You know, I had a whole reply written about my shocking failure at the age of nineteen in neglecting to establish a man's ability to boil water before consenting to spend time with him, but really, what does it matter? I don't have to justify anything to you and I don't owe you an explanation, especially not as to why…

Hmm. I don't use Cetaphil, because it makes me break out/has felt sting-y to me, too, in the past. But I wonder how often you use the baking soda, and if maybe that's the issue? The skin there tends to be a bit delicate. Or perhaps do you have small blackheads or something there (like most people do), and the heads…

I have a friend who'd broken her arm right before H-ween; she wore jammies and carried a broken doll for her "abused child" costume.

Yes! It drives me crazy when people talk about corsets being uncomfortable. Um, actually, a well-fitted corset is quite comfortable; it's lovely and supportive and feels good. Yes, by the end of the day I'm ready to take it off, but that's the case with anything form-fitting/snug/not jeans and a t-shirt, you know?…

Aaaw, {{hug}}...if it makes you feel any better I did something similar once, and felt just as ridiculous later.

When I was twenty, my twenty-one-year-old boyfriend lived like this. Granted he was only twenty-one, but he had no idea how to use an oven (not even a microwave) or washing machine or anything else; his mother did it all for him. (Cuban, not European.) He'd never even made himself a freaking sandwich.

Baking soda is incredible. I don't know why more women haven't tried it, but all of those I know who have (including me) are all evangelical about it. It helps adjust the pH of the skin, it's gentle, it's safe, it's environmentally sound, it's edible (so if it gets in your mouth somehow), and it makes the skin glowy…

*nods* Yep, I used to watch it on occasion (I'm American, living in the UK on and off for the last six years w/my English husband). It's a guilty pleasure.

I agree, absolutely, with your entire comment.

Harassment is a criminal act, though (or it can be), and I think leaving hate messages like that qualify as harassment. When the things you say drive a person to suicide, I think that's criminal harassment. The fact that the young man is question was gay may also make it a hate crime. IANAL, of course, but that's my…

Ha! My husband and I often find it very amusing to watch specials here in England about "tough kids" with their hoods pulled down bragging about how hard they are, and wondering just how long said "hard men" would last if they were dropped off in the middle of South Central or something. Yeah, you're a real bad-ass,…

Yeah, the Goonies is still and always will be awesome, just as it is.

Yeah, I think the Goonies holds up perfectly well. We love it in our house; my husband and I and our girls, who think it's fantastic.

"Dan Savage says that those who bullied him, "need to be held to account-not bullied themselves, not prosecuted or persecuted, but held to account-for their actions, for their hate, for the harm they've caused.""

Zaneeta...I know it's hard to believe that things can change, but they *can.* You never know. Please don't think that's any kind of answer. It's not.

I have to admit that as soon as I saw that I wondered the same thing. My older child is 10; she is not permitted on social network sites, and won't be until she's at least sixteen/seventeen. If she were being cyberbullied not only would I be informing the site owners etc., I'd be filing lawsuits and *getting her off…

Oh, and I bought a pair of large Target yoga pants for my postpartum days with #2, and loved them. They were extremely kind to my poor saggy and stapled tummy, and I could tighten them up as I lost the weight. (Which I did do in twelve weeks, much to my shock, but then morning sickness kept me from gaining too much…

Ditto. Old Nvy saw me through my second pregnancy with flyig colors; a couple of pairs of maternity jeans, a couple of maternity polo shirts, and a couple of "nicer" boat-necked maternity tops, plus a few of my husband's shirts.

...never mind. But I agree.

Regularly in winter—like once a week or so—I slather my girls' hands with Bag Balm and/or cocoa butter, then cover them (the hands, not the girls) with old socks and put them (the girls and the socks) to bed. In the morning it's all absorbed and their hands are soft and smooth.