Tillerson speaks out against Russia in the poisoning of the British spy. Tillerson is out of the job 24 hours later. And the new chief diplomat of the United States is the former chief spy of the United States.

Fuck that. My 6-year-old uses air quotes with “President” anytime she says his name.

Adoption is exceedingly hard and extremely expensive as well. For a variety of factors, after careful consideration, my husband and I decided it wasn’t the right choice for us.

As someone who went through the ivf process, it’s not just the money for ivf, it’s the money for the meds, time off work, rearranging your entire life because NOTHING ELSE MATTERS when going through fertility treatment ADDED to the fact that whatever is in that freezer might be your best/only shot at parenthood. I…

Very meh about everything in the closet except this.

The babes i babysat for is now a tween and texted me about the same thing. She is brilliant. Her question was not “why are they picking on me? What did I do wrong?” But rather “what makes people actively try to break others down? Like why waste energy with that sort of negativity?!”

Haha same. I’ll enjoy her when she’s out and her widdle feet are no longer wedges under my ribs.

Congrats on the upcoming baby!

I’d encourage her to use the same three step on her best friend. I mean I know her friend is going to be a little surprised, because it sucks when you get called out for being mean, but I think if your daughter is able to end it in a positive way and explain to her that it was how it was done that hurt, it can be a…

the best way to beat that it’s to name it, claim it, and frame it

Woooo it must be so nice knowing exactly when baby will arrive!

Just stay away from “they’re jealous of you” and that line of thing. It’s not true (or very rarely true) and doesn’t help matters.

You can’t control the behavior of others, and some people aren’t as cool as she is. That’s why they act out. And the best way to beat that it’s to name it, claim it, and frame it.

I totally get the desire to have a more simple device, and it’s absolutely legit. But I DO think it’s completely fair to snark on people spending $400 for the privilege of having a non-smart phone that looks all fancy and new and cool when they could just go to Walmart or Costco or Total Wireless or whatever and pick…

YES. I found my old Nokia while cleaning out some boxes and the goddamn thing STILL TURNED ON. I haven’t used it in 4 years!

I would give my left nut to have that original Nokia brick back. Those fuckers were good phones.

“Scotch as a category is seen as particularly intimidating by women,”

Fellow parents, I realize that it’d be purely anecdotal, but have you seen this phenomena? My kid’s school has them writing all the time.

“Scotch as a category is seen as particularly intimidating by women.”

this isn’t representation. it’s unnecessary and it’s offensive.