To me this is just bad negotiating male or female. When you are negotiating an offer you ask for the two things you want most, if/when they say no to one of them, you can then ask for a third thing that you want less in its place. You don't ask for five adds at once unless you don't really want what is being offered.

As ignorant as she sounds, if you actually look at the website, it promotes healthy ideals. "What is a no excuse mom? She's a mom that makes no excuses for making her health a priority." Then on the website she celebrates women who've done just that, gotten healthier. And many of the women on the website aren't crazy…

I never said that these requests aren't normal. I didn't make any judgments on the requests. If you honestly think it's not unusual for candidates to delay their start date for an entire year, I'll just take your word for it with a HUGE sigh and grain of salt. Let's assume they're not-unusual. They still,…

No, I don't work in academia, but my career is not outside the sphere of "negotiating employment contracts for a living" - it's not unusual to have an employer walk away when someone has a list of requests that are outside the realm of what a company is willing to offer, especially if they have a number of other…

Wow, what a lot of assumptions you have! Why are you assuming that someone who doesn't ask for extra perks is "probably not as good a candidate." Or "mediocre." Please. Oh, and now you're guessing he's a young, male, unpulished, frugal teacher with crappy student feedback. You're making these assumptions so this…

Absolutely. I am a department chair at a mid-sized state university in the Midwest, and therefore have been involved in faculty searches multiple times. If I were to receive this kind of "counter-offer", while it might not drive me all the way to rescinding the offer, it would definitely give me pause. And it has…

It's not a blanket refusal to negotiate - it IS, though, inferring something about a person based on what multiple things they negotiate for. If it was just a request for an increase in pay without anything else, and they turned around and said "Ohhh, you're not a good fit..." - THAT would be curious. But it's…

"We're behind the 8-ball from the start, and it's in part because we're afraid something like this might happen to us. "

"You're a vegan, if you're pro-life..."

It's wonderful, absolutely wonderful! I'm financially independent. I look great. I'm healthy. It's never been better!

She is so bitter that she didn't (or couldn't) land a Princeton man when she was in her prime. How do her sons feel about the shit ton of regret she has about marrying and having children with their apparent loser of a dad? Nice, lady...

Also, we'll get patients coming in now at 18-22 and rather than show pictures of celebs, they're instagram account "celebs" (Jennifer Stano, Alena Shishkova, Amrezy, etc.).

She also referred to her other children as her "whole" kids

Oh lord. I am a mom by adoption. The fact that she distinguishes among her kids as "whole" and not speaks volumes. Very sad woman.

I had to stop reading at "'whole' kids". I just can't.

I'd be super impressed if she managed to hook up with Leo. He pretty much exclusively dates leggy, blonde model-types. It's to the point where, when I saw him dating BLAKE LIVELY I was like, "Huh, but she's not tall enough?" I mean, that is ridiculous that it even entered my mind but it's a testament to how…

This should be retitled 'Parent Desperate for Attention Shamelessly Exploits Baby in Hopes of Getting Attention on the Internet."

Maybe we should just stop hero worshiping celebs? And running articles like 'you BFF' or 'your boyfriend'. Treating celebs like this is harmful. If we keep showing someone like Jennifer Lawrence (a thin young white woman not exactly a far cry from hollywood's standards) as the 'different' 'everywoman' 'relatable' girl…

Ah, Fruit by the Foot and Fruit Roll ups came in quite handy when my geeklets requested I make candy sushi in lieu of cake at last year's birthday party.