Sort of unrelated, I had feared that being pregnant would push me away from my pro-choice stance - kind of like how it did for your mom. I get that.

This is really great, thank you. I could never explain to my anti-abortion ‘friends’ that it’s more about viability than a fetus being “alive.” Now I have the words. Thanks!

This is a strong stance of mine: adding another tier of cap gain taxes to ordinary income rates. Most people think it sounds like a bad idea, but most people (at least, those I know) fall in the 0% tax rate for cap gains as it is. They aren’t the ones that would be seeing that tax. I had a client that just got a…

So much this. Though I can tolerate the accommodations being in a separate location if it’s close by and/or transportation is provided. We did all three in the same building for my wedding. My sister’s wedding had lodgings half a mile away, that’s fine too.

I read this as “lived the rest of their lives in space and luxury.” and that sounded like a great idea.

I am so sorry for what you have had to experience. This is such an amazing (but terrible) point. Someone asked me, skeptically, how it was possible that whenever a sexual assault/rape scandal breaks all these people “suddenly” come forward. I didn’t have the words to describe it but you nailed it: so many…

I believe this varies in different jurisdictions. The police jurisdictions I am aware of do not shoot someone in the foot. This is because a foot/hand/leg is a much smaller target and typically moving. Aiming there, especially in a fast situation, could lead to worse injury (hitting their artery, head, etc.) and…

I agree. My mother-in-law watches our daughter one day a week right now, and that’s just because she wants to as this is her first and only grandchild. But we all have the understanding that it’s a week-by-week choice (for example, next week she is traveling, so she will not watch our daughter then). We have a high…

This made me so mad! It’s not even a thing! He mentioned he’s being audited for the past 5 years, which means it’s likely a state audit not an IRS audit (unless there’s suspected fraud or suspicion of substantial errors, in which case, yikes). It’s common for people in his income level with his types of business…

I wasn’t sure what point he was trying to make with that. Even if it were police that escorted the guy out (was it? I can’t re-watch the clip at work, I only caught a bit this morning on the news), sounds like it was a normal interaction. And if was security guards (instead of law enforcement) then I’m really stumped…

I hope this is true! 27 weeks here also. I’m up by the great lakes so part of me is like “too cold for mosquitos?” and part of me is like “I live by only water.” Admittedly I haven’t done much research because I’m scared, but it would be a comfort to me if that checked out!

Like another user said, I like the idea of offering some paid leave to both men AND women. It helps the guys who say “what if I wanted to take off for the birth of my child?” - now you can, too!

I tried to tell my fetus that I had to eat a balance diet with fresh fruits and veggies. I read her articles, showed her statistics, the works! And she was all “lol how about you just eat plain noodles for 14 weeks or I’ll make you puke up everything you’ve ever loved.” Babies, man. What jerks.