It depends. Do the kids want to send it to him? If so, then I'd do it. You don't want to sow discord where none exists. If not, then don't. The one thing my husband resents most about his father and his second wife is that my father said "You WILL send her gifts for Mother's Day." My husband was over 20 when his dad…

Thank you. I cannot stand purposely misspelled school/daycare names. We have a "Humpty Dumpty Kollege" in my area, and it ticks me off to no end. :)

Someone pried the door off our basement while we were sleeping about two weeks ago. We called the cops, and they NEVER CAME. When I finally called them again, they said they were busy with an arrest the previous day and didn't have time to show up for a failed break-in attempt (s/he pried the door off the basement,…

I've never had anyone do anything major. The only issue is my mother being a cheap tipper. She will whip out her calculator and calculate the 15 percent tip down to the penny. I personally could never wait tables (I'm a klutz and I have terrible balance, so I have a feeling more food would end up on the floor than on…

If you're going by the rules of etiquette, asking for *anything* is rude. People who are really into etiquette think bridal/baby registries are incredibly tacky, and some of them go out of their way to give off-registry gifts just to prove a point. Throwing your own shower or having the bride's mother host a shower is…

I am SO jealous of you right now. Our farmer's market doesn't open until July, and then it closes in late October. I've never seen eggs, chicken, or bread there — just fruit and veggies.

It is really sad, but the dog attacked the kid for no reason. I'd be a little more understanding if the kid pulled the dog's tail or took its food away, but the kid was minding his own business when the dog decided to attack.

WHY didn't I wait until after Memorial Day to cancel the cable? This looks wonderfully awful!

I agree with you for the most part, but it is kind of a slap in the face to get an email about how giving birth is like the greatest achievement ever MOAR BABIEZ! when you can't conceive due to infertility or other medical issues. I think it's even worse if you miscarried or had a stillborn child.

I always thought the same thing, but if you have two married couples, that's $8,000 per couple. My husband and I could pay about 3.5 months' worth of our expenses with that kind of money. Sometimes, the contestants are teens, too — even $2,000 is a lot of money for someone who is 17 or 18.

It would be nice to have an option to change someone's status to "deceased." A friend of mine died two years ago (a heart attack at 39), and he's still getting Words with Friends requests. It's kind of sad.

I'm planning a cross-country move. Looks like I'm leaving one state with an above-average percentage of people who want to leave for a state that also has an above-average percentage of people who want to leave! At least the utilities will be cheaper.

Wow, I find that surprising. I live in PA and have traveled to Connecticut on a number of occasions. I found it to be lovely and considered moving there, but we couldn't afford the higher cost of living.

Not anything racist/classist, no.

You know what movie was pretty good? "The Sweet Hereafter." I don't remember the entire plot, but it's about a school bus accident and how it affects the people in the town. One of the teen girls is supposed to testify against the bus driver, but her father has been sexually abusing her, so she lies at the deposition…

I'm totally bawling about your kitty and Ferdinand's spaniel. *Sniff*

That's exactly what my landlord did. Our old shower wall finally rotted (it was that crappy cardboard tile, and there's no ventilation fan or anything), so the landlord decided to put in a new one. Turns out he just caulked over the existing mold/dirt (didn't clean it, didn't remove the old caulk, etc.) and put in…

I play the clarinet, but I love the oboe, so I won't even pretend to be offended. My music teacher said if you don't pass out while trying to play the oboe, you're not doing it right!

+1 from a fellow clarinet woman! :)

Not everyone. I tried to watch one of the Star Wars movies, and I thought it was the most boring thing I'd ever seen.