Hmm. I took out $35K once (for the down payment on our house). I didn't have to fill out a form. Just pay the grumpy teller $5 for the certified check. Still no helicopters! (It also didn't do anything to our taxes, but the money was in a plain savings account)

I’m an only (and a happy surprise—my parents wanted kids, but were told they were infertile) but I also refuse to acknowledge my parents having had sex.

"Their stuff could taste like piss-turds al a mode for all they know"

High fructose corn syrup IS SUGAR. It's a liquid blend of (roughly) 50% glucose and 50% fructose. It's one glycosidic bond different from sucrose (table sugar). It's not a sugar substitute or some weird chemical. Don't be like food babe.

Especially before hormonal birth control!

No, the tests predate the ability to determine relatedness from blood (ie genetic testing). I always thought it was to make sure they knew if they were an Rh- woman and an Rh+ man, because before rhogahm became available such a couple shouldn't have kids: not safe for mom or baby.

And what if Witty loses their job BEFORE finishing paying off the mortgage? Now there is more equity in the house but less liquid funding to continue making house payments that are still coming due.

Really? That sucks, I'm sorry your debt is so expensive. All our debt is under 6% (3% for the car, 4% for the house and 5% for my student loans).

Dealing with insurance companies is what the medical billing office does.

Hateto break it to you, but it's a needle in the spine either way. Epidural (or nothing) for vaginal delivery. Epidural or spinal block for c section. They don't knock you all the way out unless they absolutely have to. It's needlessly risky for you.

ME! She and I should start a club. We can meet and complain about how many "healthy" things have added apples. Like baked goods with apple sauce instead of butter (don't trust the baked goods!), or juices that have replaced sugar with apple juice concentrate.

I feel you. I'm allergic to apples. Have been all my life. No one can remember. MY OWN FATHER doesn't believe me. I think my bff will always remember though, one time she got me what we thought was a pear cider (turns out it was a pear flavored apple cider) and I turned bright red about 3 sips in. Oops! Fortunately…

Maybe start with, like a steak fry or similar long thin potato wedge?

Really, that's his reason for wanting a mustang? Suuuurrrreeeee ;)

I wonder if the cars they sell in the US are bigger than the ones they sell over there? MrLizard is 6ft 8in and rarely has a problem. He fits my suzuki fine. His new camero looks like it was made for him. He fits it better than I do (it likes to choke me with the shoulder strap, and I'm 5'11").

Our flatware (Lenox 18/10 stainless, good stuff that should last a lifetime) and our casual china (good stone ware, should also last forever. Unlike the correll it replaced). We literally use it every day. Also our nice towels and master bedroom linens (we bought ourselves a king bed, we registered for new king sized…

Back up cam FTW. MrLizard has a six speed manual, and I think the same "secret handshake" to get the car in reverse. I have to use both hands, it really wants to settle into first instead. Fortunately it turns on a back up camera on when you get it into reverse (also good because you can see absolutely nothing out the…

Serious question, how can some one who drives a manual not drive an automatic? You put it in drive, step on the gas peddle, and the car goes.

Haha, that's so sexist and terrible. I bet he just didn't want to think that a girl could operate a vehicle better than him :-P

Very much so. Here in the US you can only get sports cars and serious SUVs in manual (not those silly cross over things, they're all automatic). My dad had an manual when I was a teen and tries to teach me to drive it. That ended with me stalled at a stop sign on a hill sobbing with 3 cars behind me blowing their…