I've always been fascinated by chimerism and I've read up on it a lot - but I'm not a scientist. Seeing this article made me squee because it's a subject I find super interesting. Apparently, from what I've read, chimerism isn't considered "rare" - or at least, not as rare as scientists once believed it to be. It's…

Yeah, I'm starting to think that might be my only option if I want to see a big change... but my current employer is pretty awesome (very family friendly, great vacation/sick leave, etc.) and they've been good to me so I feel like I *should* stay. At the same time, I don't think there's that much room for advancement…

I'm more interested in a concise, readable, and usable approach to negotiate a salary increase at an already existing job. Last time I got a raise during my performance review and it was just "this is what we're doing" with no discussion at all.

You won't catch me dead in a swimsuit at all because I have a hair problem.

Shit like this is why I've started avoiding anything that seems to be going viral based on my facebook feed. It's usually something stupid or narcissistic and I hate that things like this get so much attention.

No way is that a Southern thing... I grew up in the south and my husband & his family are all not Southern.

Hey, in the right context, I wouldn't complain about having my ass bitten... but that's my husband's territory now lol!

That reminds me of the story of how I learned that my baby sister could get away with murder. She was learning to walk and I, being a jealous toddler, wasn't having it. I'd knock her down.

Another time, my little one elbowed my in the gut while wiggling around and I shouted really loudly in pain - totally exaggerated it on purpose to make that same point - and she burst into tears... so now I'm afraid to do that again lol.

I thought it was really freakin' hilarious. Wish I'd gotten it on video!

My kids are always underfoot, but the bigger one is better about not getting run into - and since we're roughly the same size (I'm tiny, she's normal), it's not so bad on her. It's the little one that's in danger lol.

I felt so bad for stepping on mine... luckily I didn't do any real damage and she forgave me pretty quickly!

My grandmother still has a mark from where I bit her once, can't say I'm surprised that my little one was able to draw blood. I don't think I'll have a scar, at least - and I'm grateful for that!

Right? LOL I have to admit I laughed so hard after I calmed her down. My husband got a huge kick out of it, too. Especially when I angrily yanked my pants down and demanded he examine the bite.

I seriously love stories about parents that Get It Right!!

My husband was sitting at our kitchen table, working on his laptop and speaking to me. I stood by the table, completely ignoring my toddler because what my husband was saying was more important than "hi! hi! hi! hi! no?"

I think that's an amazing and sensitive perspective to take - for what it's worth.

Well, in my many subsequent posts responding to other people who have responded to my original post, I've clarified a few points.

Oh my God, once my little one grasped "no," that was it for us. She says it all the time, to all kinds of things. "Can mommy have a kiss?" "NO!"

Yeah, I won't do the unnecessary no because I want my kids to take "no" seriously. I feel like if you just use it to exert power, you're just being power hungry.