The issue isn’t providing the cheaper option, it’s the expectation that a perfectly good meal should be thrown away - in front of the child- rather than just giving it to them and then following up with the parents. The food going to waste rather than feeding a hungry kid makes no sense at all. Unless the goal is to…

I have a co-worker who thinks the whole Elf of the Shelf thing is cute/hilarious. Luckily her son is 21 and doesn’t really care who knows he’s an ass. This same co-worker is giving me the eye today because I have on a Krampus shirt. She can’t believe how awful Krampus is and that he’s so scary. She’s been watching…

I don’t know, either, honestly. Frequent flyers are hard to deal with because they are often seen as annoying and time wasting especially if the complaints they are presenting with are not sufficiently serious or could be addressed in a non-emergent setting. But even an annoying, time wasting ER fixture may have a…

There may have been other factors going on. Was she able to schedule an appointment? Not all places are walk-in. What was the cost? When did she know she was pregnant and how far along was she?

I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that people would actually support cutting services to prevent or help people with a serious, chronic illness because ‘baby parts!’ or the people who seemed convinced that, since we have the ACA, there’s no need for Planned Parenthood anyway. Shortsighted, selfish, self-righteous…

I think it’s because we’re all supposed to have slim, toned arms rather than muscular or meaty guns.

But your clothes have real pockets not shallow, decorative pockets that can’t hold anything. And your pants usually come to waist and have belt loops for real belts.

Unless it’s something specific, I consider most basic toiletries unisex. Razors, shaving gel, basic shampoo and conditioner, facial washes, oil - there’s no need to buy anything that’s expensive and pink.

I’m a big woman with big breasts so I’ve always gotten men’s t-shirts. My Krampus shirts, my Star Wars shirts, pretty much anything nerdy that didn’t come from Torrid are all men’s 3x ts. There’s always a better selection under the mens sections and the fit is looser. A lot of times women’s ts, even the plus size…

I remember reading that the prosecutors were going to try to use Porter against the other officers. I don’t really get why they’d go for him first though. Maybe they wanted to use him to test the waters.

Is it really that surprising, though. She’s s true believer in the quiverfull movement and divorce is not something that they do. If anything it might be seen as more failure on her part. The saddest thing is that not only is she trapped, she has more kids that are already being indoctrinated into this cult

It keeps her in the Duggar sphere of influence. I also think there may be something in their faith about the wife going from her home to the home and family of her husband upon marriage. I’m probably wrong about the specifics of that.

I understand where you’re coming from but the whole quiverfull/fundamentalist movement in all she knows. She’s been indoctrinated to such as degree that she may not even consider reaching out to someone outside of the movement. Remember, these folks place a great deal of emphasis on how sinful and dangerous the world…

And raised in a community that purposely limits the options for women by making sure that they aren’t educated enough or acquire skills that would allow them to function in the real world or to support themselves and their kids.

I like this song but reading about the date rape interpretation really put me off for a minute. Then I decided that, ultimately, the song is a product of it’s time. She says I really should go because, at the time, nice women do things like sleep over at their boyfriend’s and they certainly wouldn’t be the ones to…