No one's written a rule book for us women either, to be fair. The flip side is a woman that is a bitch for wanting to pay for herself, or assumed she's lying and wants the man to insist on paying so she doesn't have to. Then her wishes are overriden because the man insists on paying anyway.

Why are you always the important client in this analogy?

No, this is stupid.

It makes me so uncomfortable when guys pay! I feel obligated and guilty, like I owe him now that he's paid for dinner. It's different when I've gotten to know someone well and I've become more comfortable with their expectations, but until then we will be splitting the check or alternating and if you have a problem…

Yeah, this is why I boycott hormonal birth control and use condoms only, with short-term partners, long-term partners, all partners all the time. The "not-so-trusty" label seems like a scare tactic. I see your stats there but condom failure mostly happens when not used correctly, which is often (not always, I get…

Pfffft.

I took the LSAT last year (it came out ok, I'd have been happier spending the money I spent on the course on new tile for my kitchen) and as a result get TONS of junk mail from Liberty's law school trying to get me to pay like $40k/yr for their crappy, Jesus-filled "education." Kthxno. If I'm going to go to law school…

It's what I call the libertarian approach:

I don't know, this shot is pretty sexy...

I had a c-section with my son. My son with a 14.5 inch diameter head. I know vaginal deliveries are supposed to be safer and easier...but I'm glad I had a c-section. My recovery was very easy, and I know that isn't always the case. However, I watched a friend of mine recover from a vaginal delivery a few months…

Yup! My mom gave birth to me as a c-section, was awake for the whole thing, and was up and walking around the next morning. She says she tried to get the nurse to let her walk around sooner, because she felt great, but the refused to let her out of bed. She's an RN and strongly encourages me to to go the same route.…

So I'm going to present a viewpoint that may not be as popular:

Do whatever is best for you. But I had a vaginal delivery with an epidural. It was really not a big deal at all. I didn't even get the epidural until 4 hours in when the back labor started, which not all women get. For me, the back labor was painful enough to go for the drugs.

In complete agreement. There are pros and cons to both options, but at the end of the day that is all there is in this situation: two options and one or the other inevitably has to happen.

In my dream world we could all just support each other and our own decisions about our body. One person's desire for natural…

You do you, when/if the time comes! I'd just gently encourage you not to make a decision based solely on fear. There's no sunshine-y way to give birth among the many different options. Take a good look at them all and see which gives you the least amount of creeps.

All the love for Claire Danes.

Well I'm glad a man set me straight on how to feel about my body.

I mean, I'm a veg, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about but...why on earth wouldn't you just...er...eat the chickens if you don't want to take care of them anymore?

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