I know a lot of people disagree with me, but I think finding anonymous birth parents and sperm/egg donors is very, very wrong. Most people decide to give kids up for adoption with the expectation that they will never be found. Who knows what decision they would make if they were instead told their adopted children…

I’m fascinated by basically any professional who makes their money off of celebrities. Divorce Attorney to the Stars is one hell of an unofficial job title. I imagine after awhile it’s the same old same old. They both want as much money and property as possible blah blah blah.

In my state, the amount ordered for child support is completely ojective. It might be the most objective part of child custody proceedings. Child support is calculated solely with the income and custody split of the two parents. The equation is online for parents to use before they even go to court, and judges rarely…

Something completely missing from this conversation (including Jezebel’s many posts about this and its commentariat) is that some women don’t want to be pregnant.

Isn’t “period” also an euphemism? I mean, it’s a really widely used term, but it’s *not* the scientific term.

98% of adopted families in the United States remain intact. Of the two percent who don’t, birth parents reasserting their rights is only one cause of many for adopted families breaking apart. Birth parents during a private adoption have a very small window of time to change their minds. It varries by state, but is no…

I didn’t know their ages at the time of marriage either, and I am shocked. That would never fly nowadays, for royals at least. Her being so young when she married makes me like her even more. She rose to the occasion and became a very justifiably beloved royal, perhaps one of the best in Britian’s history.

This is such a strange way of looking at the purchase of a doll. LOTS of toys are prohibitively expensive. Video game consoles come to mind. You could get about 3 American Girl dolls for the price of an Xbox One.

I think having multiple kids by multiple partners is only an issue when you don’t have joint or primary custody of any of them (no clue if this is Future’s situation). If you have less than 40% custody of all of your kids, it really establishes a pattern of expecting other people to do the hard stuff for you (grocery…

I was hoping “designed with women in mind” meant something more significant than “could double as a nursery for a baby girl.” I was hoping it meant something more like lower counters and chairs, all female staff, Britney Spears playing on the loudspeaker, no Golf magazines in the waiting room, etc. Painting something…

I *do* wish the education was there and that more men knew they’re at risk of getting breast cancer. I’m also horrified they’re not being offered reconstructive surgery. BUT I really don’t care that treatment centers are designed with women in my mind. Welcome to a day in the life of a woman in a patriarchal. I can’t…

I logged a lot of air miles with Southwest when I was in college and flew cross-country twice a year to see my parents on breaks. The absolute worst was middle-aged men flying alone who purposefully sat next to me, because I was young and petite.

Genetically, they’d be siblings! I can’t believe I knew the answer to a science question!

And you should probably watch more than a few episodes, before declaring deep knowledge on their marital dynamic. Everyone is so quick to paint Jon a victim, but it’s highly possible he was messing up in ways only obvious to Kate, because Kate was the primary caregiver.

I’m not a rabid Kate supporter, but parenting is a logistical nightmare that can turn even a seemingly nice gesture (like cooking dinner) into a burden. This only seems to be something primary parents understand.

I’m definitely Team Kate. Eight kids in the space of three years or so will destroy any marriage. Jon seemed really into the kids and really helpful when they were infants, but that stopped; Kate took on more of the childcare responsibilities until she was doing everything. Kate was always in survival mode,…

I’m not sure how I feel about this. Clearly, if a coworker were to wrap up a dildo or porn in a plain package and leave it on my desk every morning, that would be sexual harassment. It doesn’t matter if the sex toys could be of use to me or not, because it would be an attempt by my coworker to make my private sex life…

“Too worried about pooping” is also a great reason to not have (natural) children, if you’re a woman.

That’s honestly the best solution. Entirely separate and entirely joint finances both have serious cons. I imagine the biggest hurdle is deciding how much gets put into the joint account.

It would be a frosty day in hell before I had kids with someone without also having a joint checking account with them. Separate accounts for savings, retirement, splurging-at-Target, etc. are great, but one person (hint: the woman!) will almost always end up spending more on the kid(s) than the other. I would never…