Kind of wondering why BYU is name-checked here? Is it just a chance to chuckle about how they are all prissy? Cuz that's kind of what it seems like... Especially with the "worried" line. The study authors are professors just like anywhere else and they weren't studying their own campus. #college
@18thfloor: I completely understand where you're coming from. Nevertheless, I was disappointed for about an hour when I found out I was having a boy. It was a feeling that came completely out of nowhere and it's nothing I expected.
These women have always existed, it's just the fads that change. Back in the day when I was a teenager, I watched a certain teen-drama that shall not be named and I swear a hearty percentage of people on the message boards were women over 40. I guess it's never too late to try and relive your youth, right? #twilight
I doubt New Moon or 2012 will affect Precious much. Not exactly the same audiences... That's one of the things they've done well: effective counterprogramming. Putting it out before the big Oscar rush was key. #precious
@w33kdays: My mother mentioned to me all secretive the other day that my MIL is worried about our new baby because we are atheists. I'm pretty much in your situation, we get along well, it hasn't yet affected our relationship. I figure, people have way worse in-law issues than this and if she's not treating you…
@FrabjousDay: I am a fan of bluefly.com, even though since it's the internet you can't try things on. You can search by designer or by color, which is awesome. I got a dress for a wedding there and I found a huge list that I liked and then had loads of fun narrowing it down to the one perfect dress. If I had the…
@TheFormerJuneBronson: I own exactly one thing—not a piece of furniture—from Pottery Barn. It is nice and I like it but I think it completely fulfills my quota so I just pretend they don't exist now. #openthread
@InCahoots: Actually, I think the cousin thing does change it. A lot. Rules are totally different with family. I think you can definitely say something in that situation.
@coffeespoon: I think it's totally okay to talk about the housework situation. But the job thing, not so much. I have been the unemployed one while my boyfriend would always bug me about how I wasn't trying hard enough. It only added to my discontent. I would check in with him regularly, but telling him how to do…
@megan_sunners: I did the same thing, it was a lot of fun. But I should warn you, it definitely jumps the shark. I had to quit watching this season because it wasn't fun anymore. Very sad. #openthread
@pileofmonkeys: Unnamed characters may be annoying if done improperly, but it sounds like it works for you. One of my favorite novels (Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier) used a similar approach and it's very nice. Besides, it's not nearly so bad as having a protagonist who has the same name as the author. Now that is…
@InCahoots: I would agree with the others. I was once in your roommate's position with an attention-hungry cat and a job and social life that didn't have me home enough. Eventually I was able to find him a more appropriate family, but it's not always an easy thing to do and certainly not a casual decision.
Let's make a pact. Guys will stop learning how to fuck from porn and girls will stop learning how to fake orgasms from porn. Sound good? #sex
@miyamyo: I think it would be more like involuntary manslaughter, but I don't see why not. You just kicked a person out of you and left it to die.... even though it wasn't alive. #fetalpersonhood
@ZemarSea Urchin: My thoughts exactly. Guys may be considered as less skilled in domestic arts because they never learned them, while mothers still make sure their daughters are taught how to fold, etc. I have to say, the one guy I knew in college who was picky about everything and had these so-called high…
@Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: I was thinking the same thing, but mostly because a lot of these are side-effects of birth control. Maybe that could have something to do with it...
@coreybear66: Yeah, I suspect these people who are "happier" are happy because they wanted a life with kids, they have a life with kids, and so they feel like they've done what they wanted. I feel like the single people who don't want kids and don't have them would be similarly happy. But I think all this is about…
@funzette: I so agree. I'm a relatively new mother and all my friends who have had kids or are just having kids are all posting pictures and status updates and blog posts to show how great their lives are and how awesome their kids are. Whenever I see them I think to myself, "They must be really miserable inside to…
@Atomic Bowling: @egg cream: Just a quick note: I don't want to knock social sciences. I think they are necessary and useful. I just don't like how there's no real distinction between the different scientific fields (both hard and soft) in journalism these days.