That's been my experience as well. Still anecdotal, but I can't count how many times I've been asked to cover for parents going to soccer games, or assigned to teach sucky night and weekend classes, or fewer classes, because I don't have kids and therefore don't need money or a livable schedule.
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Mortgages, cars, utilities, etc don't really cost that much less just because you don't have children. My student loans probably cost the same as a child or two each month. I think it really is about expanding to fill your perceived free time. I'm an academic and have chosen not to have children. (Couldn't afford them…
If diminished productivity is the downside of remaining childless, I accept.
I played it for three weeks before deleting it. She you start out YOUR wardrobe consists of pre-Kanye castoffs. But you can buy post Kanye designs... And those are in app purchases.
I have a feeling that MRA trolls will flood it with false complaints against any women they feel is "uppity" and Twitter will go on ignoring any legitimate complaints.
Kardashian-philes - question: the clothes she wears in the app, is it pre-Kanye or post-Kanye? If you know your KUWTK, you know what I mean.
We're living in a world where someone whose only discernible talent is turning golden showers into actual gold is headlining tech conferences for the incredible technological feat of signing over permission to use her likeness, while women with actual tech skills and vision can't get a decent foothold in the industry.…
Yeah. And youtube is the best example of this, because even though people are making disgusting-ass, threatening comments from their "official" google+ accounts, with their actual names on them, youtube doesn't do shit about any of it. And harrassment happens to very big youtube names (mostly women, of course) who…
Awesome idea, especially since a vast majority of the death and rape threats towards tech and game industry women from Gamergate assholes have happened on Twitter. This is the perfect time to test this.
What did she get for her birthday? I know! A PROJECTOR FOR HER GUILT ISSUES.
That's a really tough one. If you do nothing, you might feel guilty for not telling her what you know and possibly saving her from years of pain. If you do tell her, she may ignore you anyway or think that you're trying to get revenge or some bullshit.
I am firmly convinced my ex is NPD. I went through exactly this with him, and after our last breakup (we ended up engaged) he left once he'd secured a younger hotter model, who he quickly got married to. I can't imagine what the marriage is like, and do not envy the poor girl. The almost crazy initial courtship…
After reading shopgirl's post and your reply, I think I've had a change of opinion since my first reply to your original post. I agree that you should keep your _own_ safety mental health in mind here, and that this probably means that it is better to stay away as much as possible from all situations which involve…
Try it and as long as you can keep things separated, you will do fine. My SO is a wonderful great guy but has a serious blind spot when it comes to his kid. Its nature I guess?
How did you deal with situations where the child's actions affected you? For instance, if the son was rude or didn't clean up after himself; did you feel like you could have your say then? I don't take crap from my students and I sure wouldn't want to take crap in my own house and be told it's not my place to do…
Oh damn. You are going to have it tough. I'm dating a guy who has a now adult son but when we started dating his child was in his early teens. He would 'vent' but when I gave advice I heard more than once that how could I possibly understand, since I didn't have children of my own. It still didn't invalidate my…
Is it Bruce Jenner?
This. I've had people accuse me of flirting with guys that I have had zero interest in. None. There was no subconscious flirting on my part, nor did I sense that the dude was flirting back. You can have a normal, genial conversation with someone of the opposite sex and some percentage of people will automatically call…