How sweet of you! But very weird that a toddler said that. I can only imagine what she’s hearing at home— that’s the only way something like that happens, in my experience. Very sad.

Agree with all of this. I don’t see how this is a debate— everyone involved was being an asshole. Except the kid— who I would actually consider a baby. Mine were 18 months apart and suffice to say we didn’t eat out much for awhile there, and when we did, it was early and at very casual places. Screaming and crying…

Just rolled oats. There are a billion recipes on line for it. It’s a little like muesli you get in Europe.

Unsweetened almond milk is super low calorie and makes great smoothies and overnight oats. My kids also decided they like drinking it and it has some calcium in it.

Overnight oats with unsweetened almond milk and greek yogurt are awesome— I got my 11 year old hooked on them and he’s now making them himself every evening.

I’m usually mellow about it, it’s just easier because all those moms are very into making their kids call me “Mrs. So-and-So,” which kind of means it has to be my husband (and kids’) last name. Anyway. This one woman irritates me sometimes, and in response to some stupid yet innocuous thing she said that involved my…

The thing that really chaps my ass is when they say it to me about my own spouse. “Your hubby” is the thing that makes my head explode, and it’s always some dipshit who I know I can’t make fun of to her face because she’s so girly and nice. Kind of like the time I explained to one of them that since I didn’t take my…

All the stars.

Hubs is made that we never make love because I only get moist when I’m scrapbooking.

Use them all in a sentence! I really wish someone would write an article about it that I could post on facebook, which would passive-aggressively let all the lame moms I know that they need to stop saying it to me.

My 10 year old loves Justice. My 11 year old son flips out if she starts to walk in there— he’s like it’s giving me a seizure! That place is bright as hell.

I get it. Although they do give it out cheap a lot of places, and actual flu will put you off work for a week or more. Sick days are for deadbeat/mental health lounging, not for coughing your lungs out and wishing you were dead.

They tailor it each year to the then-current strains of the flu. The thing is, so many people say they get the “flu” even though they had the vaccine. But they’re full of shit— they had a freaking cold, not influenza. Seriously, I know so many people who call everything “the flu.” The actual flu is serious shit that…

I’ve cosigned to Hell everyone who uses the term “hubby.”

I was on a parenting message board years ago where the woo was common. People were aghast that nurses were required to get it, and there was much talk about how to get out of it, etc. I used to not get it, but more just out of laziness, thinking I probably wouldn’t get the flu. Dumb I know. But I changed my ways when…

In my limited experience, I think this stuff goes together. One of the few fundies I know (I live in an area where that’s not common but she’s a transplant from the deep South) is also big into the woo. Paleo diet, essential oils, sunscreen is the devil. Not sure about her stance on vaccinations but I’m hoping she’s…

I also think their belief in the woo is so strong— it’s their religion, and they’re as nutty about it as a Christian fundamentalist.

People are funny about flu shots for some reason. I asked my sitter to get one when my kids were babies and it was a little like, okaaaaaay. She was a big believer in essential oils for all ailments. And The Secret. Just think about being healthy, aright?

I agree- I’ve been reading forever about everyone’s out-until-dark childhoods, but it’s different being a parent. That said, I get a little pissy when other parents give us shit for letting our kids walk to school in a nice suburban area with a walking path and a crossing guard, or for leaving them home alone at age…

Maybe it’s more the 7-10 year olds? I’m taking my 10 year old and she’s into her. She’s not playing much with her AG doll anymore that you mention it. Fuck is someone cutting onions in here again?