Lol, I know. I have a load of cloth diapers running right now, and this morning I sucked my baby's boogies out with that Swedish snotsucker thing that uses your own lungpower for suction. A snotty hanky is nothing.

I keep clicking the link, scrolling to read the comments and listening to the sounds, then closing the tab before it's finished, because I am a total chickenshit who cannot leave well enough alone.

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I'm in my 5th year of teaching middle & high school Spanish. Do you think you could plug away at something for several years before you feel good at it? It took me 3 years to feel like I knew what I was doing, and only now do I consistently feel GOOD about what I am doing. It's a huge learning curve to figure out…

Are you keeping a running tab? That sounds exhausting. What a thing to have hanging over your relationship.

YES! When we are done, you cease to exist. I don't even wish my exes ill or anything, but I don't really think of them that much. Friends? Not for me. Whenever I have a girlfriend dealing with ex drama, I find it so hard to sound helpful because I can't relate.

Thanks! It's not even that I think that "made-up names don't count." I hate it when I see teachers making fun of names that kids have no agency in choosing. I just view pronouncing/spelling names correctly as a basic form of showing respect (this could be Mrs. Nonstandard Lastname talking here), so it's important…

At least elementary only has to deal with 20-30 kids in a class. As a high school teacher, I get upwards of 80 different students a semester. This year, every class has had a Jayden, each one spelled a different way and some were girls and some were boys. GAH.

Or even just acknowledgement of a gift received. I am thisclose to not sending anything to my brother's family because I never even get a text message or phone call saying thanks. I send things to my little niece (and now a nephew!) for holidays/birthdays, and never even hear if they got them, let alone liked them. …

I was pregnant last year, and my doc recommended the shot. Even though I normally can't be bothered to get the flu shot, I did it last year. Why? Mostly because I didn't want to risk getting sick while I was unable to take most over-the-counter drugs. Also for the immunity boost for my baby, who can't get any…

I was pregnant last year, and my doc encouraged me to get the flu shot. I usually don't bother, but when you are pregnant most drugs are off the table, and I did NOT want to get sick and not be able to take something for it.

I think this contempt for professionals is a disease of the Internet age. Every asshole who can read a Wikipedia page thinks they're an expert. I'm a teacher, and that attitude is permeating the profession at the legislative level, with lawmakers and businessmen pushing for teacherless classrooms where kids educate…

Excellent points all around. I'm just thinking about my last two flights. One, I spent weeks writing a grant to send my team to a conference across the country. The other, my mom paid to fly me to my grandfather's funeral. I am theoretically in the middle class, but I can NOT afford to just up and fly whenever I…

Not so! I have what I lovingly call my "hot sock," which is a sock filled with dry rice and tied off. I warm it up in the microwave to use as a heating pad alternative, and I love the way my hot sock smells.

No. My husband's best friend is a woman, and I am more than okay with that. She was the best "man" at our wedding! I am really sad that no one on that poor girl's post told her that forcing her to delete male friends is controlling and borders on abuse. I would think twice before marrying that guy!

Koulourakia. A Greek butter cookie that's made into little twists, then brushed with egg yolk & sprinkled with sesame seeds before baking. They are soooo so good with a cup of coffee in the morning! Also, the obligatory sugar cookies cut into Christmas shapes and decorated garishly.

I am turning 30 next year, and I still look forward to the stockings my mom puts together. And my yearly Christmas pjs! Laid-back grown up Christmas is the best.

Ugh. While I agree that 16 year olds should know about regular budgeting and such, I really don't think she should know the ins and outs of her dad's retirement account. Is there such a thing as financial TMI? (But then, I was kept in the dark about such things growing up.)

Oof. I'm a little wary of fish oil supplements. Last year, when I was pregnant, I was taking DHA prenatal supplements that were fish oil based. I had the worst couple days where every time I burped, I tasted the most rank, foul fishy taste. It took some detective work to figure out it was the pill, too, since the…

Sorry, that sounds awful! A lot of advice columnists will advise relatives & friends of dead-horse-beaters (which it sounds like your sister is) to have a chat where you specifically draw the boundary, then every time after that, if the dead horse is beaten, you give one warning ("I've told you, I am not interested…