I think my BIL did that. He got engaged to his girlfriend of 8 or so years about two years ago, and I never heard another word about it. They still have separate houses. Although who wants to say "boyfriend/girlfriend" when you're approaching 50?

My first bf was my next door neighbor. I was in 6th grade and he was in 7th. We never got past hand holding but man my heart would flutter whenever he was around. Even after our puppy dog romance was over, I still pined in my heart. Fast forward a few years, and he's one of the coolest guys in high school, he's in…

Well, for one, willingly and happily providing people what they need would be at odds with shaming them and feeling smug and superior, so there's that.

Yeah, please don't use a lie about having food allergies to avoid an unpleasant situation. There are people with actual life threatening allergies, and eating out can be difficult even with the best of intentions. If it's not the type of situation where you can just say you don't like something and that's good…

Right? It was like, "yes, people start of well intentioned, and things just go too far." I couldn't believe that this was actually part of our training, for Christ's sake.

I can't speak for chromosome disorders in particular, but I did have very ill newborns. The tricky thing is trying to celebrate a much awaited birth while also mourning that its not the kind of birth you had anticipated. What's helpful? Just being there, listening, and running interference with those "I know how you…

As part of our "return to school inservice training" this week we had to do this internet training and one of the modules was ethics and boundaries. They started off talking about the Letourneau case, and then blah blah blah, then it was "People who do this aren't all predators, boundary violations can happen to…

Here ya go Ms. Filange

I'll just leave this here for ya Ms. Filange

"Patriarchal culture" doesn't mean what you think it does. You must be new here.

I've always wondered what the "new hook up culture" fuss was about . I graduated college in the beginning part of that first wave and we hooked up PLENTY.

No, that's the point. You can't pull them out. This girl had her insides pulled OUT of her and her parents could not pull her off. That's how powerful these drains are. The girl who the Safety Act I linked was named for was entrapped in a hot tub. Adults tried to pull her free and could not. Supervision doesn't…

Yeah except drowning wasn't the primary cause - this was an entrapment death. The main issue was the drain. Those drains have powerful suction, and it's easy to get a foot, arms, or hair caught if they aren't maintained properly. I read a story once of a little girl who sat down on one in shallow water and…

YES TO THIS. I haven't waited tables in over 20 years, but I'm always in the weeds, I don't understand the new computer system, I forgot about my shift, I have a shift even though I moved two hours away from the restaurant, and the WORST, my tables are like a half mile away from the kitchen. I'm walking through fields…

I have these same ones....and I work in a school! Forever forgetting my locker combination, can't get to class on time no matter how fast I walk, where are those classes, anyway? They always seem to be in schools where I've worked rather than schools where I've been a student...as if I'm a student there instead of an…

Thanks for pointing that out!

I would have loved to see even one photo of kids around a campfire or in a canoe or something.

Yes, that's what I was trying to say. When I first saw the post I thought it was like typical camp activities and the kids could just be free to be themselves the whole time without judgment. Not fashion shows and thrice a day make up applications. That seems a little extreme. And based on the photos it seems…

Yeah, I guess you're right. I was just wondering if that was the whole focus of the camp? Or is it more typical camp activities, but you can be yourself while you're doing them. I think that's different than a camp that totally focuses on the gender aspect and consists of nothing more than make up and fashion shows.…

Is all the focus on make up and clothes? I'm all for self expression with whatever gender you identify with, but I wouldn't send my daughter to a camp with such a heavy focus on appearance or one where she was applying make up several times a day. These aren't teenagers. It seems a little age inappropriate. Can an…