I had an accidental pregnancy on a condom (slipped off during withdrawal) with my husband. We didn’t go through with the pregnancy, but that whole situation was what pushed us into the ‘a kid was a scary thought when we weren’t expecting it, but I can imagine having a child with you’ mindset and we started just using…

They are tight, but also there was some grainy footage from a concert a while ago that made it look like they might have been making out. They both denied that they were kissing, but it was enough to give people a taste, I guess.

Agreed in that it would be very hard to adjust to being called different things, but I can also see where having a public name and a private name might be a good mental division between being at work and adored by the public and being “yourself”.

I have often thought that the two worst things int he world to be would be a famous artist/actor/musician or a politician/politician’s wife. I am not capable of keeping up the veneer of adulthood that is required.

Outside of Cruz having a horrible personality and platform, I can’t respect him precisely because his wife had a breakdown and he has just persisted in campaigning anyway.

I legit asked for paper products for Christmas for YEARS. That stuff is expensive.

I was fine, because, DAMN, I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING and I had already made an informed decision in conjunction with my then-boyfriend/now-husband. The people who I feel for are those who, because of upbringing or natural feelings of guilt/shame, would be treated like this. I grew up in a pro-choice household with the…

Ugh, and Dorothy, let me tell you, when I had mine, it was literally sitting in a room, alone, three different times with three different people, saying that I knew what I was doing, that I was not being forced into it, that I was comfortable with my decision, that I had considered other options.

I don’t have cable, so I don’t normally see CNN, but I was traveling during the Paris attacks and my husband, who was a journalist for 15 years, started calling CNN, the “leader in speculation”. It was maddening how it was like, “we talked to thus one guy who walked by about four hours after the attacks and he said he…

I think you make an excellent point here. People who rape someone may not consider themselves to be rapists, but it doesn't mean they didn't rape someone.

As a former Wisconsinite, from the crazy parts, it just hurts my soul (and the memory of Fightin' Bob) how our history of progressive politics has been crushed. But we also have a history of crazy. McCarthy, I am looking at you.

You are totally right, but appropriation comes in here too. My husband and I are translucent northern European stock, as is this lady. She told me she liked the name because “it sounds fast.” It’s not like it's out of respect for Spanish culture (she also likes Trump, so...)

This annoying lady I work with suggested we name our incubating son “Cruz” like her grandson. Best. Name. Ever.

I am pregnant right now and I told my mom of she ever called my belly a baby bump, she would never see the child. So far it has worked.

My friend’s husband bought her an iPad with their first-born, gave it to her when he went back to work after paternity leave and called it a”sanity present” because she could nurse and mess with it at the same time. It was pretty sweet, especially since he is kind of a hunter-fisher Wisconsin dude who normally says…

I had an amazing paternal grandma who I talked to daily (she lived alone and we called to check in) and who I saw once a week. I have long had a theory that nobody has two amazing grandmas.

That is some truly cold shit and I am so sorry. Grandparents can be so damaging too. I saw my mother’s mom for maybe 3-5 days out of every year and she fucked with my sense of self, my perception of my intelligence and my looks more than any one person in the world. But she never said anything to me half as awful as…

My boss felt craptastic and also took a business trip. At some point, other co-workers talked her into going to the hospital (50 minutes away, because they were in the middle of nowhere). She wouldn’t let anyone drive her, because, you know, it’s just heartburn and a little nausea.

One of my dear friends who “liked” Bethany Frankel on Facebook. I shot her a message like ‘ha!’ but it turns out it wasn’t a joke. She is impressed by her business chops, I guess. But what about being an awful person?!

I think I read some gossip once that he and Amy Poehler couldn’t stand each other. I know whose side of that I am on.