Yep. "Oh but you have to be something else too, right? Like maybe Indian? You're Indian right?" Uh, no, or I would've said that when you initially (rudely) asked about my ethnic background. Once I tell you, there should be no more room to question. Ughhhhhhh people.

I'm on the all twizzler diet, myself.

I don't know, I'm not saying 'will it still be damaging to yell at a middle-schooler to prevent immediate harm' in which case I think your response makes sense. I'm more curious about the effects of yelling when the child is younger and less capable of rational thought/discussion.

Irish is my predominant background too, but the other half is European/white...not that even explaining that stops people from theorizing about my "exotic" origins.

Well the Western Europe side that I'm first gen on is all Irish, lots of redheads. I think my looks come from the other Eastern European side, but it's all very ambiguous. Still not the first thing I want to hear in a greeting though!

But the WORST is when they don't believe you about your own race. I've had men try and hit on me in Spanish, and I politely say "no hablo espanol" (I took a few years of Spanish in high school, and while I was good at it, that's now several years ago). Most will turn away and all is fine, but some INSIST that I must…

I wonder if yelling still has the same negative impact if it's only used before rational discussion is an option, and in immediate-danger situations only? Like when a 3 or 4 year old is playing with a knife or standing on top of the monkey bars or swinging their baby sister by the legs (or all three of these things at…

I'm quite white in background (like 1st gen western Europe on one side, eastern Europe on the other) but I don't look it. Not really sure where my Hispanic (or Middle Eastern, depending on who is projecting their thoughts on my race) looks came from, but on a dating site where only my picture exists like Tinder, I've…

They're so delicious though....

I've always wondered! Granted, I'm 22 so my peer group is pretty solid on the boner front (ha!) but I'm curious all the same.

.............clearly that's what I was mocking.

And then, kids, I made out with your Uncle—again! Even though he was about to marry your aunt, I was still all "can we make this work?". And let's face it, your uncle and I had dated twice before—-was he the one for me? We had a great connection and I mean the sex was mind-blowing so....

More like Tear-orize, amiright?

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The girl on the left in the video still is a dead ringer for Spencer from Pretty Little Liars.

@kookaburracho has unhooked her bra and is attempting to strangle the inventor of the Tweeting Bra with it. #FelonyOrFeminism #YOLO

I agree that pet food need not be organic, but I do worry about feeding my puppins the food/treats that are produced with no regulation in China and have been linked to hundreds of pet deaths. I'd settle for non-organic but produced sans poison.

I was so excited that I figured it out (OMD's If You Leave) and then realized that at least 3 other people have already suggested it.

Interesting! And it's also super cute that your daughter helped pay for her birthday party.

Interesting! And it's also super cute that your daughter helped pay for her birthday party.