I was thinking that too, until I read the article and it said “they were almost all first-generation immigrants: a few from the Eastern Bloc, Philippines, France, and possibly Australia” - so no they didn’t grow up as teens in the States and thus are all freaked out and don’t know what is what with American teens.

I have United and get free birth control pills.

It's not like you never sleep again. It's a pretty short period of time that the kid is up at night. However, if you are a night owl, then it will suck until they hit the middle of elementary school. Why children under seven keep farmer hours is beyond me.

I fully agree about having a kid so someone will take care of you in your old age. A friend's sister TOLD HER that was why she got pregnant, because she didn't want to be alone in old age & wanted a kid to care for her. Wow. The irony is that my friend's sister's child is severely autistic and will never be able to…

I guess I have shitty taste in hair but I love obviously fake platinum looking hair, especially when people with dark hair do it.

Sooooo tired of teen movies where the actors are in their mid-twenties. I googled a list of actors born in 1998, which is how old the actors for this movie should be. Jaden Smith, the girl from Moonrise Kingdom, Elle Fanning, etc. - it's not like they don't exist. http://www.imdb.com/search/name?bi…

His cadence was so off. And the random stresses he put on certain words - it was creepy as hell.

Oh boy, I noticed that too. I was dying to know what ways guys defrauded us ladies.

Wow, Bieber really looks like a cute 20 yr old lesbian in this photo.

" calling one's male sexual partner "daddy" is commonplace" - REALLY???? I have never called a guy daddy, never heard anyone else call their partner daddy, I find that comment quite a stretch, like the author is desperately searching for confirmation that what happened to her is not that strange. No, I don't believe…

They have a 3 yr old, a 2 yr old and another one almost born and they are living in a motel room. No, I'm not at all surprised they would keep a loaded handgun accessible to children. I imagine their whole world is just one bad decision after another.

Oh sure, I immediately cried "But I was on birth control pills and took them faithfully! What happened!" And my doctor answered, "Well they are only 98% effective. You're the other 2%!" From the Mayo Clinic website "If you're taking your birth control pills exactly as directed, they're 98 to 99 percent effective at…

My aunt told me that if you gained over 15 lbs your doctor would give you dexedrine so you wouldn't gain anymore. Ah the 1950s, those halcyon days lol. All my aunts smoked and drank and all my cousins are fine. Anecdotal, I know. But it's not a given there will be problems.

My twin! I also found out at 7 1/2 months, only because she started moving a little bit. She was 5 1/2 lbs at birth.

I didn't have any of those symptoms. It's not a given you'll feel that way.I think some of it is psychosomatic - you have an image in your mind of how pregnancy is supposed to be so when you get pregnant you think of course I must crave pickles or get overly emotional. Obviously swollen limbs, vomiting etc aren't…

This totally could have been me, if I didn't have good health insurance and wasn't totally paranoid about my health, googling symptoms and assuming the worst. I only went in to see the doctor because I was sure I had IBS, like one of my good friends. Or perhaps an ulcer. A friend had been hospitalized for one and said…

Not necessarily. Not all babies move a lot. Mine didn't.

Oooh, I read one of his sons' memoirs. Yes, the mom was a huge alcoholic and Bing was verbally and sometimes physically abusive. He & Joan Crawford would have made quite the couple.

Haha, I live in Texas and currently have gloves, a hat & a coat on inside. With the heat on.

It's currently 28 in Texas where I am but my body is reacting in the manner of the -30 to -15F description above. It is beyond my comprehension as to what the actual -30 to -15F would be. I am wearing gloves inside right now while I am typing. Why anyone would willingly live where it is this cold all winter is totally…