Ha! Hadn’t heard that one, brilliant.

I’m delighted to hear my friend didn’t make this up!

Full disclosure: I wrote huge parts of my Master’s dissertation to him. You’re the only person I’ve ever admitted that to (And, now, the rest of the Jez comment section- judge away, friends!), so you’re in good company!

Extremely heavy boozing? Hits some people’s faces a lot harder than others.

Fun fact - someone I know met Marilyn Manson once, and apparently he was super polite, professional, and had a very funny self-deprecating wit. I was shocked!

So I shouldn’t have pulled a Matt Damon when the male half of our couple friends told my husband when his wife was six weeks along? Because I freaked out and shushed my husband when he told me, convinced that we’d suddenly jinxed the pregnancy by discussing it too early. She just passed the three month mark and I feel…

Oh my God, seriously? Your sex life?? Friends of mine were seriously considering adoption last year, and by the time they got to meeting #2, they’d decided against it, because the questions being asked were apparently too intrusive. They were pretty broken up about it, so I didn’t push for more details- but questions…

Oh man, please don’t tell me I have to start liking Chelsea Handler. I’m so disoriented already....

Some of my friends are ex-American military, and in civilian life, they lean pretty liberal. The general reaction I got from them at Mattis’ appointment was, “Eh, could be a lot worse.” Which made me cautiously optimistic, because “could be worse” is as good as we can hope for at the moment in terms of Trump’s…

One of those kids was an American citizen, no less! (Not that it counts, of course, because the small and defenceless girl had committed the dual crimes of being both the wrong color AND the wrong religion).

Ok, everything about this is shitty and horrible, but that was funny.

I winced reading that one too - Ivanka and Melania are right up there with Trump in terms of awfulness, but that quote had to bother both of them, for different reasons.

*bangs head into desk*

Haha, my parents did this exact same thing when we drove to Florida from PA (something like a 17 hour drive) to visit Disney World. Three kids, ages 9, 6, and 2, in a little mini-van prone to breaking down, in the June heat - really brave, mom and dad, now that I consider it. My mom gave everyone a book and a little…

That seems fair. If you’re comparing two barbies for the same price as an American doll, you know the barbies aren’t going to hold up nearly as well. All I have are nephews at the moment, but if a future niece or daughter appears in my life, I shall be less reluctant to invest if asked :)

I’m reconsidering my position, to be honest! If the craftsmanship is really that superior, and it’s a “keep forever and hand down to my future offspring” piece, that I can see it as a bit more reasonable. I mean, hell, my stepson asked for a £100 pair of earphones for his last birthday. We thought that was ridiculous…

Have Barbies gotten that expensive? I retract my previous statement in that case - I’m in my early 30s with no little girls to buy gifts for, so I had no idea toys had gotten so pricey!

He’s a known troll who likes to haunt any popular comment thread. Obviously your call, but consider just dismissing anything he says in the future.

I miss that feature so, so much.

Are they really $115?? That’s absurd.