I am glad I am not this woman's child, I can tell you that. If you think this woman's actions were in any way effective or mature, I certainly hope you are not a parent. All she has done is alienated her daughter. The girl won't trust her, won't turn to her, and instead will become more and more emotionally…

She's not raising a responsible adult. She is raising a daughter who will laugh while her mother languishes in a state-run old-age hell-home. Someone really should talk to this woman about the dubious wisdom of calling her daughter and her daughter's friends trollops and bitches...that might not be the most…

So, how does the whole gluten-free thing work with this analogy?

You are everything a person should be, at least when it comes to relationships and how you view your partner. I have to say this — you have a great relationship because you have helped create it and you deserve it.

You did the right thing. It sounds like this person does not want to hear the truth — like she just wants to hurt you. I would advise not having much to do with her. You could say to her, "I apologized because I did NOT mean to hurt you. I made a mistake and said something wrong — I did NOT mean to hurt you, but I…

I KNOW. They really can't. It's...structural racism, I guess. It's just a part of how certain people speak. They hear many people speak that way with no hate or anger involved and they think it's all right. Had I said something like that I would have been in HUGE trouble. I can't dream of speaking like that. …

Rooo sez Bish Plz, I don't know...perhaps I am mistaken, but it almost sounds like you are scolding Skptaylor for never hearing those terms. I think it's a good thing. I think it shows that s/he is hanging out with good people. Skptaylor can never hear those terms, yet can still be very much aware that people have…

Rooo sez Bish Plz, I don't know...perhaps I am mistaken, but it almost sounds like you are scolding Skptaylor for never hearing those terms. I think it's a good thing. I think it shows that s/he is hanging out with good people. Skptaylor can never hear those terms, yet can still be very much aware that people have…

You live in my world. I never heard it either. Ever. My father in particular was extremely strict about certain things. We were not allowed to imitate accents or make ethnic jokes — saying anything like those comment would have earned us some real unpleasantness. I recently heard the term "dot-head." I had…

I have to say, her comment makes NO sense to me. Is there some law of physics I am unaware of that says that Italians can't be racists? Sheesh.

You apologized because someone's feelings were hurt and you didn't mean to hurt that person's feelings. Apologizing sometimes entails admitting you were wrong, but not always. Different situations.

She says she is being polite when she is actually being extremely rude. I wonder if she knows that or has completely deceived herself.

Great teachers don't exactly care about their jobs — they care about TWO things — One (first and foremost), they care about their students. They LOVE their students. Two — they really care about their subject area. The fact that it's a job only becomes apparent when we have to do stupid things — like testing. When…

I am sure it went to her "other" messages folder. I JUST found out about that and was so mad — I had messages I didn't know about from people I cared about.

Yep, and it's true. It was pretty awful. But lots of awful stuff happened. I remember a boy grabbed a girl's ass once and she called her brother, who came down from the Bronx and cut this kid's face open. My cousin told me it was called "a buck fifty," I think, what he did. I can't remember why. He made an L…

Oh, yeah — as a mandated reporter, adult, and professional — that girl clearly needed help. Of course, how were you, a child, supposed to know that? You were just protecting your family. But I feel bad for her — there was something very wrong with her. Yes, her behavior makes it pretty obvious that she was a…

You have a great imagination and a FANTASTIC nym (at least this Deadwood fan thinks so!).

I can say cat, I love you grandma, thank you, no, yes, stuff like that. I just listen to this because it feels like home...it feels so good...I must be the only Jew in the world who relaxes at the sound of the Russian language.

What's getting me through is knowing that Amy Poehler is single!

LOL! Why does stuff always go down in the lunchroom? Must be the sugar....