I'm 5'2", and while I've dated across the height spectrum, (6'5"-5'4"), I tend to prefer dating in the 5'5"-5'8" range. It's not a requirement, just a preference.

Go Navy! Get it, girl!

In the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test, you are not expected to carry someone wildly outside of your own weight (heavier or lighter). So a 145 lb person will be expected to carry 130-160 lb person (roughly-not a Marine, but I work with them.) People seem to be deliberately obscuring that point.

Can I ask why then, in the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test, during the fireman carry portion of it, that male Marines only have to carry someone within a certain range of their own body weight? A 150 lb Marine isn't going to be lifting anybody more than 165-175 lbs-why should this be a concern for females and not…

I highly recommend reading some Captain Awkward. Helps me get through the awkward in my life ok.

Honey, if you really want to make a difference in the lives of underrepresented women in the military, you need to go Army. Speaking as active duty Navy, the Air Force is the most educated, "middle class", and female-friendly of the services. The Navy is after the Air Force, and our only claim to fame is: "At least…

WHO WAS PHONE?

I stopped counting after I ran out of fingers. Don't really care that much. Anyone that dates/sleeps with me shouldn't either, and if they do, I can tell you right now it's probably not going to work out.

Modern Lady never filled the void that Sarah Haskins left in my soul when she stopped this segment.

Yeah, we've got a dude in my command who's probably 120lbs-I'd feel sorry for him trying to drag a 250lb guy in combat gear anywhere either. During the Marine PT test, the have to fireman carry someone similar to their own weight-you could ask the question why doesn't everyone have to lift/drag someone 2x their own…

College, healthcare, steady paycheck, good career advancement opportunities, dental, job security, and all for a high-school dropout. You don't see that in any industry these days. (Also, I just fix aircraft-no raping and killing involved. I don't even fix 'warfighting' planes.)

Actually, the only brand I've ever used/know anything about is lunapads, and they recommend their post-partum pads for super heavy days.

Towel on the bed/kitchen counter/other sexytime surface, then shower. (Or baby wipes, for when you're in a hurry. Love the cottenelle ones, because the don't smell like baby.)

The rash? Totally. Goes. Away. I also noticed that I have way less blood than I thought I did-going through 5-7 pads a typical day and springing leaks on the overnights completely stopped when I went to cloth.

I told my sister when I was thinking about trying them, and she was like 'Weirdgirl, that's GROSS. How are you ever going to get them really clean?'

Actually, aside from the washing, I find them more conveinient. Wear the base one, switch out the liners throughout the day (carrying one of the cute little lined bags they also sell to the bathroom is no more or less embarrassing than a purse or trying to stuff a pad in your pocket) and never that panic moment when…

Yeah, I haven't heard from this straw-cup mafia. I just hated tampons-could never get to feel comfortable, like, in 10 years of periods (and I felt like the ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD that felt that way). So I tried the cup because all the reviews I heard said they were more comfortable-like, couldn't feel it more…

I actually can't seem to get the diva cup to work properly for me, but you'll pry my lunapads out of my cold, dead hands. Flannel on my tenderbits wins out over plastic any day of the week.

I miss the onsen so hard. Lived in Japan for 3 years, and it was a once a week thing for me and some of my friends.

I'm not a soldier, I'm a sailor, and the only reason I don't wear makeup to work is because I'm an aircraft mechanic and all the grease and oil I work with would have my face looking a hot mess in a minute.