Which is what stay-at-home parents sign up for. (Disclosure: I am one, myself.)

So this makes me wonder about SAHMs... Room and board, verbal employment contract, no salary....

I had sympathy. But it was cancelled out by the assholishness of all parties.

sounds like indentured servitude. At the very least.

Shitty ones.

I think they DO deserve it. They thought they could take advantage of this woman. They were sorely mistaken and they're lucky they still have their lives. Fuck them.

so you know how there have been cases of people keeping slaves in their homes? That's what this reminds me of — the only difference is that Stretton is a US citizen, right?

They thought they were getting over.

They OFFER it. It's not mandatory.

What "segregation" is for some would be a more safe and private place for others.

The store can have whatever policy it likes.

The roof deck of some very expensive apartments faces my kitchen window. If someone wants to pay $4million for the privilege of watching me cook breakfast in my underwear, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

leave Woody Allen alone, "Annie Hall" is AMAZING!

How is that poor mom ever going to trust anyone to take care of her children again?

Lifetime doesn't care. (They cast Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor, for fuck's sake!!)

They're both wrong. Next?

which is why many NYC landlords don't want to rent to diplomats. They don't love lawyers, either.

Funny, I was guessing either Middle East or Africa as the diplomat's home country.

So much adolescent angst!

This is one of the rare times on Jezebel where everyone has different experiences and reasons and it hasn't devolved into bickering and dissent.