Amish baby is not a bad idea!

I’m expecting my first kid later this year, and given the years-long popularity of the first one, I cringed when I saw Frozen II was imminent. I’m not going to escape it, am I?

I’m not arguing with you, as it’s totally possible that this is one of those things that really depends on the area you live, but I do recall being taught in my Catholic school that the “age of reason” referred to the ability to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong, and ergo to sin. By 7, for…

I was a 28 weeker back in the 80s when babies that premature rarely survived and even more rarely survived without lifelong difficulties. My parents were told to expect the worst. I had some health issues as a kid, but today, I am the holder of two bachelors and a masters degree, work in a field I love, have travelled…

Haha, my parents buried St. Joseph before all of our house moves growing up - I had completely forgotten about that until just now. Our homes always sold quickly, so there must be something to it! Sending you good luck in tandem with St. Joseph :)

I was babysitting my 9 month old nephew the other day, and he started fussing in the car while we were waiting for my husband to finish an errand in the store. I didn’t want to bother unbuckling him from his baby seat, so to soothe him, I started to sing a little song. Two lines in, and I realised I didn’t know any…

I’m in my my first trimester with my first, and I have to tell my boss in a few weeks. The second sentence in my prepared remarks is, “I promise I’ll be back!”

I think everyone on this thread is related, because my family had an obsession with both St. Jude and St. Anthony. I still whisper a little prayer to St. Anthony when something really important has gone missing and the old boy has never let me down.

This is a wonderful story. I’m sitting here smiling like a lunatic.

What’s “ok,” I think, is always a matter of personal perspective. Am I going to rip a rosary off someone’s neck for wearing it as a necklace? Of course not. Do I find it inappropriate and a bit offensive? Yep, with the recognition that it’s everyone’s right to be a jackass as they so please. Is there a place for…

Accurate. I show up to church once a year, but that still image made me inhale sharply through my teeth and mutter, “Jesus Mary and Joseph,” in the spirit of my Irish Catholic grandparents.

Haha, no. I work for a small charity that pays us peanuts as do most of the women I was referring to. Money is definitely not in abundance.

Definitely not a dude - my point was that I don’t think your experience is universal, and some women do manage to continue to have happy marriages with kids.

Really? I’m in the age group where many of my peers have one to two young children, and while I’m not saying it’s a walk in the park, I wouldn’t say the majority of them now spend their days resenting husbands they previously loved. Wonder what the difference is?

That headline reads like a mad libs gone wrong.

Did someone actually say that? Ughhhhhhh. I’ve been puking all day (thanks, pregnancy!) and that does not help at all (*stress eats another Ritz cracker*)

I lived in the same town as the Herrs Potato Chip factory growing up. Oh man, I still get hungry thinking about the smell....

You deserve more stars for that.

I like them too - not understanding all the hate here!

To be fair to the peplum, I had never tried it with a pencil skirt. Perhaps I missed a trick!