C'mon, lifetime heterosexual monogamy is way more important than her career, obvs.

Awww, poor mama. She missed you.

Teaching girls to protect the country vs. look cute is a step in the right direction, methinks. ; )

I love it!

Thank you for recognizing that there are, in fact, metropolitan areas of Nebraska.

I actually really like the double-meaning of that expression. I kind of intentionally confuse myself with the two meanings. I'm weird, I like ambiguity.

I think I see what you're saying and I largely agree.

EGGS-ACT-LY, 100%, wish I could recommend this a thousand times.

You're dating yourself. I know, because I thought the same thing. : /

Completely agree. The selection in a generic store like Target is PINK PINK PINK, for girls. Girls running shoes? Pink. Girls soccer ball? Pink. It's completely ridiculous.

I tend to think not based on observing dads I know, guys in their 30s and 40s. Those guys tend to buy their girls gender-neutral stuff. And granddads in their 60s and 70s doing the buying, they usually just give cash or something hand-built. For one thing, I think those guys don't see value in dresses and tiaras…

You will have a hard time getting the benefit of the doubt, regardless of the purity of your motives.

Classy of him to make those comments *to another woman*. Big jerk.

Agreed. And yes men also reinforce sexism with high frequency and it's horrible, and we can all agree on that. However . . .

Thanks for pointing me to that, I didn't know about it. Seems like they've been active since 2006, so you're right, if any positive change comes, it'll be much slower than we'd like.

Agree. Especially if accompanied by the threat of criminal prosecution.

"This is business: no faces, just lines and statistics

I recently planted new grass in part of my backyard. I've been watering it like crazy (I've got the high water bills to prove it, too!). It's starting to come in ok, I guess, but so are the weeds. I mean I've been weeding out crabgrass and plantain and chickweed, of course a dandelion here and there, etc. etc.

So frickin' funny.

Just found this: