Both my youngest child's first grade teacher and my older child's fourth grade teacher use the term "Indian" to refer to native peoples. My rage has been huge. I asked them, politely, to try using more appropriate terminology, and they were fairly dismissive.

I will never understand team pie people.

That's my partner's favorite. I'm pretty partial to the guy who is super excited about "securing the border" before he will consider immigration reform. Or that other guy whose entire ad is Ted Cruz talking about how great he is. Which tells you all you need to know about him, amirite?!

Anyone else just get the sudden urge to send an email to his office that consists of the single sentence: "What the hell is wrong with you?!" Because that's what just happened to me. The asshole.

Honey, no.

I think I'm the only person in the world who prefers the Puppini Sisters version...I just love it.

OH YES. We love this app. The other day we went outside and it was colder than my husband had told us it would be and my daughter said, "Next time, don't listen to him, just listen to the kitties."

That's so interesting. I love Pamuk's work.

Voldemort? It's Voldemort, right?

Indeed. The "native" aspect of my case wasn't the biggest issue, so I went with someone else who was an expert on the other issue and willing to learn about the other thing. And I saw the first guy in court, he was waiting for another case to be called, and he had the grace to look uncomfortable and whatnot.

OH YES. My mom—in a moment that horrified me—once said, "You know, no matter how hard Condoleezza tires, she'll never really sound white." My face made a thing.

God, me too. I had a minority rights lawyer refuse to represent me on a case because he didn't think I looked "native" enough. Fair point, I really don't. But damn. I can prove it, just because he thought it would look wonky for the jury, he was out. *sigh*

Oh, no, I believe you. Some MIL's are like that. I'm sorry you have to go through that. :( *hugs*

Yep. I'm channeling my affection into my mother-in-law. After my mom (batshit insane) and my first husband's mom (pure fucking evil, as in, refused to let me into Christmas pictures or pictures of my own children's birthday party because she didn't want to see me in those memories) my new mother-in-law is a gift from…

Me, too. Hugs. I pay support and medical premiums to the ex husband making more than five times what I do. And he travels extensively and leaves the kids with his new wife. No amount of begging gets them to give me the kids during his trips, and the new wife won't do homework with them so their grades are slipping.…

I'm with you. I always think, maybe I'll get some money and take some voice lessons, see if I can get to where I'm not ashamed to sing along to the radio, but thus far no dice.

I'm not sure this button will do what I want it to, I'm just trying to reply. I converted conservative. And if you want any idea what I've been going through, I thought, you know, I'd ask for help from the Jewish community. And even though reddit has a bad reputation, the Judaism subreddit was super helpful to me…

I'm having some drama on that front this year. I'm a recent convert to Judaism, and my children can't be raised Jewish, really, because they're from a marriage that ended before the conversion, so although I take them to shul and we do prayers and whatnot, they can't go to religious school because their dad won't take…

Whoa there, I have to live here because of my custody situation. I have 12 more years. Let's not ok seceding yet, there's some normal people left here.

That's just so cruel. I'm sorry. *hugs*