Everyone in society is eager for an invite when the Twisleton-Bennicks summer. I’ve just got to be there when dear old Cad and Ann teach Wally to sail. Jemma was a natural, but now she’s taken to haute ecole.

Better than Prancer. Though Comet is a reasonably common name in some communities...

Yes I can see how that would be a bother. I was lucky to meet someone when I was very young who also did not want kids. It’s been a non-issue all my life. And we saved a lot of money too.

I’m not a vegan. Why in god’s name would you think that? I’m not even a vegetarian. And there is no way I’m trying to convince someone to replace all the meat in their diet with grains. I eat meat. I just don’t eat it every meal.

Sorry if I misunderstood. You need not worry about getting sufficient protein. I don’t know why you are fixated on that. With a sedentary lifestyle, you’ll get more than enough from whatever you are eating unless you are a vegan. As for the cooking, I don’t care at all if you eat meat or grain. I’m not a vegetarian…

This is NOT where I bought last time I bulked up, but it is a comparable price I found simply by googling. https://www.ifsbulk.com/wholesale-whit…

I’m not going to address all the points in your last paragraph because the source of the confusion is about not being someone who cooks meals and also because you seem to just be thinking about calories instead of nutrition. But as to the “I don’t need 1500 calories a day”- well I don’t know your age or gender or…

LOL this is getting really funny. Seriously, man, I can talk about this stuff all day. I’m home sick and food is one of my favorite topics- the growing it, cooking it, eating it, nutrition, etc. I’m like a food nerd that way. But this conversation is even becoming hilarious for me. I’ll carry on until dinner time…

That sounds like it sucks. It does not happen to me. I think it might be that I’m not the sort of person that any sane person would think should be a mother. There isn’t anything even slightly warm or maternal or patient about me. So, hopefully you can spin it in that light. Perhaps people think you are a good person.…

Ha Ha Ha. My mistake, and yes that’s hilarious. You see, I was a school teacher for many years, so it absolutely does not seem unbelievable to me that someone might name their child Ironman and I was trying to gently help you help her to reconsider or at least limit the damage. If it were not unprofessional (and…

I don’t know where you live. I’m in Texas and all food here tends to be cheaper. I had a bro in Chicago, and we once went to the store to buy lemons and his were almost a dollar a lemon. I was picking my jaw up off the floor. I could get a bag for a dollar here.

Well that would be better, but try to convince your sister (if she goes with Ironman) to separate it that way: Iron Man. That way he can write it out like that and be called Iron during roster call and all that. I think it’s a little short-sighted to name a child after a contemporary pop culture icon. He’s got to…

You are comparing cooked grains to chicken, not raw grains. Usually when you cook a grain for a meal, you measure out a cup of it raw. Look at raw grains or else increase the yield of a cooked grain to get the comparison that I’m talking about. If you are going to make a quinoa salad as a meal (which is what I thought…

No. There is no comparison. Buying grain and legumes in bulk is significantly cheaper than buying meat. Quinoa is even a more expensive grain, and even still if you buy it bulk (and not those cute little packages) then you’ll pay less than 2 dollars a pound. Even at Whole Foods. A pound of quinoa is about 4.5 cups. So…

Ironman. Love it. The kid will grow to hate it though.

I don’t think they’ll name him that. If you mean me, nope. Just opened up wikipedia to see why he has such a bizarre name.

I’m confused about that. Are you under the impression that it is healthy to eat fewer calories than you need to function? That will make you lose weight, but unless you associate “eating healthy” with “needing to lose weight” then the goal absolutely should not be to reduce calories. I meant 800 calories as a full…

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE, actually. Son of Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch. So if they keep with tradition, kid is probably going to have a few middle names, including his dad’s name and probably a Carlton.

Sandford Bray Medwin Blaxton Rochester Hunter-Cumberbatch

Well, like I said, I keep hearing people say this sort of thing happens to them, but I have never experienced it myself. The way I figure, it’s one of two things. Either it’s very obvious to everyone that I would be an awful mom. Or I just don’t see innocent comments and questions as “pressure”. Probably a combination…