I did my good deed for the month. There is a young woman who belongs to a sub-group on Facebook for the same condition I have, Drop foot. (Look it up, it sucks) Anyway she lives in Nairobi Kenya and she has no access to the stuff we're lucky to have here. She's 19 and she can't walk any sort of distance and it was…

You know, after reading these "whisper" things, I'm almost grateful that my mother never made a secret out of how overwhelming and stressful raising 2 kids on her own was. I don't think she'd write or say anything as harsh as "My kids ruined my body/life/happiness", but she also didn't pretend to be a neverending…

I noticed one day that my five year old nephew was making toast. I said, "Cool, when did you learn to make your own toast?" Without missing a beat he said, "When I was in the Army."

I tell my now dwindling numbers of childless friends not to have kids so I can still enjoy their friendship. I don't mind my pain in the ass kids, its all the other fucking parents I have to deal with. The worst are the newbie parents judging me, fuck you, I've been doing this for 15 years, I don't care what your…

I convinced a friend when we were both about 18 that she wouldn't be able to go into the Virgin Megastore on her trip to Paris because they have a scanner and they can tell if you've had sex or not. She got really upset and said, "but I am going there with my dad!!!". Muahahahahaha!

Thank you for the intruiging post. While I categorically disagree with everything you said, it still raises some interesting questions about nature vs nurture. Here are my thoughts:

I don't know how this works, but if you don't want to be part of the family, you don't have to be! Just know it'll cause a rift, but she doesn't sound worth holding onto, anyway, but that's your decision. Sorry about her. :(

My daughter "Big Foot" was super bored and asked if she could hang out with her one friend. They were at one time nearly inseparable because the little girl's mother was my daycare provider. Now, the mother is a very nice woman but she is a former fatty so she is obsessed with weight- everyone's weight to the point of…

In the should-not column: publishing is a dying industry (or so I've heard many times, I can't say I ever properly looked into it, but it kinda makes sense) and a grad degree in English lit isn't practical, job-wise. So it would be a lot of effort and expense for a very uncertain payoff.

I was watching Christina Hendricks on Conan and I thought, "What if she hadn't played Joan? WHO COULD PLAY JOAN?? THERE IS NO JOAN WITHOUT CHRISTINA HENDRICKS."

Agree that it gets harder as you get older, period. People get into social ruts and it's harder to meet new people. When I was in my 20s, I found it very easy to meet new people in their 20s. Now that I'm in my 40s, I find that when I go to do new things to meet new people, I'm still meeting mostly people in their…

This is tough. I can relate as I've been there many times. I had a guy break up with me because, and I quote, "I need someone more feminine." Now, I'm about as feminine as they come. However, at that time, I was working a job that certain people think only men should have. I also have opinions, and I am not a doormat.…

Jeez :( and I thought it was bad in undergrad when I'd say I'm in a science field and I'd get weird looks. Seems like grad school is only going to increase those responses. I hope that one day the idea that the dude in the relationship needs to be in a powerful career and his partner in something less threatening just…

I was preoccupied with my "half and half" mark as well. It's just such a huge deal - they've been gone for as long as we KNEW them. It's a special sort of pain and revelation that very few people understand. I hope that you are able to smile and remember the good things when that day comes for you. And I hope the…

Don't let it be forgot,

Your time might be better spent simply being a decent male role model so that boys don't turn into rapey frat bros.

Also, being male gives you a slight advantage in this fight. Men are more likely to say rapey things around other men, and that gives you (and all other decent male-identified human beings) a unique…

I just can't understand why the bitches aren't interested in them. It is one of life's greatest mysteries.

Well it's not the most fun aspect of my job but here we are.

"Something needs to be done so bitches will still go to our parties."