I find it interesting that you feel like Jez is "pushing the polyamory thing", because outside of very specific circles, there is no other acceptable relationship model other than monogamy. You are to have one partner at a time, and if you don't, that's cheating. It happens, but it's bad.

That's the one! I couldn't remember if it was the mom or dad. I thought it was Dad, and then I thought that might be wrong, but yes! Weren't they "camping" in the yard?

We had a film called "I Got It!", which featured a girl at a sleepover getting her period, and her friend's parents explained periods and stuff by making pancakes. I only remember that there was one shaped like the internal stuff - uterus, ovaries, etc.

Wow, that's really going the extra mile in ensuring that she has no stimuli, isn't it? Poor kid. Very few people would do well in such a stagnant environment.

Right, that's what I was referring to! A child who wants some private time should be able to have it, or if a child is left alone for a little while as a punishment, like having to wait in his or her room for misbehavior while the family does something without them is fine and a perfectly appropriate punishment. But…

I can't imagine that the isolation had any effect on the kids' personalities or behaviors or anything. I mean, definitely, when you take away a toddler's toys and leave him or her alone, they just quietly entertain themselves and never make a peep.

I remember the Topsy Tail! I had one when I was a kid, and my mom loved to use it on me and my siblings.

It's really weird what someone would want to take with them. I can't say I've ever visited a place with dead people and been like, "Yep, definitely want these on the mantle at home,". If you're the type that believes in an afterlife, wouldn't you think that perhaps the ghost of said dead person might be mad at being…

That's horrible. I know barking dogs can drive people nuts, but unless someone tells the owner, they may not even know that the dogs are noisy during the day! Leave a note, call them, whatever, just so that you know that they know, and then if it won't go away, there are other courses of action than killing them.

I worked at a remote NGO and my replacement was a woman with two young children. They should not have been living there, because it was a place where 20-something students came to do research in a remote location and there were no children to play with. The researchers, understandably, did not want to do research and…

Currently living in Central Europe and that's the standard here. I can't speak to anywhere else!

A few years ago, I remember an article about a girl who felt it was really empowering to have sex in bathrooms and know that people knew she was having sex. Many of the comments were condemning her (I was on that side, too, for a number of reasons), but a lot of people were cheering her on, too.

"Belfie" does not make me think of a "butt selfie". It makes me think of many things: a blood elf, a bell-fee, something about barf, Simon Belmont, I don't know.

I can do the caretaking thing, but only in specific situations and with certain types of needs. Sadly, certain types of mental illnesses are very difficult, because someone who is depressed or bipolar can become emotionally abusive as a result of their illnesses, and I get antsy at signs of it. A physical illness is…

I love Parry Gripp. Those videos are all terrible, but also lovely.

I now know the next step if anyone gets too snoopy!

Good luck! I'm rooting for you :)

I generally aim to be the most boring person at the office. If anyone asks, I talk about the boring stuff I do, like knitting and volunteering at the animal shelter. Those things are markers for "crazy cat lady", so people usually don't want to ask much more after that, lest I start showing them photos of cats. So,…

I'm from a tiny town, and I can totally relate. It was refreshing moving to an actual city and no one knew anything about me. I could go places and no one cared! Anonymity is great right now.

Yep, that's very similar to her, except she really wants to do casual and open relationships, but is terrible at establishing boundaries, so they always get crossed. She would like, very much, to be one of those cool girls who has 15 different lovers of every stripe, but really, she's a hell of a lot happier with…