My parents are going, and I'm an only child. I'd never hear the end of it. I plan to bring vodka.

Half of them were on welfare for a few years when I was younger, too. So their being against social programs is truly mystifying to me.

One of the last holidays I spent with them, some years back, the cousins around my age told me that people get AIDS from having sex with black people (except they used the N word instead).

Tomorrow I spend the holiday with my entire extended family, all of whom recently shared this on facebook:

I knew my wild youth was over when I took a day off to attend a friend's 30th birthday party and, during the party, received a text from my boss informing me that the baby had pooped 5 times that day.

I was in the same position working as a nanny. I didn't have to be around on the holidays (they were out of town anyway), but I still had to be available by phone and email at all times in case the parents had a question for me. (Questions ranged from "Have you seen X's boots?" to "How do we get him to stop ____ing?"…

I donated eggs last year. It was a great experience and I personally didn't have any weird side-effects or anything... until the two weeks after the procedure, when the sudden change in my hormone levels caused me to turn into a psychological whirlwind who cried several times a day (instead of my baseline of crying…

I am totally a fan of ghosts.

Keep in mind, I'm not long Christian and it's been a while, but:

I would be super into that.

It's distracting to me as well, not just because of the wording, but because I grew up in a serious church-going family and the more traditional branches of Christianity at least teach that dead people do not become angels. Angels = mystical beings created by God before humanity was ever created. There are a finite…

Incredible story. I have so much respect for this woman's bravery and perseverance.

I'm amazed that the writer is so confused by the idea of people being left alone drunk at the bar, because I've never done it (or been left) but I have definitely rescued some abandoned drunk girls before.

mine is worst in the summer, because I tend to buy different types for eating as opposed to putting in smoothies

Yeah, I was aware of the cuts, filibuster, recent legislation, and all of that. I just didn't know about the fundraiser.

I live in Texas and sadly didn't know this was happening. :( I am disappointed in my media sources for not telling me.

I did this once years ago and a lot of my fridge was either produce or yogurt. Seriously, I had a big tub of plain, a smaller tub of plain Greek, and a bunch of individuals too. And cottage cheese. It was intense.

Seconded.

I just can't be arsed when it comes to dating, I'm afraid. No matter how good Date 1 is, they inevitably manage to do something to tick me off by Date 3.

I was just sort of getting into romance plots in books at the time and preferred it to be this sort of mystical, sexless thing. I always loved Pierce's characters (total soft spot for George especially) and I was happy they were happy, but the romance plots were never really my favorite thing.