That’s not a double standard, unless people that are against catcalling are fine with it when women do it. When have you ever heard people standing up for the [largely imaginary] women that catcall? This is what’s known in the biz as a “strawman argument.”

This woman is being selfish, and yes typically I’m pretty supportive of selfishness, but if she doesn’t survive the two surgeries, the pregnancies, and the 2 or more years on immuno-suppressing drugs (and there IS some risk that she will die) then her children will suffer. They’ve already lost/were taken from their…

I don’t think a firm belief in reproductive choice should preclude all judgment. Judgment is often way out of place, of course, but when my sister got pregnant with her sixth child despite the fact she was already overwhelmed and all her utilities were about to be turned off, yes, I judged her. I didn’t want her…

What bothers me is that she had extremely risky surgery and will have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life to treat a non-life threatening condition. I’m trying really hard to suspend judgement, but this seems so strange to me. The life of a transplant patient is not easy (see above re: tons of drugs…

I’m with you. I don’t understand why anyone would want to do this. I don’t want kids, nor have I any desire for them, so I suspect that colours my view, but still ...

I totally empathize with these patients because if you’d like to have kids, the inability to do so naturally can be utterly heartbreaking, and the alternative ways to become a parent can be emotionally and financially draining.

I never said everyone did, I’m talking about specific people that I know on a personal level. And of course I understand having people with kids so your kids have a playmate. What I don’t understand is purposefully pushing out the people without kids. There are many reasons people don’t have kids - sometimes because…

Ok obviously sexting the boss was entirely inappropriate, but calling your husband a LEGEND because he recorded the firing of her? And then listening to it with all of your girlfriends? That’s kind of just immature and cruel and unnecessary, grow up, you fired her and ended the situation, the humiliation isn't really…

So this Nanny didn’t sext or proposition her husband so much send a text meant for her friend extolling his hotness to him by mistake?

The way that some people—men and women—cling to the notion that they ABSOLUTELY MUST pass on their own genes, that this is the only “legitimate” mode of parenthood, no matter the risk, difficulty, or expense, instead of adopting one of thousands of children who desperately need love and security, just fucking blows my…

I just don’t ... get it. If you desperately want to have children with your egg and your choice of sperm, the whole surrogate thing seems to work pretty well. I have a cousin who’s doing it even as we speak, and she’s thrilled to “help”. There’s also adoption, especially right here in the US. There just seem to be so…

I agree that not having a face/hand is wildly different than not being able to carry a baby- the former are handicaps which effect ones day to day life while the latter can be addressed in different ways even if they’re not to the 100% satisfaction of the patient.

Yes, crash diets and other silly dieting trends don’t work, but healthy life style changes do work and can be maintained long term. The fact that most people choose to not maintain healthy lifestyle changes is not a sign that healthy lifestyle changes don’t work. Tools can only work if someone uses them. If someone…

Uh, no. No, no, no. My body was not telling me I needed a pizza every other day, that was me not wanting to go to the store— ordering in meant I didn’t have to leave my house or interact with the cashiers. Psychological, not physiological.

If diets don’t work, and excercising more doesn’t work, what does? I am not trying to be an ass here it is just that I always hear what doesn’t work. If a person takes in less energy than they expend, weight will be lost. Physics doesn’t lie. Of course, if people cheat on their diets and workouts then they won’t lose…

Nah. Diets work. People just stop being on them and don’t bother with maintenance, because honestly, maintenance is psychologically harder— you don’t get a reward for staying the same, but your brain can find one for losing a pound. I lost 55 pounds on a diet, and I felt great. I could wear clothes that I thought made…

Diet has become a buzz word for a lot of crap like Atkins and others that try to teach to not eat certain foods or eat certain foods in certain combinations, and that is all crap.

Ugh. After reading this I have about 5 reasons that I’m really grateful you aren’t my wife.

I think the thing is, you never get to decide for another person whether or not they’d “rather know” or “rather not.” I don’t know how I’d react if my partner told me he was cheating — whether I would want to work it out, whether I’d need a break, etc. I might be really unhappy knowing. But he doesn’t get to pick for…

Good. As a parent, I do not find it appropriate if a young woman(my daughter for example) whatever her gender identity, to use the bathroom with young men who are going through their natural hormonal changes.