I don’t feel bad for the kid; he brought it on himself. Though I see why you would.

My son is 2.5 and since age 2 has been spouting the word penis. :) He knows that he and Daddy have a penis, and that Mommy doesn’t have a penis. He says these things all the time. I haven’t been called by the daycare, but I sort of expect it will happen. We’re teaching him now that it is ok and normal that Mommy…

I was going to joke, “It was Trump, wasn’t it?” but I can’t. After reading the deep well of fucked-up-ness in this story, I can’t make any joke.

I would add jealousy as a major red flag. [Your partner’s] jealousy will take over your life. Their insecurity cannot be cured by anything you do/try. They will blame you for their insecurity (e.g., “you made me this way by always flirting with other men!” -or- “I never felt like this in my other relationships; it is…

The iranwire article says that “reportedly” she and her son have left Iran. I want to know that they made it out too.

I would have been tempted to write “fuck off” in wax pencil on my head.

Yes, they can. When I had my condo, the last couple of years I lived there, they were trying to build the reserve fund against future problems, so they increased the maintenance fees 30% per year for a few years. It was super annoying, and you are powerless to do anything about it. And this was in a well-managed…

I just read the story about the 3 teenage girls. For all the girls, it seems like the people in authority positions did not want to acknowledge or deal with the problem (of a rapist in their midst). [I couldn’t believe the suspensions of the victims, and that the teachers woulnd’t send work home.] Anyway, there is the…

I know. It is horrifying. “Horrifying” isn’t a strong enough word.

They should disband the wrestling team immediately and permanently. There is a culture that allows these things to happen, and it should not be allowed to continue.

Women can’t afford to be “cool” in the classroom - by adopting a less formal demeanor, they “invite” criticism of being unprofessional, and sometimes inappropriate student behavior. I wish I were kidding. Bio prof here.

36 hardly seems geriatric, particularly given the substantial increases in technology/methods these days. 3d ultrasounds give high def pics of the fetus, allowing good measurements of limb length (etc) to allow preliminary diagnosis of Downs. If I remember from my own pregnancy (I was also high risk), there is a blood…

I would switch doctors. You want to feel perfectly absolutely comfortable with the person who’s going to be pulling the sprog out of you. That is such a traumatic experience, that you want someone you *like* to be calling the shots. I switched from my gynecologist when I was about 10 weeks in, and it was a really good…

It is convenient for distraction-by-kids (etc) to be bad *at this moment*.

This makes me think that he cannot read.

I was guessing flour, or maybe cornstarch, because pasta water would be starchy

Yes, I’m very sorry. It comes across as “please change your worldview to fit my view of what is convenient for me”. I’m sure that’s not what you meant.

I would say that the feminist choice is whatever choice is right for the feminist in question. I wouldn’t like having a particular choice chosen as “right” for me, by any group I belonged to :)

It sounds like it’s more of a confusing issue for you than for them.

You can’t be serious. Being humiliated, arrested and held against your will is the best thing that ever happened.... no.