I think it depends on why you use email. Having a joint account for some stuff is sensible and not codependent, old, or weird. My husband and I got a joint account when we started looking for apartments and planning our wedding together. We continue to use it for bills, insurance, etc. I wouldn’t bother having a…

Even Eastern and herbal medicines are supposed to be for sick people (according to my friend who studied such things for her Fulbright in the parts of the world where these come from). Is this woman immuno-compromised with brain cancer or something?

Agh me too. Are she and Emma Thompson friends? As role-model-worthy british actresses, I would like them to be.

Preach. My only concern is my unmitigated love for Veep (and my own lack of filter) may mean my kid’s first word is “fuck” which would be hilarious for me but awkward for day care.

Yes, because it looked equally terrible on everyone. NOBODY looked good in grunge. I know everyone had the hots for Kurt Cobain and Jordan Catalano, but they looked gross. We were so comfortable though. My boots are a million times pinchier now.

The arabic numeral for 3 looks enough like a butt that what to threaten by pressing 3 will be obvious to any potential caller.

And let’s not forget Hot Pursuit, her high profile movie that she actually produced, in which her costar is Sofia Vergara. I haven’t seen it, and I assume it’s not a paragon of subtle characterization, but it was shared top billing with a Latina woman.

THAT KID/THOSE KIDS in my sixth grade class was me and one dude. Even though we weren’t friends, by being THAT KID, that dude got himself added to the list of kids I respected despite not being in my circle of friends. On the list was

I think it’s mostly that southern California is too dry. They largely breed in standing water, which SoCal doesn’t generally have. This is not to say that there are none, just that rates are much lower than places like the southeast or great lakes areas.

Do you think I could convince my husband to open our marriage just so I can participate in this? Maybe if I give him the pizza scarf afterward?

My husband works in the lab that has to process all the stuff that gets pulled out of people. He got a can of mousse from someone’s butt last year. For the anal inserters, two words:

Sorry for the potential peek into some unpleasantness :(. Fortunately, I outgrew my hatred for it much like I outgrew my distastes for eating Brussels sprouts, brushing my teeth, and wearing shoes outside.

Also: “That’s some white man confidence.”

How does this list not contain the following article? It’s literally my favorite blog post of the year for any blog and I forward it to people all. the. time. I love it with all of my body (including my [nonexistent] pee pee).

Sept 22 is my birthday and I hated it as a tweenager. Ages 8-13 are when kids are old enough to get their feelings hurt by being excluded but not old enough to understand the concept of planning ahead. I’d always hurt someone’s feelings by not inviting them to my birthday party because I didn’t really know them when I…

1. Coleman: As a certified Jew, I say hell yes to Jewish Christmas. Call your Jewish friend(s). If they’re not planning to hang out in the Miami airport (with me and a lot of other Jews) on Christmas, they may know which place has the best Peking duck and is open early.

He is old enough to be your grandfather! I learned that in 5th grade (age 10) when my friend said she had spent the weekend celebrating her grandmother’s 48th birthday. My mother turned 48 a week later.

Stuff like this and IrisJ’s response make me really glad I hit a middle ground. Periods are both less mysterious and less traumatizing when you’ve spent much of ages 8-12 reading Judy Blume and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Thank god for them.

My parents kicked me into showers when I turned 6. I think my little brother, who is 3 years younger than I am and the youngest of their kids, was not far behind because they got tired of sitting on the floor getting wet and figured “Eh, if he fails to wash his hair, that’s his problem.”

Yeah, when I had that conversation originally, my doc hadn’t told me about it. I learned about it more recently and am planning to do that. It’s a relatively new procedure though and thus not universally available. I know it’s not covered by all insurance for all women, which hits at my point about differential access.