Come now, Trekkies are clearly Atkins: been around forever, fiercely loyal and vocal as hell every time a slightly different version comes out.

Paleo: the Renn Faire of diets - in no way accurate, but mostly harmless.

"Bristol's son Tripp, who rules the Palin household..."

*blush*

But out of curiosity, let's say some fruit loop judge signs a TRO in this circumstance, and the woman violates it by say, going out of state and getting an abortion.

I would comment about the fact that "Wear a condom, jerk!" is noteably absent from this list, but that would be silly, as we all know that ladies bear all the responsibility for sex, while possessing none of the agency (in the eyes of these assholes).

I told the little resplendent bastards that they could swear when they paid bills. I think they've tested it twice, and now it's just a given.

Yeah, I missed that part too.

That was my first reaction, but its hard to remember exactly what the developmental milestones are when mine are so far past that age. And I'm a pretty lax parent as it is, so what I think is appropriate may not be the mainstream consensus, and its definitely pretty from his mom's.

Thanks! I love the idea of framing it as a matter of how mature they are - I think that may go over with them pretty well.

Nicely done, Madame.

Somewhat related question: the little resplendent bastards are 11 and 13 and they use normal language for that age: they say things "suck", they use the word "fart," etc.

Holy shit, did Megyn Kelly just jump res?

This was my ex-husband, except I was the one working and he contributed minimally to household finances/spent what little I could save so we were always paycheck to paycheck. I had to secretly withdraw from my 401k to pay my divorce attorney's retainer. He then held the divorce up for months demanding spousal support.

This was my thought exactly - the 'pro-life' movement would happily see every pregnant woman and fetus in the world dead before allowing one woman who 'couldn't keep her legs closed' to 'get away with it.'

Yes, we looked at that house too.

Industrial floor drain. Yes, it's a little pricey but you'll be _so_ happy you have it. It makes cleanup a breeze, and they're doing some really nice things with stone and ceramic flooring that you should look into.

Oh, the kill room for itself when you sell the place. Don't cheap out on the flooring and soundproofing, though. That's where most people go wrong.

Fuck, yes. When the ex-husband and I were house hunting, we prayed for a house we otherwise couldn't afford whose value had been severely diminished by the gristly atrocities that had been committed there. Preferably with new countertops.

This whole thing sounds like a Tobias episode of 'Arrested Development.'