Also watched and giggled every time he would say “Old Crone!” Surely I’m not the only one who began wondering about a Netflix meta-Christmas-verse right? Between Christmas in the Wild popping up on Netflix during the movie, the Aldovian Christmas ornament call out, and Vanessa Hudgens Christmas Baker/Princess movie…

As a hoosier, the thought on the ground is that he was simply running to up his national profile a bit and then dems, in their desire to see some younger faces on the national stage, accidentally boosted him too much. Now that he has recognition, he can move to a different state where he actually has a shot at winning…

Really? I’m 37 and DH and I have been blended income since day 1. I would never get all condescending and “our money” about it - but I’m always shocked anew when I hear someone say that they don’t know anyone that pools everything. I get that different things work for different couples, and I’m all for that, but…

“but try to shift the burden from one adult to another and then tell me there isn’t an emotional aspect in that task.” <—- This! A+! This is how I’ve understood emotional labor within a relationship (particularly marriage and adult parent/child). Because when I am trying to shift that burden I have to do it just so…

total tangent - but your username brought a smile to my day :) Thanks!

My mom is similar to you! She actually talked my aunt out of getting an abortion (Aunt had been told baby would not be able to survive long) because she was so sure the baby was okay, that it was a girl, and she would have beautiful red hair. My beautiful red haired cousin is a thriving adult in her mid 20s. My mom…

We have a complicated family history of high IQ and anxiety disorders on one side and potentially un-diagnosed ASD on the other side. We just want a thorough exam to make sure we actually know what we are dealing with and then have insurance cover some therapies.

Ugh - We’ve been on a list for almost two years for our son waiting to get an eval. We’ve thought about paying out of pocket but 5K is nuts (and we think we are going to need a new furnace this winter).

Ugh I hate that this idea has turned into “Choreplay.” I believe there is some data to back up that husbands who do housework get more sex - but if I recall it is because their wives aren’t flippin’ exhausted all the time (or AS exhausted). Choreplay does make it feel transactional - whereas otherwise it is just being…

As I was reading this, I was thinking “This is a great deep dive!” and then thought “The author must be an academic.” We need more public historians to give context and connect the dots in the world around us - thank you for writing this!

I agree. Not only do debates seem to matter, but also finding the candidate that best represents what we think the direction should be for our country. I follow some Never Trump Repubs on twitter and they seem really flabbergasted and annoyed with Dems who are like “But my beliefs matter! Not just who will beat Trump.”…

I know recessions suck, but depending on your age and targeted retirement date you are almost always better off being in the market and buying and holding. Please no mattresses! If you don’t want to throw it all in at one time, I definitely get it, but historically, as long as you are planning on leaving it alone for…

I think Feige is a really rare talent: clearly has both the creative and management chops to keep the MCU ship going. The inclusion of Marvel TV shows with MCU characters coming on Disney+ should be a great test of how far MCU can be stretched while still maintaining quality.

I think the greatest strength of MCU is…

I’m actually staying in, and will probably buy more during a recession, but I have multiple decades until I hit retirement age. 

Exactly. They lost a decade of recovery and are in going in now- they didn’t believe that the economy was actually recovering during the Obama administration and now they think it is. To make matters worse, they’ve asked us if we are in the market - and we explained that we are, but that we are 30 years from…

yep! The thing that kills me is my retired in-laws are going all in on the stock market after staying out of it since the last recession because Trump has “Saved” the economy. My anger at Fox News knows no bounds and they are being horrifically irresponsible.

I thought the part about “no economic data suggests we are on the cusp of recession” to be particularly infuriating and misleading. Maybe inverted yield curves are a self fulfilling prophesy, and maybe it won’t be leading indicator of recession this time around, and maybe cusp means 14 months and not 2 months, but it…

But the Winona version definitely made it all more palatable by giving her Gabriel Byrne as her old man. I mean, when I was 13 I definitely was like WTF over saying no to Christian Bale, but Byrne could definitely get it in the early 90s!

That book has been on my shelf for years and I’ve never gotten around to reading it. This post has me picking it up tonight.

Also- the Alcotts were sort of insane! I mean they were lots of good things - but they refused to eat root vegetables because they grew downwards (they only ate “aspiring” vegetables that grew towards the sun). The girls were also schooled in self denial as a virtue so I’ve always assumed that Amy is just rebelling…