Same here. I hated my maiden name - both at face-value (super consonant-filled and really goofy sounding), and the family ties it came with. I loved my husband’s last name and it sounds great paired with my first name so I wanted it for myself. My husband had evensuggested me keeping my maiden name since I had an…

That last statistic is interesting. Number of fatal shootings by officers went up from 2016 quite a bit, but number of unarmed individuals who were fatally shot is almost halved since 2015. I don’t know what that means, but I guess I would have expected both statistics to increase.

That’s some awesome maternity leave! I am jealous. I may be a little soft on this issue, but I feel like kids are part of society so I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have to be around a kid sometimes in life even if you don’t want to. I have to interact with people who are old or mean or gross even though I would…

I’m not sure, but 911 calls like that make up a big part of a law enforcement’s decisions. We had an incident in my area where law enforcement shot a dude. They got some heat in the media because 5 officers showed up and the local community thought it was overkill. Later, among multiple 911 calls they received in the…

I know this is not a unique opinion but it INFURIATES me that often people take the stance of “people will find a way to get guns whether they want to or not, regulation and restriction isn’t the answer” because it is often those same people who believe that more restrictive laws WILL be successful if it’s a topic…

A slight tangent, but nearly every law enforcement officer I know is pro gun control to varying degrees. they have to often experience firsthand how a situation is made so much worse by someone with access to a gun that shouldn’t.  I know anecdote does not equal data, maybe the officers I know are an anomaly, but…

I just did that this year! I am pregnant, we have a 2 year old, my husband works with the public, we have had friends and family members get sick or die from the flu. We are a textbook reason to get a flu shot. And yet my husband would not. In the past I have just tricked him. A family grocery run becomes “stay here…

Same. My work email is somewhere in the hundreds normally. My personal email is in the high hundreds if not thousands. I don’t do voicemails and idk about you but do you ever
have a friend
who sends texts to you
like this
every time
and you’re not sure if its to get your attention
but like
it’s just infuriating.

I have a few…

I was on a combo of Diclegis and Zantac! Brought vomiting down from every 3 hours to 1-2x a day. Both pregnancies the vomiting lasted from 6w until 14 weeks or so. The actual nausea was worse with my first pregnancy, that lasted all 14 weeks. This time I was only nauseous until about 10 weeks but still vomited often…

I get really bad “morning” sickness when pregnant (2/2 so far). It involves me throwing up CONSTANTLY - normally I can make it out to my car, but sometimes I can’t. I also stop eating because everything sounds terrible and I can’t keep any food down, especially if I am around smells.

Point is - TWICE my colleagues and…

Yeah this kind of surprised me. But there also may be situations where someone is sexually active but unable, for one reason or another, to use other forms of birth control. That’s what I’m telling myself: the women using this app must have used it because they had no other viable option. Because otherwise, why would…

More stars for you! She could’ve put blame on anyone and instead she thought she might have messed something up. It’s a rare line of thought these days. Plus, cut this woman a break guys, it’s Erie.

My favorite were the old, white men and women that would tut back to me “Merry CHRISTmas” and then sit back and smile smugly, I guess waiting for me to get offended? It happened a lot so there must have been something slinging around on Fox news that year or something. I normally didn’t reply but if they lingered or…

That’s frustrating that you had to experience that. Sometimes I think there are people who care more about their 15 minutes of fame that they don’t care if there’s actual injustice happening. The narrative can be skewed easily. I’ll probably get crap for this, but a friend of mine is in law enforcement and people…

This is so terrifying!!

You’re very right. This is my opinion too. I want to be upset at his behalf, and part of me is. But part of me knows how tough it is to fire someone in law enforcement, especially someone so close to retirement. What I’ll be curious to see, if we ever find out, is what steps the department took to help him. Some law…

I had the exact same thing happen. I would go to Massage Envy maybe once or twice a year because it was close and affordable. I always request a female therapist. Once I got a dude. I explained “oh I asked for a female massage therapist.” and they shrugged and said that this guy was the only one available (yeah ok).…

Disclaimer: I do not specialize in estate taxes.

There’s not a good calculator that I’m aware of since you could either be saving tons of money or get royally screwed depending on what type of business you run. Manufacturers are going to get some big changes with sec 199 disappearing and like kind exchange gain deferrals getting eliminated. Mom and pop retailers are…

Edit: Maybe if a wealthy person wants to start tax free college savings accounts for anticipated future grandchildren? But even then that is such a gamble. And you could still open accounts in your name and your children’s name. This is an awesome thought exercise!