Hmmm. My older, only brother is quite Republican — complete with a boy and a girl, stay at home wife, and small business. He only recently came around to the idea of gay marriage — and we have a gay parent who has been out and partnered since the mid-90s. And we did have gender-roled chores growing up. Except for…

What a bitch to ship.

How about "child-ready" for those who are in the middle or struggling?

Wouldn't a decent parent just bring a travel mug to the stupid meeting?

Oh! I'll be sure to tell that to my 62 year old mother the next time she's told she can work New Years, Easter, July 4, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day since she doesn't have any kids at home. It isn't just single childless people who are affected. Her kids and grandkids live across the…

How does "2" = "bulk"?

Going through a divorce now and the car insurance difference alone is shocking! It was $20 a month less for him alone than it is for both of us on the same policy. We're keeping it combined as long as possible.

The avatar made me very confuzzed as to the actual author of this piece.

Sentenced? That's just daily chores in my growin' up.

What is it with people being so afraid to speak up when someone else's kid is being obviously bratty/assholey/unsafe/etc? Don't bring your kid around me if you don't want someone to speak up when it misbehaves.

Yep, it means the "autism" spectrum. But really, that's a half-assed way of saying that the friend just didn't give enough of a shit to bother finding out why this kid was such an asshole and figures that rather than just calling him an asshole, she'll give him the bennie of the doubt.

Oh my god, the one about kids choosing what is on TV drives me insane!!!

I hadn't gotten to the last paragraph and was already thinking, "That must've been hard to hand her a congratulatory ice cream and also tell her that hitting is wrong all at the same time!"

This is so true about the Northeast!! I grew up in NH and after graduating from college, decided to move to Florida. After a few months at my new job, my boss called me giggling like a schoolboy. He said he had just been speaking to a client who had been given to me and he was checking in to see how things were going.…

Yeah, that's what photoshop is for.

This seems appropriate.

My name is stinky cheese. Names are names. It could be worse.

HAHAHAAHAAHAHA!

I don't see how you can concern-troll when it is clear she is wearing bloomers (cheer shorts, bike shorts, whatever you want to call them) underneath the shorts.

Let's also just consider, for a moment, that throwing your hat into the ring of public policy these days is basically throwing open the door to your entire life and those of us who are, erm, smarter, tend to prefer to keep our skeletons nicely hidden in the closet and only the total nutbags and dipshits are able to…