Yes. This was an eye-opener for me. Especially: “ That seventeenth-century America was a great time to be a woman but nineteenth-century America was a horrible time to be a woman...” I understand the 19th century party, but realized I know nothing about 17th century women. I guess I imagined puritanical, repressive…

It is crazy. When did 8th grade graduation get to be so much work—lots of ‘traditions’ which require an army of volunteers. Thankfully, I didn’t sign up for the field trip, but I did for the grad luncheon. After the graduation, a bunch of us started putting away chairs so the janitor didn’t have to do it himself.…

Wouldn’t it be hard for Lamar Odom to stalk anyone? He’s kind of noticeable, even wearing sunglasses.

Thank you so much for sharing that. I laughed out loud. My 17 year old will be just like you when he’s a dad. I love him but his inner ear is not his friend.

I love the comments about how women become invisible in our society. It is great to see other women writing about it. While I’ve discussed it with close friends, other people refuse to see it. I’ve been told it’s in my head or c’mon it’s not that bad. When I assure them it is, and it’s not a lack of confidence or…

I agree. Jobs are hard to find, but get out if it’s not working for you. No sense in spreading the misery.

Yes, yes, yes! I’ve been in crowded Starbucks patiently waiting while 20 conversations and muzak are playing all around me. Then have someone behind the counter shouts a name similar to mine, but not mine. It’s so frustrating. Did I hear them correctly? Did they not write my name down correctly? Did they misread it?…

I wish I had designated someone on the day of my wedding. I loved planning the rest of it. We already knew we’d get married in our church. We chose our favorite restaurant for the reception. They did the food and we picked the more affordable selections. I loved picking out the flowers. Mom and the florist decorated…

What kind of gas could you have had in your life where you would mistake it for pregnancy or contractions? I live with a very gassy person, yet can’t imagine gas pain and having a baby pain matching at all.

To be even more fair, I could be wearing a metric fuckton of makeup and still not be as pretty as he is.

What I love about the Brits is much of their elegance is attainable. It’s not like Hollywood where teams of people have been working nonstop for weeks on already really attractive people to make them look as airbrushed and perfect as possible. It’s almost as if normal people who had some serious extra cash and a…

When I first started my corporate life, I would get to work an hour earlier to get things done faster. It was so blissfully quiet at 7:30, and everyone there was too busy for small talk. I’d leave around 6ish and feel that I’d put in a long day. Turns out, no one believed I was working “the hours”. They all showed up…

It just hurts my heart to look at this. How do I say this without sounding insincere? Here goes—I love my kids with every atom in my being. They have changed who I am on a complete and fundamental level. And I’m an adoptive mom. I didn’t have any magical biological or special bonds that keep us together. It’s a…

Aw, you’ll get used to it. I did. But after not eating the hated gluten, you will feel so much better. Things you thought were ‘wear and tear’ on your body or constant ‘allergies’ may go away. After that, it’s easier to have rice noodles or find a bread replacement. But until that day when you feel the payoff, it is…

I don’t mind shortcuts. The hubster asked why we don’t just get a head of cabbage and cut it up? He’s crazy—when you can buy a bag of it already shredded with 2 kinds of cabbage and carrots? And not have to set up, then clean the food processor? So I do like shortcuts. What I don’t like about Ms. Lee are some of the…

Quote: It’s apparent she thinks Chris is her husband, which is why she spray painted ‘Mrs. Brown’ on his cars and in his house,” — Because that’s what wives do.

I thought she did it to show the painful, “medical”, unattractive, but functional foundation underneath most “hot” clothes women wear. It was unmasking the reality rather than a strip-tease. It wasn’t so much taking off her clothes, as it was showing what was underneath the clothes. And that’s funny.

When life is beyond horrible, I go to McDs. I order a hamburger, small fries and a small vanilla shake. Just like when I was 8 years old and got a good report card or did something really great. Mom would take me (just me, not any of those other kids in the house) and she wouldn’t even water down the milkshake with…

Gasps! Grabs pearls.

Don’t forget her cousins, the W twins were arrested with alcohol back when they were 19. Back then, it was ‘kids are off limits’. Heaven help the Clinton kid if that ever happened. And I hope the Obama kids learn how to drink and make those mistakes in private.