We promise not to judge or shame. We may laugh though, with you of course. :)

My 6 year old son asked why the men’s routines were so different from the women’s, and I had to tell him because of traditional gender roles that are hard for people to let go of. He was more impressed with the women’s skills, but doesn’t like the music, unnecessary dance moves and flouncing, and glitter.

How dare they heat their houses in the winter?

That’s the thing, he obviously IS being pulled aside because of racial and religious profiling. He’s not a threat, nor will he ever be.

No, but globally, our reputation is in the shitter. We can do things that aren’t favoritism, but that don’t create negative optics and require PR cleanup afterwards. It’s like when they have separate hallways in airports for famous people... it’s as much to keep the regular flow of people and function going in the…

You’re thinking of Aishwarya Rai, who really is one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen. If she was stopped, it’d be by one of those dirty TSA men who like to flag good looking people for extra scans and frisking.

Lets put it on a global scale, he is probably the most watched movie star in the past 35 years. Bigger than Brad Pitt, Tom Cruz, or even Tom Hanks. He IS Bollywood! The fact that we don’t have systems that can flag people of major renowned or importance just shows that TSA and customs is security theater that isn’t…

I kept on wanting to yell at them, “get off her, she needs to breath!” Damn herd mentality!

I didn’t say she wasn’t. I just said she certainly works hard for her money. Think of all the shows she has to go on, knowing she’s lying through her teeth, over and over, defending the indefensible. I couldn’t do it.

...and here I was thinking, this woman certainly works hard for her money. Like, you couldn’t pay me enough, but clearly she has lower standards than us, but she wants to provide value to her client.

Think of extravagant parties this way... the wealthy are always going to have money, but they can either sit on it or spend it. Would we like them to spend it in ways *we* find constructive? Sure. That’s not how the world works.

No, but you asked how he could win, with as much of an idiot that he is. I don’t think it’s as simple as pure votes, hence the more nuanced response. I took your question to be more than rhetorical. Sorry if you thought I was speaking down to you.

Wait, whut? I need details here, what am I missing?

The black guy didn’t have the orange guy explicitly exhorting his nutjob backers to bump him off. Game changer, here. FML

Don’t forget too, about gerrymandered districts that are designed to dilute the power of urban, minority, and otherwise ‘non-conservative’ votes, and in the few they couldn’t dilute, they jam-packed with Democratic voters so as to not lessen the Republican electoral power elsewhere. The Republicans managed to take…

The problem is they still get 2 Senators each... and several of them get more Reps than many of us in small Northeastern states. And as we’ve seen for the past 2 administrations, it’s hard to do jack without a congress that works with you. (I also still fear that there’s going to a Bradley effect that hoses us in OH,…

That pretty much sealed it for me. Both and his father came off as dicks in that interview, so I’m going to be on Team Rock for this one.

TL;DR: There’s a lot that goes into being a parent, finances being one, albeit huge, component. It can determine if someone does it or not, though. The way things are going, it’s something that is going to screw the country and our future prosperity.

Workers are only part of the cost... I know that the local Y, when they offered childcare, had a 30% profit margin. These were the CHEAPEST option by about $500 per month, and still cost us $1950 a month. I don’t know what we’re going to do next year when our second child arrives, but I can tell you how happy I am…

I don’t think it’s an automatic expectation for people of my circle, but those that do have it as an option know how lucky they are. In our location, quality childcare in a YMCA cost us $1950 a month. We provided diapers (when our son used them,) food, etc... so it wasn’t like an all-inclusive or anything like that. I…