That’s my thought, too. Also, the swim lessons are much less misogynistic than the soccer team, which was surprisingly so even run by a mom. So, I was like. . . no. And honestly, I can’t give that level of time commitment either. DS has acting 1 afternoon, swimming 1 afternoon, free play swimming with a friend 1…

Fair enough! It’s the opposite with me. My sex drive is way higher so it would bother me. I feel like I should get the option first refusal 😄

I think that I ws pretty lucky — raised with good sex education.

Well, it’s sort of like ice cream. Some ice cream is pleasurable. too much too fast is brain freeze — not pleasurable. Too much even eaten slowly leads to tummy aches — not pleasurable. Just the right amount is pleasurable.

At toddler age, you an teach the proper names for body parts as well as do sovereignty games: tickle/no tickle; hugging/no hugging — demonstrating that you can say no and that the game is to ‘respect’ a person’s no. And you can make it more complex as they get older — gentle hug, strong hug, long hug, short hug, etc.…

My son is young and not getting the ‘real’ sex ed yet, but we’ve done a lot of preliminary stuff like body sovereignty, proper names of body types, decreasing shame, and talking about pleasure (food is pleasurable, movement of the body is pleasurable, fun things are pleasurable) and how pleasure is a good thing.

I don’t know that I would call Mr. WildNights a “pornhead”, but he does watch it/look at it sometimes. I’m not sure that it has had any real effect on my pleasure either way. There have been things that he expressed an interest in trying that porn actresses respond to as though they’re the most wonderful things in the…

It’s worth pointing out that Marie Stopes is the UK’s private abortion provider. English women can still get abortions anywhere, anytime for free on the NHS as long as they don’t mind having less flexibility in appointment times.

This bums me out. I think they were really finding their groove, but apparently millennials weren’t biting so we get more Chris Hardwick? I wish they had at least let them keep going through the election. They were having important conversations. I really hope he finds another outlet.

Except the baby needs Silver Premier Elite status before she can actually use the miles. And the miles equate to about 10,000 miles required per fare dollar. And you can only use them Thursday-Sunday on the third week of every month. And you can only use them from January through April. And they all expire in a year.

“I love my sister! I just disagree that she is an entire person deserving of happiness and family.”

I really disagree with my sister being tall. I mean, I love her and all, but she’s totally going to tall-person hell.

The only time my husband and I wear pants at home is if we have company. It isn't sexual, pants are just uncomfortable and unnecessary.

Honestly, I spent a lot of time barely clothed at all my kids’ first years. Granted, there weren’t cameras everywhere, but between all the spit up, the spilled bottles, etc. I often was between clothes changes and if I was just home with the baby would stay in bra/underwear or even just underwear.

I'm sorry you're having a tough pregnancy :( hope you and bebe are both healthy!

What is a “real-world size” tho

A bit of context that was left out here: Trump didn’t invent the term “election observer,” and that concept alone isn’t cause for alarm—the law varies state by state, but campaigns are generally allowed to have people oversee voting (Obama did this in 2008).

First time I made dinner for my ex, who was a cook, I made this big middle eastern spread, tabouleh, hummus, falafel, salad, the whole nine, all from scratch. I am a great cook and was psyched to show him mah skillz. I made us each a plate, set them out, he looks down and says “where’s the meat?”

My family is from Missouri. When I was vegetarian, my cousin, who is the sweetest, brought a lasagne and said it was half vegetarian. I asked which half, and she said, “I put half the meat.” LOL.

Garden thread ! These are just of the few of the tomatoes and red peppers we harvested this week.. I’ve been gardening my whole life and never had a crop this bountiful. I guess our timing and technique have been perfected over the years. I’ve been slow cooking a batch of marinara with the San Marzano’s all day.