My older sister tried to run over my mother with a car when she was about 17. Yeah, the cops were called. But she wasn’t taken to jail, the cop spent about an hour talking her down until everyone was satisfied she wasn’t going to bolt again. But she isn’t black. The problem really isn’t the police per se, but the…

This. I do not doubt that this was planned to be a distraction from all of the bad news that the Trump transition has been getting swamped by. Was it appropriate and ethical for Ivanka to accompany the President-elect as he met a foreign leader, from a country with whom the Trump Organization may be interested in…

Flour.

I left... But I hope you stay. We need more Liberal Hillbillies.

The right thing to do is avoid the discussion, and if she brings it up you should just tell her it’s not an appropriate dinner conversation.

You know they’re not booing him for voting, right? Just as he has the right to free speech that has allowed him to spew so much venom, stupidity, and dishonesty, people who have heard him have the right to free speech that allows them to boo. 

Amen. You want tough, independent kids? Make ‘em take the 43 home.

AHHHHH! HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT RAMTHA? All-caps are intentional. I have family in Yelm, and that was a huge topic of discussion for a while. And I completely forgot about her.

If you’re comfortable in old tshirts and shorts, you do you! I do that some days too. But...

Yes, exactly. We’ve come full circle. The objection is to you saying things like:

Right. And the article is about athleisure. Not annoying clique moms. Not to put too fine a point on it, but generalizing “athleisure” to mean “cliquey shallow grown-up Mean Girls” is pretty offensive for reasons I don’t think I should have to explain.

So all moms picking up their kids in what you consider to be athleisure-based looks are all chatty volunteers who exclude people? Is it the pants that cause the cliques? This phenomenon didn’t exist before the athleisure trend?

I don’t know a single mom, working or SAH, who “chose” her situation as though from a menu. It feels like it’s always a compromise of sorts, an “arrangement” more than an actual lifestyle. Even the handful of very wealthy people I know struggle with it because something it’s good to remember about rich person culture…

Plus, you know what? Having kids usually requires that you be (gasp!) active! If they were in heels and short skirts I can *maybe* see eye-rolling, but this is actually a great trend for moms and I hope it never ends.

I’m getting tired of the athleisure mom shaming. Honestly, it’s exhausting. What, exactly, is it ok for moms to wear? Please tell me. I spend all day crawling around on the floor, sweating, wrestling the baby into the stroller for walks, whatever. And I’m sorry that actually the easiest thing to wear for these…

Maybe because its the most functional thing for their life? I am training for half marathons and I often go and do errands and such in my running clothes before my run. I do this both to save time and because its freaking comfortable. In the morning when I drop off my son, I am in my running clothes because as soon as…

Because it’s comfortable as hell, easy to clean, and you don’t have to stress about putting yourself together while trying to manage all your kids’ crap and run errands or clean. I am a SAHM. While I do try to work out 3-4 times a week, I often wear the same clothes when I don’t simply because it makes more sense for…

i think they probably wear it because it’s comfortable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ doesnt have to be about projecting an image

People could stop suing the deepest pockets everytime something bad happens.

But it was totally ok to file a groundless lawsuit?