I’m happy for you that you have a good relationship with your mom. I also think it’s kinda shitty that you came into this discussion about people with crappy moms to talk about how you hate your brothers for cutting off your mom. In trashing your brothers, you are passive-aggressively trashing the folks on here who…

I was about 12 when I’d decided I was going to be a Paleontologist (I’m not, btw, but that’s not the point.)

Personally, I feel mandatory maternity testing should be required for every birth.

The population studied was those that were involved in paternity cases. Definitely not a representative sample. “ inferences about the frequency of HS in other populations should be drawn with caution.”

She also just did an Ask Me Anything (AMA), though didn’t get to my question :_(

Does anyone else feel like the actor playing the Castor clones was given an impossible task? I don’t think he’s nearly as good at differentiating the characters as Tatiana is ... but who the eff could be?!

As the day sunk into evening and the sweltering heat abated, Pete pulled out his set of Monopoly cards to play together in the dining hut.

And that makes you part of the problem.

I believe Pinterest prefers “themed” candy buffets, but ours is basically: huge glass jars, scoops, and loads of whatever candy we can buy in bulk. With little bags we’re printing ourselves. This was literally the only demand I’ve had for the wedding. CANDY BUFFET.

There’s a Chinese place about an hour and a half outside of Chicago that is authentic...IF you order off the Chinese menu. What looks like a decorative pattern on one wall is actually the real menu, and the one in English that looks like a menu is just your standard take-out fare. My old Chinese professor took our…

Maybe you weren’t a preteen when he was a handsome young prince, as I was. But I did get a chuckle at the suggestion that my standards are narrow because a blue-eyed, blond white man no longer fits them, so thanks for that.

after getting dumped in high school, i came home in tears and announced that i was going to slash his tires. i dramatically asked my mom where the box cutter was and she gave me a big hug and said “no, sweetie. what you want is a hammer and a screw driver.”

You are not owed a gift. Ever. For any occasion.

Eh, I think if people have to travel for your wedding they’re 100% off the hook when it comes to buying a gift. Writing out a card is fine.

You are not a very nice person.

You sound like a real pill.

The latter part about trying to come on your honeymoon is weird, but if a person has to spend a significant amount just to be there, they are double not obligated to get you a gift. It’s nice if it is in their means to do both, but if not, it doesn’t make them an asshole.

I’m so glad you’re still friends, that’s a sort of happy ending!

So. I was 20 when I got married, husband was 23. We were both virgins. We had been together since I was 15. He was the only boyfriend I had ever had. We had never even made out. The extent of our physical relationship was dry kisses hello and goodbye. Turns out he was trying like mad to be straight, and even though I…

Whoa, that's BULLSHIT! When I cater waitered, we made 90% of the 18% gratuity (the rest went to the house) and we got to keep anything over the 18% if the customer left it. And there was no hourly cap (which is sooo crappy. Wow.).