For fuck's sake. I get that attorneys are obligated to give their clients the best defense they can, but shouldn't public institutions have a responsibility not to propagate this bullshit in their own defense?

I totally understand, and I wish you the best with your recovery. (For some reason, kinja won't let me star your comment :/ )

Eh, I moved back in with my parents for a while when I had lost my job and was finishing my degree and it sucked, but it was necessary. Most people who live with their parents are there because of shitty, temporary circumstances. And I think that no reasonable person would hold that against someone in those…

"...this one dude I know who told my friend he found her special-needs child 'depressing'"

Oh, God, I have committed some egregious violations of my Betta fish's privacy...

Oh, it's totally gross, and I agree that any kid old enough to jizz in the towel is old enough to do the damn laundry. That wouldn't bother me a bit.

If I could talk to this lady, I would tell her, speaking from my experience as the mother of two teenage boys, to just throw everything in the washing machine and be done with it. A few extra loads of laundry is not worth shaming your kid over something he probably already feels weird about.

"It's classist" is spurious at best. The people I've seen who are tacky enough to complain about presents have all been solidly middle class, or above.

I may not be remembering correctly, but it seems to me that Sharon Stone was a bit older by Hollywood standards (i.e., not twenty-three) when 'Basic Instinct' came out and she was suddenly a household name.

First - loved this article. Loved it.

This is, I think, a class-related issue.

I was just getting ready to comment "Gurl, you haven't lived until you've shucked a short guy!"

When resplendent.husband first asked me out, he hadn't had a haircut for forever and sometimes his clothes looked like he had picked them out drunk and in the dark (due to on-going depression). He was also one of my best friends, and my 'type' (geeky, funny, kind) in so many other ways that I put that aside.

Oh, it's not horrible at all to consider those things. Know thyself, and all that. If you are not a kid person, then that should absolutely guide your choices.

... Maybe put that you consider never-married women without kids "the good ones" in your profile?

I would take this assignment. I want to see how someone gives birth with their head completely up their own ass.

That was fucking brilliant. Thank you.

Nope, you are remembering correctly:

resplendent husband and I are both bipolar, and he's a rapid cycler, so he goes from manic to depressed and back in a span of two to three weeks.

We'll have to agree to disagree on 'gypsy', but I appreciate the work you do and contributions to causes working to end FGM. My own Internet experiences (read: learning by failure) have taught me that when commenter sensitivities are high, you have to tread very lightly with wording and tone in order to avoid rage…