Yeah, you’re right. The t does get a little ch sound quite often - like poitín. I have never heard Caitlín with the ch,, but not a native speaker so who knows.

Don’t know why you’re getting so pissy about some made up game, but hey. you do you, honey.

She didn’t have to choose a name starting with a K sound. Therein lies the shade.

If we get super as gailege, the actual would be cat-leen, as the second i has an accent - í - making it an eeee sound. sigh. But that’s a bit far.

The Irish spelling of Caitlin is with a C and I. Americans spell it with a K and Y. No matter that everyone is saying it’s shade to spell it with a C, I just can’t see it. She spelled her name more correctly, she opted to use the Y which kills me a little, but the C is right. That is all.

Right? I wear sweaters and jackets year round in my office because in winter it’s -20 C and in the summer, when it’s actually +25 C the AC in the building is jacked up so it’s actually colder inside than in the winter. And all the men are suited up, so they’re too hot if it was less than freezing in here. I run a…

Orthodox Catholics do this too. Bolero or some sort of shawl.

The dress sounds absolutely lovely.

Me as well. *Lucky* me, I have almost no boobs, and at the time of the wedding had very little body fat, so the strapless worked for my body type. I had really wanted a sleeved dress, but they really didn’t flatter. But that was 15 years ago, advances probably have been made in design of sleeves, plus my 22-year-old…

It is 7km/hr over the school zone limit in my city, which means 3km/hr slower than most people drive.

We have the same shark! Cute baby having fun with toys - photo sharing win!

Know what’s “effed”? Thinking that kids exist in a bubble and that they shouldn’t be exposed to things in a safe and tolerant environment. Hiding sex and sexuality from kids has worked sooooo well for people in the past, hasn’t it?

Please. Like you said, they’re middle schoolers. They’ve been looking up worse stuff than that on the internet already, without positive educational messages to support it.

I intensely dislike Steve, but I also think Miranda is horrible, so they deserve each other. #TeamSamantha

Thanks, Matt. you sound like a lovely person.

Agreed, knowing when your kids are offsite at a field trip is good. Signing the waiver for transport protects the school’s ass. But getting up in arms because they saw some sex toys? No thanks.

That’s like having a chemistry class without a lab. A proven “learning type” is hands on.

Yay to great husbands who are not man-babies!

Me too! I love my pouch. It was a gift from my sister. Who also, incidentally, bleeds every month.

Rest assured it’s not the “good” teachers. Unfortunately there seems to be a steady decline in good people wanting to subject themselves to the bullshit of the teaching profession.