I don’t think you are being Debby Downer but I think you’re misunderstanding - she’s having fun, but she’s already realized that going to parties every night and getting hammered is not compatible with the incredibly rigorous program she’s in. At her school (like many) there are kids who drink to excess several times…

Don’t worry about her, she’s definitely having fun - she’s just over getting hammered while she’s doing it. The kids started drinking in HS on and off (not driving, using Uber) and I think she’s seen that while the occasional night of substance-induced fun is enjoyable, it’s just not the way she wants to live.

I’m a Millenial born in 1982.

*Trump reads this comment, feeding it through his narcissism filter*

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“I kind of pooh-poohed the experience stuff when I first got here,” explained one White House official, “But this shit is hard.”

If there are no cabs/ubers/lyfts in your area you can call your local fire department or police department and they will have to give you a ride home (for free). Since you notified them that you are intoxicated they become liable if they refuse to drive you home and you get in an accident. (I’m an substance abuse…

“There is a great deal of not just poetry and prose in the Bible, but from what I’ve read almost every piece of history that’s in the Bible has eventually been proven,” says Rev. Ray Hurt…

She’s very tall though, isn’t she? I think tall people have more room for the baby to grow inside so it doesn’t grow “out” as much as with shorter people. I’m like 5'1" and any amount of weight gain is instantly visible.

OK, who the fuck asks that? In what world is that shit polite?!

I feel you, sister.

Same! ...and I’m 9 months postpartum...I seriously need a sign in my office that says, “I’m not pregnant. Stop reminding me how shitty I look.”

I look more pregnant 3 months post-partum than she does at 20 weeks along. Let me go eat another brownie in despair and further compound this problem...

So here’s a different perspective. I work in health care with mostly older patients, and I have elderly parents. For most of us, aging involves an increase in aches and pains & health issues. You can’t physically do the things you used to, you get irritable, your memory isn’t what it once was, your social circle…

You may be saying this implicitly, but I’ll go ahead and be explicit: You don’t need to be doing anything but moving out of your parents house to get a gift from me. And a sensible, one, too, not some weird bowl from Tuesday Morning that you can’t eat out of and is just there for looking ‘nice.’

I agree. You know what also needs to go? God damn thank you cards. (I know some people will hate this.)

Articles like this always make me sad. I read this article on Vice and it conflated many different issues. I personally am a VA employee and know that this specific instance in the article, he did not report his divorce to the correct source. He had them removed from his medical benefits but not his disability…

I got her back! Also, here's a bonus photo of her being EXTRA fucking gorgeous. Whenever someone is like "you sued a crazy drug dealer for your cat? Why?" I show them this photo. Could you say no to this face? I think not.

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

And the differences are so much more rigid than they were 40 years ago! I had a cowboy hat and toy guns the same as my older brother. He had a baby doll and played mommy and house with me. We both had stuffed animals and toy soldiers and lincoln logs and books. He played with my Barbies. He didn't have his own, but he…