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THIS. Japanese food (not just sushi—but sushi is all of the amazingness!) is my ultimate Achilles heel. And now I'm good at chopsticks. But I'm practicing Japanese priniciples of food portion and presentation "feast for the eyes", so win?

WOW. This is why I'm afraid of giving my future children ethnic names from my husband's cultures—they are SO BEAUTIFUL, but I know that some people will think we were just making up a yooneek name, :(

Yup, this happened to someone close to me in a similar situation (young, partied hard during the holidays when she got pregnant, smoker...bad pregnancy circumstances all around!). She was freaked out that she would have an Alien baby (her words)...but she's fine. She immediately quit everything once she found out (and

Delicious! I'd love an olive lip gloss myself...

I totally just wrote that down in my "future gifts for nieces" list! That is so awesome, and you are definitely the cool aunt.

I'll be your honorary sister because I would loooooove your gifts! Besides being a sucker for drinking and chocolate, I am totally into package design!

I think that you maybe replied to the wrong person? I replied to Chevron to encourage him/her because I've lived through getting sick many, many times because something was only "a little out of date" due to my husband's various hoarding relatives (read: years out of date!). Reading through your reply, though, I

Yup, this is hoarding and/or old age! I'm on this thread to keep reminding myself that I'm not the only one who has to deal with people like this! You're not the only one, and I'm not the only one. Having five different gourmet mustards for different dishes is one thing, but having 6 barely-used identical mustards

:( I'm so sorry that that happened to you; I can't even imagine what that must have been like.

From a fellow kid whose mom pulled this every time I wanted to have friends over once I was in my tweens and teens (but not for my brother because "boys don't notice a little mess"), I salute you!

Yup, me too. I had lots of friends who had crap living situations, and my mom knew it because I told her about how awful it was myself. Just a small sample: 1-smoking parents who never, ever cleaned the house and also had cats. It was a death trap. 2-friend who had a reeeeally creepy neighbor who was always hanging

Also, this is a study about men! That should be heavily emphasized, especially as women are at a higher risk of anemia and need folate if they're of child-bearing age. Just like with heart attacks: all that you hear is that the main sign is chest/arm pain. BUT, that's generalizable only in men. In women, it's more of

You beat me to it! Also, eating cereal (in the US) will usually up the folic acid. But, I discovered that in France, almost nothing is supplemented, so I actually ended up having multiple deficiencies after 2 years here. If I don't take my vitamins over here, I get faint, start forgetting things, and my hair starts

Yeah, the end of the semester is tough like that sometimes—I think that the best way to get in contact with your prof in that case would be to go see them in person during office hours (provided the semester isn't over for you yet) and then drop off a holiday card in their mailbox that doesn't reference the paper at

As an English prof, the comma splices are killing me! I'm halfway through grading the papers I assigned, and yikes, they're rife with comma splices too. And yes, I agree with the others who've already commented and have said that if the professor knows you, they'll likely understand—how were you supposed to know that

Thank you! I wanted to write something similar because it was sad to read about how "no guys like the natural look." I don't wear makeup at all (other than lip balm or gloss on occasion), and my husband loves it! He's always said that my lack of makeup + my glasses are what first attracted me to him (well, plus legs,

Just to encourage you, it does get better. Anecdata: I have a very close friend whose dad has the same background, and according to friend's mom, he now will see and do even the fiddliest parts of tasks (wiping down the faucet and rim of the sink after doing the dishes so that it doesn't get spotty, cleaning the seams

Haha, that is so what I do too! Not to be annoying, mind you, but to get them a toy like a drum or xylophone they can whack at that doesn't require batteries...and the obligatory book. I will make them into little readers! :)

Ooh! I have one! The Mysterious Benedict Society series is at a 6.3 reading level, and it's perfect. Challenging adventures and thrills but never scary-scary. Also, it talks about lots of types of giftedness (strategy/analysis, knowledge, kinesthetic, and tiny genius), which is a good theme for any kid—using your

Ooh! Great age. As a teacher (and the aunt who always buys books):