I was just saying that to someone at work. I used to love TLC when it was What Not To Wear and Trading Spaces. Then one day they had that Gosselin family on and I thought, “huh. This is kind of depressing.” and it accelerated downhill from there.

I think we were separated at birth. I’m a lawyer, too, and I’ve read a few of your comments to others on this thread and wow, do we have parallel experiences. Do the male lawyers also get a ticker-tape parade thrown for them in their honor when they loudly proclaim that they are leaving “early” so he can go to little…

Ever since I started “avoiding smoking”, I’ve said that the day I get “the call” - the one from a doctor telling me I have 3 months to live - I’m dropping whatever it is I’m doing and buying a carton of smokes, post haste. Then on my way home, I’m stopping for a sheet cake and I’ll eat cake and smoke toasties around…

“It’s okay if they like it, though, right?”

You probably will, which is really unfortunate. Guess what? You don’t care what they think, right? The only opinions that matter are those within your home. I was/am the sole supporter of my family and am now divorced. I always had to return to work after maternity leave and honestly, I was always so jealous of those…

Exactly. It’s why teachers clap 5 times (at least my kids’ teachers) in order to get everyone to stop talking and pay attention. IT WORKS.

Same. For some reason I feel downright entitled to drink while watching Mad Men. Don’t think I haven’t kicked around picking up the habit of smoking for the same reason.

Agreed. I have backyard chickens in the city and adore them and they don’t smell at all. They keep the yard tidy, too.

and that’s exactly why I’m terrified to try it. I know I’m going to love it even more than I love my zzzquil tabs I have* to hit every night.

Word. I grew up in the 70s when my mom would put her chair in the kiddie pool in the backyard and lather baby oil all over. My mom! And my sister had a lawn chair at work that she would sit in on her lunch break from work - in the parking lot. I mean, my god.

Uberlube is my go-to. Side note: it’s been so long since I’ve had sex that I’m starting to believe that part of my life might actually be over. Seriously.

Be careful, because taking a closer look at just how brainless some people really are just might lead you to acquire a bunch of pretty unhealthy habits and numbing mechanisms. Or maybe that’s just me.

I’m going to have to look into a mouth guard that I can wear at work during the day instead of the one I shred when I go to bed . I find myself grinding my teeth together every time I have to talk with any of those wizards, which is all the livelong day.

So my company is progressive in every respect other than its parental leave policy and I feel like I live in a parallel universe every time I bring the subject up with HR. I’m the in-house attorney who is LONG past having kids and I can’t believe I’m the only one who consistently raises it. They currently make…

Long, slow clap for you, #1 Paperclip. A-f’ing-men.

Ugh. This “holiday”. My mom died 8 years ago and for 6 of those years I kept wondering where the tears were that I was supposed to shed. “Oh my god, I’m SO SORRY your MOM DIED. It’s the HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD.” Everyone around me kept saying that. I even got flowers from people I barely knew. I kept thinking, “do…

It also shows he had a motive to defame her. Tying it to his winnings makes it that much more believable.

(Fellow 87/91 Twinks fan and Puckett devotee myself!) Here’s the thing about my inability to separate Mayweather’s conduct outside of the ring from his “career” as a boxer: he’s a professional BOXER who BEATS WOMEN! I can’t come up with a similar analogy for other sports right now but come on - he literally wails on…

Good call - I just came here to say that. So god forbid she neglects a kid or worse; they knew she didn’t like kids and let her start working anyway—AT A DAYCARE CENTER. They had to fire her/rescind the offer. As for the Facebook moms who ratted her out, I’m a mom and I generally loathe other moms (as well as other…

I’m right with you re: the unsubstantiated basis to cast this in a negative light - unsubstantiated so far, anyway. I’m the loudest, proudest atheist walking around except I’m also a recovering Catholic who was raised in the church and attended Catholic school until high school (first in the family to be allowed to…