Star this 100%

Maybe you don't have to stop having a vagina altogether. Just leave it at home when you go out. Everything will be fine.

"If short hair was good enough for Jesus Christ it's good enough for Texas schoolchildren."

Back in the olden days, when the term Ms. came into use, wasn't it supposed to be appropriate for both married and unmarried women? Mrs., obviously, indicated a married woman, Miss meant the woman was not married, and Ms. meant the recipient's martial state was not your business, as should be the case with, for…

Even discounting the racism (which absolutely should not be discounted), I have to ask why LW would want a friend who thinks of her as childish. Unless, as you point out, she enjoys free child care or simply uses her "will do anything for you" friend as a safety net or rescuer when she needs help.

I was sitting here putting words together to respond to JellyFishHead's comment, and realized you said exactly what I meant.

This. There is no magic pill that cures PTSD. For all we know, she may have tried medication and counseling and decided walking across the country is what works best for her.

How is this even an issue? She is walking on public roads and causing no problems for anyone. Her destination, motivation and clothing choices are her own business. Mentally ill or not, unless she asks for help maybe we should all just leave her the hell alone.

I had to think about this to figure out why it bugged me a little, and I ended up with this: Marriage is no longer a rite of passage into adulthood. People who choose to remain single or simply have not met Mr./Ms. Right are also adults, and many would also enjoy nice china, matching flatware, etc. Many if not most…

You know, if Mr. King is too weak to pull up the lock button on the car door manually I wonder if he should be left alone at all. Not blaming Mrs. King, perhaps her husband has been declining over time. When we are with people day in and day out sometimes we are the last to notice those kinds of changes. Or maybe he…

Unfortunately. The older I get the later I want "old age" to officially start.

Just checked back in on this discussion and noticed it had, in less than eight hours, drawn 740 replies. I think maybe we worry too much. I am old enough now to have watched several generations of children grow up. Every generation comes with it's own set of experts telling us that, one way or another, we are ruining…

I agree. It was years before I realized how many times my parents put my needs before theirs, and did without things they wanted or even needed in order to do what they felt was right by their kids. And I hope I turned out OK.

This reminds of one of my favorite bits of parenting advice, received years ago from some psychologist I heard at a child care conference. He suggested, when you have to decide whether a particular issue is worth fighting about, you ask yourself these three questions:

And it seems like he turned out OK.

Well, since only 3 out of 100 rapists ever do any time at all, I have little hope that the idiots who shared the video will suffer any consequences whatever.

If you only consider the fact that 1 in 4 women are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lifetime (not even taking into consideration other violent crimes), I suspect most older houses or apartments have at some point been a crime scene, whether the crimes were reported or not. I can understand not…

I think it does depend on where you live. In my middle American city, the only escalators I've ever seen are in malls. People tend to move at a leisurely pace and mostly just stand on the escalator. Apparently in bigger cities people actually have trains to catch and so on and sometimes can't stand idly and wait for…

Absolutely in favor of kids playing outside whenever possible as long as they wear sunscreen. And I do realize some kids tan more readily than others. Maybe the photographer'child is just an easy tanner.

I thought of that too. The iconic ad was created back when people thought tanning was healthy. Not sure if spray tan would be advisable for a toddler either. Photoshopping tan lines in would be fine, but any other method is probably a bad idea. If, as you say, there are any tan lines.