My son couldn't tie his shoes or write lowercase letters until he was in fifth grade. You should look into dyspraxia as a possible explanation for you and your son....

My husband has a great memory for movie quotes and song lyrics. The things he doesn't remember, though, aren't things I value that he thinks are unimportant, they're memories associated with negative emotions. He doesn't remember any of our fights or rough patches, for example. I, alas, remember them all in great…

He sounds like my son, who is 14, awesome, and has dyspraxia. Dyspraxics tend to struggle with short-term memory, but rock at long- term memory. My son and I will be in the car, and he'll say, "remember when I was five and we drove past that store, and we were listening to the Rolling Stones, and I dropped my…

When I started wearing bras I couldn't wear underwires; they always pinched me in the wrong places and were like torture devices. Through my twenties I'd try one every once in a while but no dice. Then I had some babies (although not much breast feeding — my milk never really came in — so my boobs didn't change all…

WHAT does it mean when your bra straps slip off your shoulders? Straps too loose? Too tight? Band too small or too large? What?! I must know so I can get it to stop happening.

it was so frustrating. She was so resistant, and ended up looking only marginally more stylish.

I started buying them in my twenties (twenty years ago). Back then the only people who had 'em were me and a bunch of grandmas. The patterns got better and better, and the totes are great with lots of pockets. I like my padded iPad case, and my little iPod case that has a spot for earbuds. The cosmetics cases are…

Can you fix the headline? "Kimye's Marriage Lasted 114 Days" indicates that it is now over. "Kimye's Marriage HAS Lasted 114 days" would be more clear. I thought they split up when I saw your headline.

I'm in my forties and was raised to be a feminist. So when I started dating a guy from a conservative family, I felt no need to play a certain role. I was opinionated and self-confident from our first date (when I flagged down the waitress who was ignoring our table), and guess what? He found it very attractive. …

My favorite is Ask Carolyn, from the Washington Post. I used to know her before she had the column, and she was a bit of a mess. I was thrilled when her column showed up in the paper. She gives great advice and seems like she totally has her shit together.

Kawaii is definitely the wrong word. That thing is not cute, it's majestic.

What kind of minivan do you have that gets great mileage?! My minivan is 14 years old and battered. I want to replace it with an up-to-date version, but Mr. B. thinks I should get something smaller for better mileage.

This song is FUN. I first heard it a few weeks ago and what I really want to do is buy it on iTunes and dance around my kitchen to it, singing along. I'm not skinny, and I take this song to be a positive message to women like me, and that makes me happy. I'm not worried about the skinny women; they get plenty of…

Ok, now it want to watch Everwood. I wonder if there's a way to watch it for free.....

Mr. Misty and I read the article and thought, yep, that's why we work so well, because we're on a journey together.

I love Jezebel, but an even better Jezebel would be cool. How about:

Blue Jasmine was pretty good.

So she's kinda sweet but dumb. I guess that's okay. She's a pretty appealing actress.

I'm a teacher who works with small children. My rule is that you always have to ask before you can hug someone, and if they say no, then you respect that. I never hug a child without asking first, and it each them not to hug me or a classmate with getting permission. (By the way, they know that if they ask to hug…

I wasn't aware that was what mommy porn meant. I thought it was a condescending way to refer to erotica that non-twentysomething women like, that might be on the softer side.