You know, this essay started well, but got sanctimonious real fast. If all she'd said was (as Tracy reiterates at the end) that every mother's experience is different, this would be a totally different essay. As it stands currently, this woman is pretty insufferable.

Is it really? The tagline is "celebrity sex, fashion and news." Many of the people who frequent this site are feminist (as are the bloggers) but in and of itself, Jezebel doesn't exist to bolster the female sex regardless of the stupidity of some of its members.

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What about this dumb girl who says it's okay to give a shirt "to your guy friends," and then assumes that the GUY in the picture is obviously not a "guy friend" because OMG is that guy black or what?!?

Because they're racist.

"The idea that college kids are going to whip out cell phones and record their partner saying "yes" just before sex is just stupid."

DIVORCE

Ditching your kids before a parade, not answering your phone, then showing up in the parade.

That's totally true. My "easiest" dog is my current one- a Border collie mix, who is just the calmest, nicest, best-adjusted dog I've ever had. We walk him a ton, and trained him really diligently (and we invest far more time in him than most of our dog-owning friends do with theirs), but ultimately all the breed…

I agree with you- most Shar Peis are very easy-going dogs. I think what the poster might have been suggesting is that all pure-bred dogs have congenital health issues besides the usual- hip displasia, heart murmurs and corneal issues. A friend of mine (luckily a wealthy friend) adopted a Shar Pei and then had to have…

"... at least two officers restrained her..."

This is an ID photo, or a yearbook picture? I'm seeing reference to both here. Either way this is wrong, but patently ridiculous to photoshop an ID badge.

Just commented to say the same thing- interview on NPR did not give me a good impression of the mother's sanity.

I heard this woman interviewed on NPR. She is absolutely delusional. She believes that her daughter "won't die" if she doesn't receive chemotherapy. In my opinion, the state has done the right thing, so long as the daughter isn't actually opposed (has anyone interviewed her? I've only heard her mom speak on her…

I think that's a really good recommendation. That's probably what we need to do next. The fact is, when I say this is the only thing we fight about, it's because we have a very good relationship. But part of our harmony is due to the fact that most of the time, I just do the housework (seething, sometimes), then when…

I know... that's great advice, but I'm not sure I want the drama it would cause, ya know? The fiance has acknowledged his failure, and evidently feels bad about it. I don't really know what the solution is. Maybe I need to be extreme and take your suggestion, but I just don't know. It's so much easier to just do it…

I want to star your post a hundred times.

ARGH YES. I always say, "use your eyes!" Which gets me an eye roll, and no chores done. This has become such an emotional topic for me (2 years after moving in with the boyfriend, 8 years after starting to date) that we can no longer discuss this. I'm pretty much resigned to working the corporate ladder to the point…

This is literally the only thing my fiance and I fight about :(

Yep, same story. My fiance was out of town over Thanksgiving, and I spent all weekend cleaning. The house looked amazing! Within one hour of his return, everything was back to the way it was. That was so sad.