I know a manipulative pretty blonde when I see one, and Cassie is it. 

Screw this, I'm moving to Mexico

Ditto

It’s one night stand stories. Do pay attention.

I’m recovering from a bitch of a hangover right now. I’m in Michigan so looking forward to getting legal weed soon.

But if he did make it up, those same maga a-holes will have a field day. They were saying it was made up from day one. You should have seen some of the hate and vitriol toward him, comparing him to “feminazis” who “make up rape reports."

They should be. Christ, date women your own age. 

Kids don't really appreciate you until they move out and miss you :) 

I feel like my (Mexican) mother in law told someone to write this. Did she tell you i don’t cook enough? I bet she did. You tell her picking up an order of beans from the place down the street is FINE. 

Sending my only son out the door to a large public high school every day is an act of steely faith.

This is us. We’re barely 40s, one kid at University and the other an independent high schooler. Cannot IMAGINE dealing with toddlers now. We have upped our travel (even alone but it’s also fun with the kids since they’re older). We’re financially stable enough, especially compared to our 20s. But our kids are…

I am literally considering changing my life trajectory to remain available to my grandchildren. I want to live abroad in the next 15 years but I want my kids (almost young adults) to be able to skip (or reduce) $18k childcare costs!! Messed up.

One more thing: my daughter’s first few breakups: I was talked OUT. I’m glad she wanted to talk to me but I couldn’t take the emotional baggage after awhile AND I wondered what was the limit— was she OVER-ruminating on the breakup? So I highly recommend professional talk therapy in general. Not specifically for teen…

If you're (gently) "right" about these patterns, the teen may listen to you more in the future. My daughter did anyway, when I (gently) predicted a similar situation. 

DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO ENCOURAGE YOUR DAUGHTER TO CONTINUE TO TEND TO HER REGULAR FRIENDSHIPS! The first one or two boyfriends are so heady and all-encompassing that they sacrifice time with their group to focus on the new partner. The group may even notice and move on without her. The loneliness can then…

Mediocre White Guy syndrome. 

Exactly, this. I want to share the funny thing with my fave petson.

Allow mistakes EARLY. But later in life, the stakes are so much higher. I’m sorry, kiddo, but I will hover over your driving skills. I will constantly remind you of important sexual health issues. I won’t back off academics when college is one of the few ways to bolster economic equality. 

So ... Wait wait wait ... You put the tasks ON THE CAlendar??

The love part is dumb. I say this as a mom  a 19yo female. I’ve been thru the sex thing in the last 2 or 3 years with her. She THOUGHT she loved the first-they tend to think that. Afterward, maybe not. Now, she’s transitioning into sex because she likes sex and is older and smart enough to know that love isn’t always…