Agree so much. My kids went through a phase where they just monologued continually. I finally told them to take the time to ask others about their days/lives/whatevers.

I was thinking the same thing. Hit 'em where it hurts.

Yep...have to hunt down reds that lean towards the blue side of things, but for some reason this is not easy.

Again, it's not rocket science. Stop over-analysing it. Dr. Spock was once the go-to guide, now it's someone else. Use common sense (assuming the parent isn't ten kinds of fucked up themselves).

I wonder how that chin implant is going to look in a decade or two.

Exactly! Shut them down when they're being assholes, love them and support them in whatever their thing is, don't forget you have a life of your own to live, and make sure you laugh a lot - both with them and sometimes at them. I find that helps enormously.

I'll completely disagree with you. The average kid who doesn't have any major issues to deal with isn't all that difficult to raise and the fact that every time I blink I see another article telling the best way to do such and such right or how to avoid that all I think is we are way overcomplicating this.

Blah blah blah. Another day, another way to parent. Here's an idea: be decent to your kid. Expect your kid to be decent. Love, accept, feed, clothe, shelter. Give good values and support where needed. Reprimand as necessary. Get on with your own life and be a good example.

Yep, any time I see pictures of her I think 'Karen Carpenter'.

Someone once gave me a CD with 101 different kinds of farts, plus a few bonus ones. Yes, I didn't listen to the entire thing, there were subtle but noticeable differences between them and yes, I laughed my ass off. As in proper giggles with tears.

Those shoes ....yikes.

Man, the plastic surgery progression of Kim's face and body is pretty disconcerting.

Talk about warming my cold, dark heart. That guy's pure passion was beautiful.

I wear basics: a bit of cover to even out my skin, a touch of blush, mascara and maybe, if I'm feeling saucy, some liner. On a night out I definitely go for a bit of liner but that's about as far as I go as far as jazzing it up.

I think she's great in Mad Men. She plays the role of Betty perfectly. I still love that scene where she whipped out a shotgun and started firing, with a cigarette hanging off her lower lip.

Yep. She's annoying as crap. Then again, she's married to Don Draper, which would make anyone a bit nutso.

That makes sense. What I went through was pretty awful but a few years out and while I'm still in a bit of a financial morass my life is infinitely better, mainly because I'm living it on my terms and I no longer have that niggling sense that something isn't quite right but unable to figure out what the problem is.…

Thanks for talking about this. It's really interesting to hear about people being so open and honest. My ex was dating/cheating for awhile before I discovered what was going on (how long is anybody's guess) and while I am pretty sure I wouldn't have been ok with it or stayed in the marriage if he had talked to me…

If everyone is onboard then all good. Out of curiosity, what happens if someone starts to develop feelings that might demand more than the current situation?

There's a lot of word salad that goes along with justifying why people cheat, along with loads of blame shifting but it really just comes down to someone wanting something on the side and/or not being mature enough to deal with the relationship their in. If the other person believes they are in a monogamous…