I'm late to the party here, but holy crap: Did s/he really say that? For the thousands of years human beings have been on earth, nothing has been more beautiful or perfect than the sight of a healthy pregnant woman. Every fat roll is gorgeous, and it will not hurt your baby. It just won't. Biology is smarter than we…

I dunno — having had a couple kids this age, overfeeding is not really possible, unless the parents are force-feeding them ridiculously inappropriate foods. Otherwise there must be a medical problem. I hate the idea of a "diet" for babies; at this age they should be eating until they're content. The problem is not…

I'm 45 and I don't think I could handle it yet.

Sorry, a microwave is the ONLY tool to make oatmeal. There's no clean up. I'm not scraping oatmeal out of a pan with my fingernails every morning. A microwave also uses way less energy than a gas burner.

HEY I just finished my master's thesis on Shirley Jackson. She is the best. Once, when asked to join a panel on the evils of alcoholism, said she couldn't, because, "I'm rather more in favor of alcoholism than not."

I don't know how you can marry someone WITHOUT living with them. Well, unless you've traveled with them for three months. That's about equivalent in terms of figuring out how your eating/sleeping/housework habits mesh.

Absolutely: the 40s are better than the 30s, and those are better than the 20s, and back forever. One of my closest friends is in her 70s, and damn, she's beautiful, smart, hilarious and just a great, relaxed friend. She's seen it all, and she's all about enjoying it.

This lady is a fake joke, right? Seriously. I'm her age, ish, and I'm ashamed to think anyone in my beloved generation, X, would think this way.

Actually, Sears and Walmart (and Kmart, where they exist) are really down-market and often frumpy. Old Navy has moved its plus-sized line to the internet. I'm not plus-sized and get all my clothes from Target, ON, Gap sales rack, thrift store and eBay. (H&M when I get to the city!) If I was sized out of Target as well…

Which means I have to eat ALL the bread. What about all those bakeries that are going to go under when their customers go GF? Someone has to keep them in business. I mean, I worry. Going to make toast now.

Hey, I was born in the 60's, and I'd forgotten about Jenner being in the Olympics. I'd kind of conflated him with John McEnroe and misremembered him as a tennis player.