It’s Reading Terminal Market, FYI.

Aw, thank you!

I’m estranged from my abusive father. He disowned me because my husband is black. He wasn’t at my wedding. Didn’t do a father/daughter dance. Because my dad wasn’t there, we didn’t do any of the traditional first dances except for the couples dance. My husband danced with his mom but it wasn’t an announced thing.

You can do it! I really hated law school. And I hated first year especially. I actually went to 8 sessions (the free maximum) with my school’s psychologist to get through it and to teach me coping mechanisms for dealing with the stress and pressure. Does your school offer something similar?

ETA because I missed the point!

Lol, okay. Whatever you say.

Actually, you didn’t ask a question. A question would’ve been phrased, “are you white?” I know, because I couldn’t figure out what you were saying it being phrased that way. I thought you were making fun of me, which it turns out you were.

I am white. I've also asked his permission to make the comment I did because we talk about this exact topic all the time. I'm not sure what the problem is.

No, I’m not, and no, he’s definitely not. His family are from the Deep South.

Are you asking me if I am white?

My husband is black. He also has light brown skin and blue eyes. His parents are black. His grandparents are black. His great grandparents are black and his great-grandparents are black (he can trace his lineage back pretty far on both sides, even beyond his great-grandparents). People will say, “what are you?” He’ll…

I also think she may be conflating the things you discuss with patients or clients with the things you discuss with colleagues. My boss always asks me, “any fun plans for this weekend?” Having a life outside of the office and having casual conversations about it doesn’t make you unprofessional. It actually helps you…

Exactly. I was a part of that ridiculous comment thread (I’m just seeing this one) and septembergirl didn’t say that. She’s mischaracterizing the statement. Not to mention ladyology is still a student. I’m an attorney and literally cannot imagine not speaking with my colleagues about their lives, spouses, kids,…

Ummm I was definitely a part of that comment thread though not the commenter in question and the commenter never said she “constantly” brings up her children so you’re mischaracterizing what the commenter said. Why exaggerate so much? What's the point?

I guess we just disagree about the way to go about changing the cultural and professional landscape. I don’t think “do it like the men do” feminism works and I also believe it excludes a lot of women from the feminist movement.

My brother and his wife had a “nanny” when their children were young. She came in the morning, left when they got home from work to go home to her own family, and began working for a new family when my nephew began full-time kindergarten. Now, they have a college-aged babysitter who comes over for a few hours after…

The lawyer surplus is evening out and most of my friends make good incomes, but have high student loan debt. The same for my friends who are doctors. You really can’t compare the costs and incomes of the baby boomer generation with that of today. My 60 year old coworker’s law school tuition was $4,000/year. The same…

I think we live in different worlds. I actually am a lawyer. So is my brother. There’s a vast difference between a babysitter and a live-in nanny for a school-aged child. I know very few families who have full time help after their children begin school. Full time, live in help is not financially feasible for a large…

The nanny part is such a non-solution. I hope that we are all so lucky to “delegate sick day pickups” to someone else.

I had to get off of Facebook and login to my browser just to recommend your comment because I laughed so hard and am still laughing at it.