Pretty much.

Fellow St A’s alum! I went along to the Dunhill with friends one year and they literally squeed so loudly that Michael Douglas did gun hands at us.

Yeah, I know what you’re saying - I’m definitely of the “get out of the house and entertain yourself and don’t come back until dark” generation. I have a feeling this might be one of those “Kids these days reading their books, when I was young we kept ourselves busy by pulling weeds all day” things though.

I need to learn your ways. The huz has asked me to send him sexy pics before, and I’m like “Welp, here are my boobs. The same ones you see every day, so....yeah.”

Pretty sure this is what everyone (I’’m including myself here) smugly believes before they actually have children, AND THEN are trapped in a small space with a hundred grumpy, disapproving strangers for hours.

I heard the exact same advice. Just...no. I stuck it out way longer than I normally would have because I adored The Secret History.

I posted something like this on my facebook wall and my aunt-in-law commented “I went back to work after two weeks, so why should any woman need more time off than that?” and I just didn’t have enough faces or palms to deal with that.

I’m the kind of person who gets antsy on the last day of a three day weekend (I love my family and screwing around, but I also love my job) and even I can’t imagine NOT taking leave that is paid and doesn’t affect your job standing.

My husband’s family are fairly recent German/Scandinavian immigrants so we tossed around a few of those awesome old-timey Germanic names. I quite liked Ermentrude or Adalheid.

Interesting that Charlotte has shot up so much even pre-princess. It was only #68 when I named my daughter that not too many years ago.

Your last two sentences. Odio et amo.

I hope your story ends with his death.

You both are the cutest.

Going to boarding school and then university far from home, I was really lucky that a few friends’ moms were like your mom, and their kindness was so wonderful. Your mom is a gem.

Love it. My mom is a Jimmy Buffett fan so I knew all the words to Why Don’t We Get Drunk And Screw well before I knew what screwing was.

That second one is engrossing. It all looks like some very complicated dance.

I think my eyes are one of my best features so I’m into anything that plays them up, but ever since I first heard of using white (or beige) liner on the waterline when I was in like middle school, I’ve been afraid to try it because doesn’t it get in/irritate your eye, having it right there next to your eyeball? I mean…

Haha, thank you! I’m so glad someone knows what I was talking about! That must have been a cool job. I’ve been a tour guide at several historic sites but we were always discouraged from telling all the juicy ghost stories and the like.

Whenever I think of What Wonders the Internet Hath Wrought, this is always it.