I completely sympathize with you. I just got married 5 months ago and I'm getting badgered so much about kids. I want to tell everyone to STFU! And you're so right, their "when you have kids.." bit makes me resent them so much that it's killing whatever part of me that is still open to the possibility. It's sad and…

Just have one. Just have one!

I hear that one a lot. Like if I just have one and decide I don't like it I can toss it in the corner and forget about it. Or that fucking smirk you get from people while they say, "you'll see, one day you'll change your mind." I want to punch the face right off of that smirk.

I have been simply desperate and aching to become a mom, and *I* think your comment is reductionist, anti-woman, and offensive. Quit it.

As a mom, I wish everyone could be like Helen.

AMEN. I was playing with my friend's kids and she goes, "You get along so well with kids, why don't you have any?" I said, "I get along with them because I don't have any."

Stop projecting your feelings onto others. Not everyone thinks the meaning of life is children and CLEARLY not everyone wants to have kids. Get over yourself.

I appreciate it. It's a neglected narrative in our culture that some women never really feel the biological clock tick because we don't care that much about having kids. I mean, I'm in my 40s, I like kids a whole lot but my only urge to have one was born more out of societal pressures (how to fit in with peers) than a…

Oh - that's a hard one. I kind of do. The one I have right now is asleep on my feet and he's so damn cute - I'd love to keep him. Our first foster doggie was just perfect too, and I still feel heartsick about giving him back.

Mine is about 25lbs and the shelter said beagle/chi cross. She's pointy like a chi, but way too big and I can sorta see some beagle in her. But she looks like a miniature shepherd in so many ways. Your fella is totes adorbs!!! Very snuggle worthy.

Haven't refugees been through enough already?

I wish I had a dick so I could get "LIMP" tattooed on it after learning of this guy's existence.

Well, I love Littlefinger too. Root against Carcetti at your peril.

My dog acts like this whenever we come home from the store. She has attachment issues.

“I go to bars because there are no children there.” Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but even this is no longer the norm. I’ve been subject to the screaming baby in the pub near my apartment — hey, why is the kid screaming? Is it perhaps because of the loud music and all the people yelling to hear each other? —…

I can't imagine voluntarily going to a wedding.

My yoga class is full of retired people (it's on a Thursday morning, who else s available then?) and there are always snores during that pose, no exception.

Try corpse pose while hanging inside one of those yoga silks. My friends had to wake me up on their way out of the class.

that's exactly how we're getting married in June. big backyard party with good food and beer. We went from 150 people to 35 because it was turning insane, in terms of cost, logistics and stress. But even then, my uncles still need to come from Cali to Vermont, so there is a guilt factor that we are not spending over…

My instructor once told our class that she would walk around and help us reach deeper relaxation in corpse pose. Challenge accepted! I didn't even think it was possible, but when she got to me, she pushed my shoulders gently, and I think I instantly fell asleep. Best. Pose. Ever.

And on top of that they're giving kids sugar without their parents' knowledge. For some kids that's no big deal. For a type 1 diabetic kid (like mine) that could cause major problems. Her body won't produce insulin to control her blood sugar. Three tablespoons of MD would play major havoc on her system.