No joke, two female associates down the hall from me _right now_ are talking about flying out to CA to represent this guy pro bono.

"Randal Charleton III"

Would not touch with a ten foot pole, but GODDAMN, that is some good bone structure.

Mark, you fucking owed this to us.

I would hire someone with a beehive hairdo no matter what the open position was.

I'm sure it's a boundaries issue - if you see your child as a narcissistic extension of yourself, then their behavior can't possibly be wrong.

Homer knows how to deal with that:

Ugh, I have seen the exact same behavior, and it baffles me that the parents who will not discipline a child who is lighting the couch on fire are the exact same parents who are obsessed with talking about how adorable said child is.

I'm sympathetic to anyone who's ever been stuck in an awkward situation with a kid who is acting out, because God knows I embarrassed my mom in public on occaision, and have been embarrassed in turn by the little resplendent.bastards when they were tired or cranky or just fed up.

Jesus, she's fucking gorgeous.

I wonder if it isn't a case of the mother viewing the child as an extension of herself, rather than a separate person? So, in her mind, at least, it's more akin to self-harm than child abuse?

YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT A SHITTY PERSON, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE, OKAY???

Ugh. I'm so sorry that happened to you. Husband's BFF sounds like a good man with his head on straight.

Oh, narcissism, control issues, and a total lack of boundaries all over the whole thing.

Yup. Hell, the parent could be the abuser. It's not a stretch to imagine that an abuser would flip the fuck out over their victim being alone with a doctor for a few minutes and possibly spilling all the family "secrets."

No, you win. That's the weirdest.

Ru Paul, hands down.

I don't know if it would be weirder to realize that you look a lot like your S.O.'s ex, or nothing at all like your S.O.'s ex.