We tried to have no kids at our wedding, and failed. Reason: our parents refused to enforce. One couple RSVP'ed with their very-much-not-invited 4-year-old (we had offered to them and the child's grandparents, 6 months ahead of the wedding, to help them find - and pay for - a babysitter, since they would be coming…

Wow. Guess there's more of a range there than I'd thought.

Yeah, I see what you mean... but unlocking and opening a door are usually things that don't require sustained use of a tight pincer grasp (index finger/thumb), which you generally need to be able to do while moving the zip in order to unzip... most of the two-year-olds I've worked with are still working on gross motor…

True. I know someone who was traveling with family, including a young child, and staying in an AirBnB, and was shocked and horrified to find an unsecured gun in their AirBnB place. Not cool.

Yeah, I saw that in the Post this morning... the family (her father-in-law, I think?) said it was zippered completely into the zipper-compartment, which he seemed to think was very responsible of her, of course, but that the 2-year-old just unzipped the compartment and took the gun out of it. Aside from the…

Thank you for sharing this perspective - really important to note that people's perceptions vary, and what you described makes a lot of sense. That must be so challenging, and so frustrating when you reach that awful point of pain. If you don't mind my asking - have you found a doctor who understands this well? Are…

Yes. So much this.

That's awesome! Sending good vibes that you hear something good back soon.

Seriously. I don't know if I even told my parents my grades in college! I think I told them, "I did well" / "I feel like I could have done better in X class," that sort of thing. I definitely had classes I didn't do as well in, and am pretty sure they had no clue.

That makes me feel better. I feel like such an Old, but I am so far removed from this myself and so completely cannot relate to this that I can't think of a single professor I had in college whose name my parents even knew.

WHOA. That is... I don't even know what to do with that. The parent was going to move?? I mean... wow. My mom came with me when I visited colleges for undergrad (and my little brother definitely joined for a couple because it was his spring break and he couldn't really be left home), but when I applied for my…

Good for those students who opt to have their parents wait outside. I'm used to managing parents in some situations, but the idea that they think they should have access to academic records once their child is a legal adult... well, they don't get access to their medical records at that age even if they pay for the…

That is insane. I hope those students are mortified. And then go give their parents hell. And that their parents never do that again. Although... I do have to wonder how many of those students are feigning shock when you confront them, because their parents did have to get your name and contact info somehow... and…

Holy hell. "Liberal indoctrination," "crushing their dreams," or "being a bitch" - for following the law??? I wish I could send you a giant glass bottle case of wine through kinja. No wonder these students are having trouble, if this is who is raising them.

Wait a second... once the students are 18, aren't they in charge of their own academic information? As in, they have to grant their parents access to it? Since they're no longer minors, the parents shouldn't just be able to talk to the professors... because the students control their academic records/info/etc...…

Yeah, sounds like this was the problem. When I read this I was thinking, had they not watched the show before? Did they want some kind of exception? Huh?

Oh wow, okay. Yeah, I share your total disgust at him playing the OBGYN. And somehow now I've found something in this whole ordeal about which I can actually feel relief — and it is somehow even sadder. YEESH. This is all just beyond. I hope some of these women can find some peace.

Wait, what? She was actually pregnant? Not just playing a pregnant patient? And he drugged her while she was actually pregnant? Oh dear lord. This was mind-blowingly horrible to begin with, but if that's true then it just reached another level.

With you so much here. Although I do have a few Coach bags from a bunch of years ago (10-15 years now? wow) that don't have the logo and are just well-constructed bags that are just really nice leather, and they still hold up. Good quality leather, and the designs amazingly don't look dated. I think the only place…

Oh my g-d. I have had to read a ridiculous amount of Freud in the last several years... maybe it's because I haven't had occasion to think about Peter Pan for a while, but seriously... how did I not ever think about this????????