I’ve got no shock left for anything Trump says at this point - he was always a dim-witted narcissist and asshole who I now suspect must be suffering from some sort of serious cognitive decline - but....the government refused to lift food stamp restrictions...?

That sounds like it was rough. How’d you transition away? (I assume you grew up in that environment?)

2007?? Gah! I knew it was post-Vatican II, as I remember hearing about it as a little girl (and thinking it was just the most unfair thing ever), and I’m 32. But I figured it had to have been abolished in the early/mid 90s. Can’t believe it was so late - they probably didn’t make a big deal about getting rid because…

Fellow former strict Catholic here, and I’d swear we abolished the concept of limbo quite some time ago?

Agreed with you on everything else, but as a veteran of 12 years of Catholic school, I don’t believe the church teaches that unbaptised babies go to purgatory anymore. (I acknowledge it’s possible I’m incorrect about this, but I think it’s an outdated teaching.)

Thank you! This has been driving me insane. You can’t change the meaning of a goddamn word to make a political point.

I got to that sentence and stopped cold. What the hell, Jane? Why would you ever put that in there? Someone is having some relatively minor new in-law drama, and you suggest she married the wrong person? That’s.....I can’t call that a jump, it’s so far beyond.

Oh my God, it is?? Today is my birthday, and to be honest, it’s been an appalling year on a number of levels, so I wasn’t feeling all that celebratory. You’ve just cheered me right the hell up. I’m going to get a glass (bottle) of wine this evening and binge watch. Thank you, kind internet stranger!

Nah, they’re pretty official on basically every issue. If you want to lose faith in a large segment of humanity, click on the comments of almost any article on The Fail.

Yeah, there was a show on Brit tv for awhile called The Windsors, and it was blatantly taking the piss out of the entire royal family, by name. It was hilarious and I miss it - but no one did anything about it. They’re public figures, they’ve got to expect some ribbing by their public.

Have you seen photos of a young Prince Philip? Man was quite dashing in his youth!

Alas for the sake of the story, a very professional and preppy JCrew type - though I wouldn’t put it past Baba Yaga to disguise herself when necessary....the cackle just gives her away sometimes!

Hahahaha. I love this. She did talk me into doing a lot of positive things for my health I look back on and go, “wait a second....what witchcraft was that?!”

The cigs do age you. I freaked out the morning of my 25th birthday when I realised I was already getting crows’ feet when I smiled. My boss heard my shriek of alarm, stuck her head into the bathroom and said “Told you you’d quit when the wrinkles arrived!” Then she cackled, which seemed unnecessary. She was right…

I’m bummed that no one else except us two are interested in this feat of modern architecture and engineering! The mind boggles at how you rotate an entire house.....

This is the second time today this commentator has called Melania a “Slavic whore,” and I find it weird that he or she is not only receiving very little flack for it, but actually getting stars both times.

I can’t remember which article I read this in, but it was a profile of Melania from a few months back, before she moved to DC. Anyway, the article said that people close to Melania told the reporter that Donald only agreed to “let her” have a baby if she promised to get her figure back immediately.

Hello, Jess with No Boundaries! :) Thanks very much for your response - always great to hear a success story! Hope your pregnancy goes smoothly and you have a happy and healthy baby number two!

Thank you! Yeah, the money thing is a tough one. We are in the U.K., so we have the NHS....but unfortunately, the catchment area we live in restricts IVF to couples with no children from either partner. My husband has two children from a previous marriage, so even though I’m the one with the fertility issue, and I…

Thank you so much for the response - I do really like the bidding on eBay analogy (.....how DID you know I have a bit of an eBay problem?).