Yeah, a friend of mine had to go through this when she and her husband were looking to rent a house; she had some hassles with being mistaken for a teenage mom (she was 27). Apparently we have magical 1 year window to be the "right" mom age.

Yeah, I really miss all that medieval brother slaughtering that went on in the fight over the throne - Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's large brood of sons, anyone? Prince Harry's life is so dull, even with all that financial excess coupled with lack of serious royal family duty.

Undershirts. Those nerdy things.

The world is CHANGING! For the past few seasons.

I remember the "mites are shitting in your bed," no matter how much you think you can get rid of them through washing. Oh well! Don't care now.

It's tough to really screw up suit-wearing, unless you start interchanging parts. Tan suits aren't that bad. Poor US presidents only get to wear dark suits most of the time, and all the fashion excitement goes into the tie color.

1. Unfortunately, some guys are bad kissers. Don't blame yourself.

I'm with you; I've only ever gotten to date men I don't like much, and at 38 I get to hear about how I should settle for someone who makes me feel lonely because as an over-35 I don't really deserve love. I'm not sure what I should have done differently, but the feelings are still there since most of my friends are…

Harriet Jacobs, aka Linda Brent.

Yeah, I've had the "bits hanging out of my puppy's butthole" thing happen, too. That was fun to resolve (used plastic).

True. There are some things they have in common, but...my dog is about .05% the effort of raising a kid, or twins.

It's even better when your mother likes her son, but not her daughter. My paternal grandmother spent most of her adult life being viciously nasty to my aunt, her firstborn, and kind and loving to my dad. So guess who took care of the parents? My aunt, that's right!

This is the case with a male friend of mine (outside the norm, I know). His brother had the wife and child, he was single, so he took care of his mom, and here he is several years later still doing it.

Hmm. Perhaps that "all the women I've ever slept with have had orgasms" line, which I've heard many times, especially from 20-something dudes, is a stretch? /sarcasm

Aww!! she's so cute!

A close college friend of mine is from Niceville. No talk about Taco Bells when she was growing up - it was making an example of teen mothers instead. Yay?

I take myself out to dinner all the time and I like it fine. Bringing a book to read while I'm eating by myself is the thing that makes me self-conscious, strangely. Like, who would read while eating? Or carry a book somewhere?

That's some serious gene consolidation there.

Yeah. Thank GOD my elementary school was into at least the basics of puberty for 3rd and 4th graders, because I knew nothing at all about periods until that stupid film and talk by the school nurse. My sister is much older and was in college by then, and my mom hit early menopause when I was really little, so I was…

Uh oh, I only have 3 categories: sexy (noncotton) stuff, gym undies and whatever (all cotton for both kinds). Don't really have a separate set of period or discharge panties - figure they all wear out anyway. My good old Target underwear only tends to last a couple years at most.