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What happens in Davenport, stays in Davenport! :-)

$50... I can't go out in NYC for less than $100. It's nuts which is why I prefer happy hour on my couch with a $14 magnum.

I took my daughter to one this weekend. Greedy adults ruined it for everyone—my daughter’s age group (7-8) didn’t even get to go because the obnoxious parents from the younger groups took all the eggs. I couldn’t count the number of kids who came out of that crying. Never again.

Ugh, that's a horrible position to be in. Would you be be getting the china for the shower you are attending? Maybe just say yes, I'm getting the china but want to give it to her in person at the shower you're attending. I totally sympathize with you, family politics can be tricky.

Well, hopefully it just won't come up again, but if it does, put the heat on your husband if you can. It's outrageous that your MIL is up in your business about this. How did this even come up, anyway?

No way do you need to get her a gift for a shower you're not attending. You're already going to one of her showers and getting a gift. Your MIL IS absurd. An invitation shouldn't be taken as a demand for gifts, and if it is, you'll have more problems with FSIL than that down the line, anyway.

Definitely not. These people will not listen to reason, ever. I thought about tangling with an FB friend—her reasoning for not vaxxing her kids was a) chemicals blah blah internet research blah blah and b) she will get her kids vaxxed if her doctor can 100% guarantee her kids won't be harmed by it. I was like (in my…

Sorry, yes, I did only throw in federal taxes. But it's possible to live in NYC and not live in an expensive apartment in Manhattan—there are four other boroughs and plenty of neighborhoods outside of Tribeca or the village or whatever. My point being that I've heard this "$250K is middle class" claim a LOT—from…

I agree that it's relative, and it's only because of the sheer amount of rich people in NYC that anyone can, with a straight face, claim that $250K is middle class. And actually, I don't even think the comparison is made to other normal people any more, it's to the horrid displays of wealth all over TV and other media.

My seven-year-old daughter's latest career aspiration is "cab driver." She's intrigued that there aren't many women cab drivers so I think it's her way of saying she wants to be different. Also, she will charge $5 for a "short" ride, $10 for a "medium" ride, and $15 for a "long" ride. :-)

That's a little crazy—the higher your FICO score, the longer it takes to recover from what could just be a one month blip?

OK—the cost wasn't the point of my post, but thanks?

I think this year we are going to have a party at our place—we have a shared roof deck with a small playset (swings, slide, monkey bars). I'll make some food, cater the rest for cheap, and the adults can get drunk and walk home.

LMAO no....but, how old are you? I'm going to take a wild stab and say you must be in your 20s, probably on the earlier side. Because I'm 43 and I had never even heard of goody bags until I was in my 20s, they were definitely not a staple when I was a kid!

100%. My brother, who is a vet, has a shit ton of guns. He showed me his gun locker for the first time in December—he keeps EVERYTHING there, under lock and key, and zero of those guns are loaded. He has a toddler in the house and would never be so fucking idiotic as to risk the safety of his family. Keeping an…

I'm befuddled by this trend. My daughter is 7 1/2, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why I have to hang around the parties. Luckily the last one she went to didn't have room for a bunch of adults so a few of us went to a nearby bar for dinner!

LOL yep. I still have like 20 crazy straws and a billion plastic princess rings from the party I mentioned. It's ridiculous. Never again!

Holy shit, that's a lot of work—and good for you for standing up to her!

It's on the (very long) list of things I swore I would never do as a mom....but did anyway. But never again!