No, the DOL classifies wage theft as “wage and hour” violation under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Even disputes involving executives bonuses that are in the millions fall under the FLSA and any state laws that cover wage theft. That’s not to say that there can’t be another claim cobbled together that alleges…

No doubt. It’s also no coincidence that dork moms are the only other moms I can stand to be around.

#younglove How tender.

YES. We’re not as entirely helpless as I think we feel we are right now. We just need to come out of the woodwork and freak out en mass - publicly, rather than freak out individually in our respective apartments It like I do EVERY SINGLE DAY I READ ANOTHER HEADLINE. Wtf is going on?

Wage and hour violations are handled at the state and federal level and you better believe the DOL will be all over this. Federal law provides for treble damages, and most states do, too, and I know of no one who has filed a state WH claim who has not also filed a complaint with the DOL. Then the DOL will be all over…

Without a doubt, YES. Many of the former housewives from earlier seasons are true gifts (i.e. Jeana/Jeanna, that one who married George, the one who was only on 1 season who wore wigs sometimes, Gretchen, Alexis, etc.).

Oh no. Is that interview something I need to find and watch? That whole situation just broke my heart. I’ve pretty much always had depression, at least to a varying degree and while I’m done having kids (waaaaay done), I know that if I got pregnant now, I would have to have a postpartum plan in place (a lot of…

Lawyer without adequate words here, too. I can’t begin to tell you how much I look forward to Wednesdays just for Midweek Madness. I refresh all damn day until I strike gold, and then I shut my door and laugh my ass off all afternoon. It’s like therapy, only way, way better.

My favorite part of the Vicki-Brooks cancer saga is that Vicki called Tamra over to show her the alleged results from Brooks’ PET scan and every time someone got wind of this, their response was, “why did they show YOU? I mean, no offense, but why YOU?” Even Tamra acknowledged she couldn’t read her way out of a paper…

You’re en fuego today. I’m still laughing out loud at the “tripping balls if I’m working the fryer at McDonald’s” and now this.

SUCH a good call! It was driving me crazy why he looked so familiar. Andre!

Me, too! Ever since that happened I’ve had either the dial up sound or that f’ing annoying fax machine sound in my head. Really calming.

Get this! I told my 14 yo son to call and order food for us from the usual pizza place we go to and he said, “mom, it’s the wrong number. It kept making this weird noise when I called.” I told him to try back and while still holding the phone he tells me it’s wrong because of the weird sound, so I grabbed the phone…

I’ve been here since 2008. Went to a couple of Jez meetups in ‘09-’10. Been gray for, like, 2 years, which seems just about right considering I’m in the proverbial grays in every other part of my life as well.

Would in one white-hot second.

Because we all know what a brain trust a collective group of parents is. (group or parents=my worst thing)

A-fucking-men. Thank you.

Look, I apologize ahead of time to all of your for all of the atrocities that my 2 teenage boys are going to commit (not to mention my 10 yo daughter’s inevitable plethora of unwanted pregnancies) since I’m a single mom. It’s really a shame that their monster of a narcissistic lying asshole dad isn’t around in their…

Hey, comrade. I’m in the throes of it myself right now, too, and I’m in Chicago. I wish I could give you hopeful words but the truth is, it would be really hypocritical of me to do so because I personally reject any form of hope when I’m in the cave. I will say that I am hopeful that we don’t keep going through these…

jesus christ, I’ve been laughing about this for the last 20 minutes. Like, can’t get my shit together at work laughing. I think I’m going to look at this every single morning when I wake up from now on.