Firmness is key. You can get a lot done speaking simply in your lowest register with a "don't-fuck-with-me" tone.

As a parent I learn to pick my battles with the kid. Sometimes a tantrum needs to run its course and followed by a talk. A kid's not going to be an angel all the time; as long as it's not in public where he's inconveniencing others JujyJunior can vent frustrations without feeling he's going to get a smack.

Children are smarter than you think. If you don't think you can sit them down, look at them in the eye, and talk to them, then you're the idiot. Even at two you can talk to them. I remember Oprah giving this tip a very long time ago on her show: "Lower your tone of voice when you reprimend them. Don't raise your…

Yeah..... sex club probably isn't something to be cheap about.

right, you'd think it would be hardwood *ahem*

I'd wait till I got home to shower, but I'm old-fashioned, I guess

These are the type of people that leave bad reviews for sex clubs on Yelp. The type of people who feel entitled to a good time at a sex club for $20.

It matches the drapes.

Sure! It was a shag carpet.

This was my reaction reading that part:

Love this.

" ... Pregnant, a prostitute, and/or a drug addict ..."

I've decided that my new extreme end payment, similar to all the tea in China is "All the Dicks in Glory Hole Canyon"

A.k.a., "Eau de Deadspin:"

It might make you feel less depressed like, 2weeks later for a day or so.

Hey, that's cool, take all the umbrage you want. I don't think she's saying all women are better mothers when they're older, just that she thought SHE was a better mother, I don't know her, she could be right. And who among us couldn't stand a good privilege checking now and again, but that's not my point. My point is…

Perhaps it's empowering to her? And how is it anyone's place to tell her it isn't? I know plenty of 50 year olds who take better care of themselves and are probably healthier than me and I'm 34. Maybe she's one of them. Maybe we should just stop shitting on other people's life choices because we don't feel they would…

he was very careful about sending her money but messed up big-time when he didn't realize that his name was plastered all over the shoes and lingerie he was mailing her.

I figure that's her playing a long game — he is probably embarrassed by his kinks and thinks his constituents will be scandalized — and so she is playing into that. She probably also knows this also feeds into his desires on some level. Bet she's thinking she can't lose.