach dogs and their owners. I did not know about the yellow ribbon - so I'm glad to know that signal for me, as well as, my…

I just mentioned in another comment that I had super oily skin until I had children. I might as well have a phd in skincare because I have tried everything at every price point ever because of everything I used to try to control my oily, acne prone skin. There is no way I could have done the water only thing during…

Yikes! I just made a comment about not wearing makeup very often. I hope I didn't come off as holier than thou because that was not my intention. I am too lazy to put it on (seriously, how do people have time to do that daily??) and have trouble with my skin if I wear make-up so I save it for special occasions - but…