I have to deal with this issue all the time. My child* is extremely handsome and I tell him this every day. But I sense he is becoming arrogant from the prideful expression on his face. And some say he is spoiled since I let him jump on the table all the time.

I tell my dog that she’s the prettiest lady in all the land every single day. But only because it’s true!

I don’t have kids but if I did I think I’d let them come to their own conclusion about how beauty-compliant they are and keep my praise and commentary to attributes that actually matter. Especially if I had girls.

“Kids absolutely do know looks matter, and they absolutely shouldn’t be told they don’t.”

My niece may never win a beauty contest but to me she is the most beautiful girl in the world. I’m being honest when I call her ‘lovely’ and ‘beautiful girl’ - in the eyes of this beholder she really is.

serious question - i have an 8-year old girl. she could stand to lose about 10 pounds. her mother will absolutely not tell her that she needs to lose weight. she’ll tell her to exercise, but if the kid asks why, she’ll only tell her ‘cause it is healthy, and then nothing comes of it. my wife will absolutely not allow…

Wasn’t there just recently a big long thread about how we shouldn’t use “ugly” to describe behavior because of its association with looks? Let’s make up our mind, feminists. (Or, you know, recognize that language is important but secondary—you can police every syllable and still be an asshole.)

“I will say the stress of living of living here on top of the depression”

I really do think NYC takes “nerves of steel”. Like literally of steel. Seriously one of the few U.S. towns that should, in all seriousness, have some sort of aptitude test for admission.

Nihilist Arby’s ‏@nihilist_arbys Nov 2

We pay extra for more depression.

Maddie.

Nice to know I’m not alone! Too bad I still feel that way.

I moved to New Jersey back in May and my depression has only gotten worse since my family and I moved. A number of things have happened to facilitate it, but I wouldn’t have guessed that proximity to New York would be part of it. To give you an idea, I can look out the window and see Manhattan.

I was definitely thinking ‘Paul McCartney conspiracy’-level shit was about to go down

I read that as “my husband is a drifter” and laughed because I didn’t get what that had to do with working HVAC. I then read the rest of your post and laughed.

Hahaha. My husband is a drafter and has done design work for the new build over the past few years (HVAC, Animal Care Facility, LED Lighting) and the engineers who have done design for it love to laugh and laugh at steel beam truthers.

I read the headline and my heart started racing, like I was going to be forever changed by what followed.

The entire cast of friends was actually replaced by look-alikes after season 3, when the actors were abducted by the US govt and sent as specimens to populate a secret space colony.

Jennifer Aniston was replaced in Brad Pitt’s love life and everyone in the world has kept noticing for years and years and years.