No, this is very much an American thing. Had a baby in Europe, was amazed at how little crap they actually needed. Basically got a crib that turned into a bed and a crazy huge Scandinavian stroller and that was it. Really happy not to have a shower, really happy not to have to rehome all of that crap. Because I can…

You come from the future to bring us posts from the past?

The real question here should be: Why does a pediatrician not have proper diaper disposal?

I really would like to opt out of iPhone at this point, but I’ve got so many apps and things accumulated over the years that I use when I travel with my kids and have on multiple Apple devices. I wish I could switch without having to rebuy all this crap. Right now the only real perk getting the latest iPhone offers is…

I cannot believe this is a thing. My kids have a foreign babysitter who was all like ‘I love Reecies’ bla bla ‘Reecies’ and it was one of the few times I have ever corrected her mispronunciation because it is ‘Rees-is’. Like if a boy named Rhys had a ball you wouldn’t say that is Rhysies ball, you should say that is…

Please use super super caution — which it sounds like you are. I’m married to a foreigner, and the process is long and arduous. But please do not underestimate all of the cultural baggage that gets involved when you are with someone from another culture. My DH is from what is considered a relatively similar culture…

Oh my god, when I lived in England, Prince Charles dropped by where I was working. They sent out an email the week before to announce the pre-visit inspection and I was like ‘AHHHHH’ and all of my British colleagues were like ‘whatever’ and I was just like ‘FINE I WILL BE THE AMERICAN’.

I have no idea who this person is, but was a bit curious why they would get space here. Skimmed down to the bottom and took your recommendation and read the whole thing with the soundtrack. I still don’t know who this person is, and can’t say this really peaked my interest, but the music is still great.

I tried with both as well and strongly dislike them. Now I just kind of fade into the background when they come up as subjects of conversation. There are plenty of other topical TV shows that I have enjoyed more, and I watched way too much of both of these shows to find the point I was missing to give a fuck about…

Nope, not alone. I made it through season one and just felt like I was missing the ‘good’ part, because it didn’t really feel like it was ‘showing me what prison women’ are like, but rather it was ‘showing me stereotypical prison women’ that were incredibly flat and there to be ‘a character making a point’ and not ‘a…

No. But there is some strange rule about only entering the US on a US passport if you are planning to ever get American citizenship. I know of some families that got held and extensively questioned when traveling with kids who did not hold a US passport while they did, and some that had no problem.

Yes, if they are citizens and some of the paperwork even says if you ‘have the possibility of being an American citizen’ (ie. child of an American citizen who is not registered with the embassy), they have a reporting burden and by extent a tax burden. So yes, my kids have the same BS requirements even though they…

With the insane tax burden that now faces US citizens wherever they live in the world, I don’t see this practice as being incredibly long lived.

Yeah, this worked great with the first kid. And also till my annoying BIL spent 2 hours showing us photos of his trip to Thailand and explaining in minutia detail about the 75 different types of fish he saw while learning to scuba dive and never once said hello to the small child his brother had just welcomed to the…

I love that their prices are also ironic, given the brand-name. Glad they are staying true to their vision, but a little sad that I cannot afford the ‘rare’ Danzig with tits sweatshirt — because that is pretty special

Meh. I hate to stand up for Coulter, because she is the ultimate troll, but as a non-hugger myself the fewer strangers I have to hug, the better. I say that as a dirty old legal immigrant myself. Don’t touch me and I won’t touch you. Can’t say I’ll stand with Coulter, but on this one I cannot blame her.

It isn’t the truth, seriously. I have a friend who appeared on that show. They made her look like she was obsessed with finding specific things about a house, when she had actually made the comments they showed in the context of ‘I know I will never find a house here with A, B&C, but man I would love to have A,B…

I’m usually too timid to say anything, but one summer working at the local ice cream shop while in high school I got into it with an idiot of a customer who was my parents age and couldn’t resist (even tho it is probably rather tepid)

There are already a ton of options and building your own is pretty straightforward, but yes, it will only continue to get bigger, better and easier. But having grown up in a family where model flying was a big thing, long before they were called drones, a lot of it is just about getting creative and knowing where to…

Yeah, I thought 15-20% was the norm, but the few times I have ordered because I dared not go out in the weather it was always double that.