That’s exactly what’s going on here. The jerk thinks he’s God’s gift to women, was going to get on the show and be the winner or runner-up, then he’d get to be the Bachelor. He had it all planned out, but Kaitlyn wasn’t that into him, so he freaked out, decided to save face by pretending SHE was the problem and not…

I seriously don’t get that. Yes, kids have made MY life better, but they’re not for everyone. They can make other people’s lives miserable and my personal experience isn’t going to be everyone else’s.

Wow...

In many cases, only one person CAN work outside the home. When you add up the cost of daycare, especially when there’s more than one child, many families have no choice but to have one parent stay at home, as the cost of care is more than one parent’s salary. Being a stay-at-home parent isn’t always a choice.

Definitely stop. Blogs are usually filled with sanctimommies who want attention and want everyone to feel sorry for how hard they work at being the best “mommy” they can be. I agree with other commenters... it’s better to be scared and find out it’s easier than you expected, than thinking it’s going to be a breeze and…

She was sick her entire pregnancy, though. Some women with her condition end up weighing less than they did pre-pregnancy. I’d rather gain the 40lbs I have from my current pregnancy than go through 9 months of extreme morning sickness. Still, I’m a bit jealous that she’s looking so amazing with a newborn, and I’m…

No, Andrew wouldn’t be next in line unless Charles, William, George, Charlotte (then all of William & Kate’s future children) and Harry (and all of his future children) all die.

The success rate is 100% with adoption? There are people who have waited 10 years to adopt a child and still are at the bottom of a waiting list. Many people wanting to adopt never can. That’s far from 100%.

Even in the 80’s, when I was adopted (and it was a somewhat easier process, apparently), my parents spent 5 years trying to adopt a child. It’s a long, expensive, stressful, and often painful process. They just happened to finally luck out and their friend/lawyer’s employee’s daughter was pregnant and looking to place…

In Jon Krakauer’s new book, he discusses a researcher interviewing college-aged men, asking them questions about their sexual encounters to determine what they view as consent and rape. He basically found that most of these men committing rape didn’t view it as rape. Many would purposely get girls drunk and have sex…

Remember that Seinfeld episode? He converted for the jokes.

Is that a Canadian thing? Making female servers dress in revealing clothing at seemingly “nice” places? I lived in Canada for a few years and was shocked at how little female servers were required to wear at several of the chain restaurants, like Moxies and The Keg. It would be fairly cold outside on their patio (like…

Trust me when I say that Boston Pizza doesn’t, either. That place is absolutely disgusting.

They weren’t hikers out on a multi-day hike getting naked out of necessity. They were on a day hike, stripped down and got naked to take photos, which is deemed obscene by the laws of Malaysia (I think you’ll find most countries have similar anti-nudity laws). When told to stop by their guide, they told him to fuck…

The Americans I encounter in Malaysia and elsewhere in SE Asia are pretty respectful. You have the ones who get naked at Angkor Wat, but that’s very rare. I think it has to do with the fact that getting here is so expensive for Americans, that automatically eliminates the portion of the tourist population who only go…

We used to do an annual summer roadtrip to various national parks. It took two days to get there and we had a large 1980’s minivan. I was about 5 and had a weak bladder, so my mom decided to get one of those camping toilets for the back of the van, just to avoid any accidents. Being 5, I made the mistake of not using…

I’m reading Jon Krakauer’s new book, Missoula, and he discusses a lot of this sentiment seen among the public when it comes to rape statistics. You’re spot on.

Oh, and I just looked up this White by Vera line, and holy crap, some of those gowns gorgeous. I’m not a wedding person. I watch SYTTD and think, “BORING!”, and I eloped and wore blue, but that makes me want to have a real wedding. Thanks for turning me into someone who now regrets not having a wedding gown! :)

I agree. I think there are so many possibilities now for affordable, but stylish and not boring wedding gowns. It’s not like it was nearly 10 years ago, when I got married, and affordable meant you were getting the same, boring A-line strapless gown everyone else had.

I love the kaftan look on tall, thin women, who can pull it off, and older women tend to be able to pull it off. It looks like a sack on me. I’m anxiously awaiting being old enough to move into full-time kaftan wearing, because it looks so comfortable.