On behalf of women (and human beings who think or have an ounce of empathy), and with a special shout out to women who have experienced miscarriages, there are not enough gifs in the world to express my disdain for the legislature of El Salvador.

Aww now I'm tearing up for you! And that's exactly it. My husband isn't one for a ton of traditional romance but that isn't what is important to me. On the worst day of my life he let me sob and sniffle all over his shirt for hours and told me he would always love me. That's what matters to me.

Wealthy public school in the midwest. We read Zinn too and not a single parent batted an eye. Then again the teacher was famous for churning out a ton of 4s and 5s so our teacher could've spent the entire class doing nothing but reading The Communist Manifesto and the parents wouldn't have said a damn thing.

I took AP US History in the days before people decided to care quite so much about whether or not it would make us hated liberals instead of proper Tea Party members. My teacher assigned significant chunks of A People's History of the United States as required reading. I suspect that this tidbit would leave our Fox…

My husband always loves it when I tell him that, objectively speaking, other people think he's awesome too. :-) Also I'm biased because this sounds exactly like something that would happen with me and my husband and I'm a pretty big fan of him.

I thought it sounded lovely and adorable.

I grew up in a very religious family and can probably quote the Bible better than this guy and a description of my life would probably make him think that I would agree with everything he says (except maybe that perky job I insist on having that makes me the primary breadwinner). Aaaaand then I would tell him that I…

That article actually made me lose sleep.

I mentioned this in another post before, but the other part that kills me is that these people hardly seem to consider the possible consequences of being born to a mother who didn't want to be a mother. Now I know lots of unplanned children grow up in happy families, but in some cases the result will not be so good,…

This comment is both funny and so, so depressing at the same time.

Also many women who have an abortion already have other children - and often one of the reasons that they give is that they cannot care for another child on top of the children they already have. It's not like these women don't know the result of a pregnancy.

I have a six month old baby who was very much planned and is very much loved and like you, the experience has only strengthened my commitment to abortion rights.

THIS. I am married and I sure as hell spent a ton of time discussing the future with my husband long before he ever proposed. For most people, marriage on a whim or to "fix" a relationship is a TERRIBLE idea. This rule also applies to kids.

My parents had a secret engagement for a while - they wanted to wait until another family member got married so as not to steal any thunder. My mom still has her secret engagement necklace (since the ring came only after they went public). I realize that is not the point of this thread but at least some secret…

Yeah, we skipped that. Call me a prude, but just...no.

We did the same! I knew my grandparents would win (because they got married right after my grandfather returned from WWII) and they are wonderful ballroom dancers. So fun!

Part of the reason that I skipped the bouquet/garter thing altogether is that it seemed weird for my husband to be digging around under my skirts in front of all our family and friends. I hung on to the garter for later that night... :-)

My grandparents are 95 and 94, and I am so grateful that we've had so much time with them. One of my grandfathers died at 71 when I was a teenager. He was wonderful and I still tear up wishing that we'd had more time together. :(

We also skipped the bouquet and garter thing and absolutely no one noticed. My friends who would have remotely enjoyed it were coupled up and I know that my single friends would've had a very Sex and the City reaction (and I've never been a fan of the implication - I'm single, help me!).

I have the good fortune to come from a line of long-lived people and I fully intend to live for a long time so that I can aspire to be something close to this awesome. My grandma is 94 and stopped giving a shit a long time ago. She says the most amazing things, and I want to be her in 60 or so years.