This is a perfectly cromulent description and use of the device! I will allow your objection to stand!

“If you need socks to keep your feet warm with sandals, go for it!”

I think that is her point. She never thought of it in terms of it being pregnancy loss AND miscarriage AND abortion. 

There sure is muddy logic at play here. Is that what the “stigma” of abortion leads to? Somersaults of reason to lionize a procedure that rarely saves a life, yet takes a life every single time? I suppose the idea that only a wanted life is a valued life is what leads to the conclusion that “abortions can’t be…

They named the child. They knew what was coming. The child was alive outside the womb briefly. While an abortion, this was a (necessary) loss of life and a loss for them. This still was their child. This is the only tangible recording of this experience. This is heartbreaking, depressing, and a loss known by too…

It sounds like it was both. If the baby was in major distress or had a life threatening defect, she would have experienced a pregnancy loss/miscarriage anyway. Like when a threatened miscarriage ends up being the end of the pregnancy whether you have an abortion or not. The point of the abortion is to prevent…

While you personally might not *share* photos like these, it is not that unusual to have photographers document these occasions. Photos can help the family grieve, process, and remember. Having the “ceremony” of a photographer can feel like it’s giving gravity and respect to the life of the child and the significance…

It’s gross to me that you feel compelled to lay judgement over someone’s handling of an incredibly painful, emotional experience. You can not like her. But if they found solace and comfort in documenting this and sharing her story, it’s absolutely their right.

Blue and brown can sometimes be a problem because blue is a component part of brown. If you have the wrong blue or the wrong brown, it’s hard to ignore.  White after labor day was pretty much ok’d several years ago when fashion house introduced “winter white”.  Now, it’s just a desire to look neat.

Sorry, but mixing black and navy blue just looks like you can’t tell the difference between the two. Can it be done? Absolutely! But it takes a more deft fashionable hand than your average, “Meh, close enough.”

Condom.

A book. Seriously, I carry one everywhere, and the few times I’ve not, thinking “I won’t have time/an opportunity to read!” I’ve seriously regretted it.

My wife was a teacher for many years.  She would always complain about kids bringing stuff into the classroom from a list they got at Walmart.  All the teachers basically confiscated the stuff they were never going to use and dumped it into a bin down the hall.  Point is: reach out to your child’s teacher with your…

The number cited is somewhat misleading as it takes into account shopping for clothes, shoes, and electronics as well as traditional school supplies. In fact, most of the increase from $700 to $864 is in electronics alone (Huh, I wonder why? Did something happen in 2020 that would require the purchase of a computer?)

Yes, walking away is so very tough, I suck at it myself. My son’s last preschool had a drop-off routine where they got your kid out of your car, rather than letting parents walk their kids to the door. It was a real sanity saver.

Once you’ve handed them off, walk away.

I’ll add one thing for those kids that lose it despite any prep. Once you’ve handed them off, walk away. As hard as it will be to hear your kid scream or whatever they do, you being there is not helping and most likely hindering their teacher’s ability to calm them down. Unless there are extenuating circumstances,…

When toilet paper hoarding began, I went out and bought a bunch of washcloths for babies and a diaper bin. The wisdom being the washcloths are reusable, and the diaper bin would seal in the smell until laundry day. The system worked fine, but now my wife and I have a diaper bin we don’t need anymore, and washcloths…

I did buy a bicycle trainer stand for my bike during the pandemic once it became clear I was going into colder months with no access to a gym. I can’t say I regret it - I did use it pretty reliably, but I also grew super sick of riding my bike in my apartment. When we went back to working at home for about 6 weeks…

Anybody need two gallons of hand sanitizer that quite literally smells like ass? Only cost me $30, I’m willing to give it away to the 1st person that knocks on the door.