Apparently I was questioning God’s plan, which no one can know but God, the teacher explained to my mom. My mom was like, “uh so you see the irony here, right?” Also got detention for questioning the pro-life lecturer’s facts. I was all about banning abortion at the time, too, the woman just was saying things that…

They made us write letters in school to support the family (like 8th grade? Catholic school, obv) and she didn’t die until after I was in college.

When my grandfather was in the hospital, we figured out pretty quick if it came to it, we should not take extraordinary measures - he was on a breathing tube or whatever (Not A Doctor™) and every single time he got the chance, he ripped it out. He wanted to live forever, but not if he couldn’t do it on his own. (He…

Exactly.

I would bet a whole lot of money that Jeb Bush & Company figured, “well, he took her off life support, he obviously didn’t care about her, so this won’t bother him.” I mean, she was vegetative for how many years, and people at my church would say he just wanted to kill her so he could marry his new girlfriend, etc, he…

Totally fair - I hate that about Hulu. Some shows have like every season, but the ones I like only have like 5 episodes. But when it gets to Netflix, definitely watch it!

It’s so weird how every body is different - I’m petite, 5 foot 2, and still fit all my regular clothes. I have a very slight bump, but not enough that if you didn’t know I was pregnant you would even notice. I lost so much in the first trimester that at this point, I’m only half a pound over where I started.

I just love this show so much. I love the songs. I love the characters. I love how uncomfortable I feel watching it, tons of second-hand embarrassment because I PROBABLY wouldn’t do the things Rebecca does, but I would maybe consider them. It’s just such a great show. Everyone should watch it.

I bought a bunch of Old Navy maternity clothes on Black Friday. I’m 19 weeks now, and still wearing my regular pants (not for much longer...), but I worked the Old Navy clothes in to my wardrobe right away because they’re cute as hell AND comfy. They look like regular clothes, though flowier.

My friend’s dad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s many years ago, and her paternal grandmother was livid that they told people about his condition, as she felt it was a reflection on her.

My acupuncturist texted me when she was in a seminar, and said: “I paid to take this class. I just learned that if you want a healthy, happy baby, do not employ midgets or look at monkeys. Would love to hear the story behind those superstitions.”

I mean, my friend told me not to watch the Adele concert because I’d probably cry. (She was right. I was fine until Someone Like You, and then sobbed for 20 straight minutes.)

I feel bad because the McPoyles physically repel me. Like, those actors are probably fine. Talented. Nice people, maybe even attractive.

In fairness, there have been EXCELLENT athlete hosts, but they tend to be bad at SNL for the same reason that reality stars generally are awful on like Dancing With The Stars and athletes are great at it. It’s calling on skills that they may not have, or haven’t yet honed.

I tend to find athletes to be weird host choices, personally. Like, nothing against her, it’s just that those episodes, and episodes by other people who aren’t in traditional entertainment (politicians are another example) always seem more likely to fall flat to me.

It’s funny, because I mentally imagine Danny DeVito to be Frank Reynolds, and every time I see him in other contexts, out of character, being interviewed etc, he just seems like a nice dude.

I agree with basically all of this. The Bachelor one was funny, but not THAT funny. The fact that it was the funniest sketch of the night is sad. My other favorite bit was the rerun of Settl. The courtroom sketch really upset me. It wasn’t even funny. It was just awkward and not okay. There was no reason.

Yeah - it’s great for women with regular cycles, but there is a not-small-percentage of women that it simply cannot work for.

As soon as I saw the headline, I was trying to remember which countries banned it and if El Salvador was on the list.

I mean, I semi-agree, but I don’t think Shakespeare thought that Romeo and Juliet were romantic role models, like my teacher insisted. I think it’s a story where the grownups made something dumb the kids were doing seem life or death, and they made really stupid choices because of it. If they were older, and their…