I almost had a rage stroke at the ignorant ass elsewhere in this thread, so your comment was a nice balm. My dog is a pitbull but most people (i.e. people who've never actually interacted with a pitbull) aren't able to identify her as such, and I'm really glad about that for her sake. She is the sweetest, most eager…

I have a fairly similar story from about 6 years ago. In my experience, it took some time. I was a bit of a mess through the first few guys I dated afterward. (I didn't date for probably 8 months after the break up.) I was terrified. I hadn't dated as a non-teenager. But I ended up having good times and bad times and…

Whoa. After not having thought about Tikki Tikki Tembo in probably 20 years, this is the second time I've seen it referenced on a Gawker site today. Everyone stay away from wells! There's something in the air.

I think she was cleared? I seem to recall it was her own adopted child or foster child that she'd been accused of molesting?

One of my stupid cats will be on the hardwood floor and then jump on top of furniture to do her puking. I would welcome a carpet puke from that one. (But my other cats are masters of the "allow me to seek out the one tiny bit of carpet in this room so I can throw up on it" move. Cats!)

This story, and others like it, make me so happy that I was a pre-teen and teenager at the dawn of the internet. I remember my friend and I going into chat rooms and flirting with much older men (or, you know, allegedly much older men). It was such an ego boost, as awful as that is to admit now. I can't even imagine…

I feel weird replying to this because it's so not the point of the article, but apparently she lived in Coquitlam and Maple Ridge, which are very much more Vancouver than they are Vancouver Island.

I'm not saying it's not an issue, but my eldest nephew is now 13 and he did the "can I see?!" thing with pictures from the time he could talk, and wanted to look at them before then. He's not fully grown yet, but so far he's absolutely amazing and I don't think harmed by loving pictures of himself when he was little.…

My parents, who were super progressive in pretty much every other way, never ever had a sex talk with me. I think because they never censored anything we watched or read, I just figured it out on my own. I do remember clearly my dad telling me what a blow job was at the dinner table when I was about 12. (I think my…

I had one (not transvaginal) at 9 weeks because I was having lots of cramping. The fetus didn't look like a bean, but did look like... kind of a seahorse, really.

I love that the dog appears to be embarrassed to appear in the picture with the bag.

My siblings and I grew up in an environment like you're raising your kid, as my parents owned their own business. It was kind of great in that all of their employees became sort of like our aunts and uncles and it made the whole company very much like a family. I have really fond memories of being at the office all…

I'm not entirely sure yet, to be honest. It'll totally depend on how I'm doing, how the baby's doing, and how my husband's doing. I'm super fortunate that I have a supportive work environment and am able to work from home as needed, so that does help. I anticipate I'll be taking off more time than my mom did (like 3…

I'm currently pregnant and not planning on taking all of the mat leave to which I'd be entitled (I'm in Canada). (I say "not planning" because I've accepted that the fetus now and baby later are difficult to plan around and I have to surrender a lot of control as a result.) I'm avoiding telling people that, though,…

I'm in Canada! It's clearly a conspiracy.

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

That video made me feel really stupid. I got some of the things they were trying to show (disappearing nail polish, shoes that appear to be different) but I... what? I'm so confused by most of it. I felt like I was taking the spatial awareness portion of an IQ test and failing miserably.

Not sure this link will work (it's a picture demonstrating her blue eyes on ANTM), but here you go: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0rYogrx7Xh8/UAKDNxUgRdI/AAAAAAAAD5g/KztYh6xqVts/s1600/ModelClicker+ANTM+America

I can see how Rihanna's feelings are complicated and difficult to parse. I could be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that both she and Chris Brown came from homes in which they witnessed abuse. I've never been a victim of or witness to physical abuse, but I have been a victim of and witness to emotional abuse. From…

Finally! My people! I loooooooooathe that book. Loathe it. (I'd normally be indifferent to it like I am to most books I hate, but everyone thought it was amazing, which made me bitter.)