I tried peppermint oil on (well, not ON, but you know what I mean) a mouse we had living in our pantry, and it did not work. However, this trap worked overnight and —bonus— my kid loved releasing the mouse in the woods. http://www.amazon.com/MOTOMCO-Tomcat… I was skeptical but it really works. Note — have no idea if…

For some people, the idea of pumping their body full of synthetic hormones every single day for decades is equally horrifying.

Oh, good idea. Now to find someone who I can ask about his private parts. :) My husband is 41 and we have 2 kids and definitely, unquestionably do not want more.

Yeah, I posted in another thread, but I can't convince DH to go for the V. No idea why he's so skittish about it. So, for now we are using condoms which I suppose is his "punishment" for refusing to consider the V.

I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want my partner to get the V but he just refuses to consider it. I have no idea why and he is unable to articulate a reason. I can't use hormonal BC and am on the fence about Essure (my OB, who I trust, strongly recommends it instead of a TL) , so for now we're using condoms. Which I guess I…

Essure is far less invasive. A tubal ligation requires incisions and anesthesia, with all the risk factors involved in both. Which include puncturing nearby organs. Essure is inserted vaginally. Both are permanent but it is my understanding that a tubal is more likely to reverse itself. I am not sold on Essure yet but…

Thank you THANK YOU for the link to the Mil Millington site. I recall reading that years ago (when that kind of page design amounted to cutting edge technology) and haven't stumbled across it since.

This, exactly. I have a wonderful female boss now that I work in the non-profit sector, but when I was in BigLaw the vast majority of the female bosses/supervisors I worked with were terrible. In different ways — some were outright hostile, while others did things like write terrible performance evaluations talking…

Well, sure. But that's a problem for the prosecution in many cases where the victim is the only witness to a crime. Many criminal trials come down to "he said/ she said" and it's up to the jury to decide who they believe. There could also be supporting evidence, such as whether the recording device was hidden in…

1. The NY "illegal surveillance" statute criminalizes recording people without their consent while they are naked, partially naked (such that their private parts are in view), undressing (ie as in a bathroom or store fitting room) or performing sexual acts in a place where they have a "reasonable expectation" of…

Is this your town? I saw this yesterday. ALLLLL the feels. http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23807751…

If we're lucky. :)

Because virginity.

Oh — and no, my older kiddo has never dealt with crap. He has a lot of friends with unusual names - some are simply foreign (his two best friends are Asian-American and one has an American name while the other has a Chinese name). And he's only 6, so most kids just take stuff at face value at this age. There's not an…

Oddly, no one mispronounces my firstie's more uncommon name (it's pronounced phonetically, which helps). (I'd say what it is but it's so unusual that if someone I knew was reading this it could out me). :) My second's name is Johann, which we thought was a no-brainer - hello, Johann Sebastian Bach? But EVERYONE SAYS…

Both my kiddos have foreign names — my first son has a foreign name that is quite common in its country of origin but very uncommon in the US. We have never met another one, other than a tourist from the country of origin we met at an IKEA once. I believe there are fewer than ten boys in the US that receive his name…

My son is in first grade in public school and they get NO screen time other than special occasions. As the kids get older they might have up to 30 minutes a day and not every day. He's in an afterschool program as well, and they also have no screen time. And we have a "no screen time on weeknights" rule at home. He…

I totally agree with Rob Thomas when he says "I have an 8-year-old daughter, and I hope she ends up with a Piz." Piz is real-life good boyfriend material. Logan is the your-daughter's-boyfriend-of-your-nightmares.

I found this to be more than true in my experience with women bosses in BigLaw. In particular, there were two female partners that had not had children who would only support female associates who were childless — I saw them essentially abandon/sabatoge two other more senior associates in our department after they…

Sure, but not in a way that is offensive, disrespectful, and blatantly sexist.