turtlewexler
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My bf growing up always had foster brothers and sisters and she now fosters. But it’s not like you can walk into a foster home and point at a kid and say “this one, this is the one I want.” The ultimate goal is reuniting them with their bio parents and if parental rights are terminated, it takes forever to adopt from

Yeah, I have Brit-man Siri, and have never once regretted my choice even as he stupidly mispronounces street names.

It’s my birthday month.

Ah, October. The month we are bombarded with expert opinions on breast cancer from people who are not oncologists.

I know of many men who have strong urges to have biological children. In fact, the men I know seem to have stronger urges than the women, who mostly would be happy to adopt or foster if it was simple (it’s not) and they had amenable partners.

Also, it’s kinda besides the point that other options exist. It’s important

First-this is an incredibly insulting and dismissive point of view. “Just adopt” is maybe the least helpful thing you can say to someone struggling to conceive, and there is nothing wrong with wanting your own, biological child. Second- yes, there are children that are in need of homes through fostering or adoption,

There are very few children who are true orphans with absolutely no family who need to be adopted. Adoption is expensive and traumatizing. Adoptions are open now. It is not in any way equivalent nor should it be viewed as the consolation prize for infertility.

I’m not a woman

I was over the fucking moon when I heard that a particular colleague was retiring a couple years ago. When I remembered to, I would go to the farther away bathroom in order to avoid passing her office b/c she would often catch me in the hallway and jubilantly ask, “When’s Baby #2 coming?!” Yeah, she was THAT lady.

This is a poem that sums up so much of this experience:

My sister and I are 22 years apart. People like to joke about it. Oh, you’re an oops baby! Ha, your mom must’ve been empty nesting.

I’ve written about it before but my wife and I went through our own bit of hell trying to have kids that almost killed her twice before we just gave up. It sucked. No need to give condolences as it was years ago and we’ve made our peace with it all.

This right here is why it should be considered an etiquette breach of the highest order to ask someone if he or she is trying for a baby. Best case scenario, you’ve invaded someone’s privacy that does not intend to have children and is fine with it. Worst case, you deeply hurt the feelings of someone who wants

Me too. As one half of an interracial couple this makes me especially happy. Also, their engagement is gonna make the Daily Mail and their racist-ass readers SO MAD hahahahahahahaha

I am so here for this. I have no idea why, but I love it. It’s a nice little story that seems to pop up every time I need a little frivolity and I want them to get married and live happily ever after.

Maybe he’s senile now. Or...I don’t know! I’m sad and I’m surprised Jane didn’t bitch slap him a little. Dammit, now I’m disappointed in her, too. This day sucks.

Bobby, I know people will decry my sentiments in defense of your poor soul, but I am beyond delighted that you are willing to sacrifice yourself so that we may have these entertaining posts. It’s selfish, I know, and I do apologize for that, but you are doing a service for us all, so thank you from the bottom of my

For some reason those colors read as like, the embodiment of seasonal depression to me.

And with today’s news, the bottom has fallen out of the “giant, wheeled, bisected posters of houses” market.

Rehab addict is SO MUCH BETTER than fixer upper!!