Another commentor replied to my post with a family history similar to yours. Just fyi.

I'm not sure about the "shit talking" (then again my mom and boyfriend are both only children, so no one brings it up??), but I do think that these girls (mostly) crave a family, and want to give that family dynamic to their children, since they didn't have it themselves (thinking mostly of Kailyn, Chelsea, and Leah…

A lot of these girls echo the same desire to "have a family," which usually means Mom, Dad, and Kids. Especially Kailyn, who never really had a typical family experience. They crave it, they already started down the path, they think might as well create one.

Maci (original Teen Mom) toyed with the idea: she already had one, why not have more so he won't be lonely/so much older than his future siblings?

Interesting. You know, I'd love to see a Tim Burton Interpretation of TGG. Maybe with Johnny Depp circa Edward Scissorhands. I feel like Burton would be able to capture the dark mystery underlying the shiny facade, and JD can act the pants off anything, especially at that time when he could disappear into the role.…

I attended a "listening party" with a con law prof and a family law prof (and another random prof) and all three seemed to think the standing issue would be the "back door" out of making an actual merits decision.

I concur. I think it would have been nice, considering that we never really "knew" who the character Gatsby was, if they had cast some unknown (or at least lesser known) actor in the part. Maybe 10 years ago Leo could have pulled it off.

American here, and I've never heard of giving gifts at a bachelorette party before. I've heard of separate "lingerie showers" but I always thought that the bachelorette party itself was the gift (i.e. they all chipped in and paid for the bride's "experience").

Because Capitalism!! And if you don't want to work, we sure as hell can find someone who will.

I guess it depends on what each person classifies as "it all." For me, I'd like to have a job that doesn't suck my soul. That's why I went back to school. To me, you seem like you have "it all" in that you have a job you enjoy and a family. I don't need to be the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but I'd at least like…

Exactly.

I'd like to extend this to books as well. I was in third grade and slogging my way through The Yearling. It was a long book for me. Anyway, I was reading it during indoor recess (yes, I'm a nerd, I know) and the aid "watching us" saw me and said "Oh, did you get to the part where [CLIMAX OF THE WHOLE DAMN BOOK]."

Hey Dude!! Shows without a laugh track!!

From what I can tell, Carmen Sandiego's response is pretty much it.

Wow, watching the video, where the hell did the original story come from?

The cynical conspiracy-theorist in me thinks she said those things trying to cover up for the apparent "slip" from a few weeks ago, where she allegedly gave away that she's having a girl.

This is hilarious. Thanks!

As a non-musician, would the cellist/violinist jezzies please explain why it is such an awful song to play? I'm curious. Difficult? Boring? Both?

They need to do a "where are they now?" follow up because I am DYING to know if she (and some of the other crazies) are still married to their darling grooms.

Maybe? I'd like to think that this is possible, but, on the other hand, 1) you have to buy what the Catholic Church is selling if you want to become a priest; 2) you go to seminary where you learn all about the Catholic doctrine, and then 3) you are "promoted" because you "follow company policy," so to speak. I have…