Someone we know passed away and I had to tell my four year old daughter and I have never wished I believed in heaven as much as I did during that conversation. It would have been so nice to just say, “He’s in heaven with Jesus now and someday we’ll be able to see him when we go there.” But, since I don’t, that would…

Of course they go with the feet for a representation of a 10 week old fetus since the rest of it is basically nightmare fuel.

But the school is saying that it’s not about the content of the photo, but about the fact that she didn’t secure her property and, well, that seems like nonsense. I’m not saying that it’s wise to keep naked or partially unclothed photos of yourself on your unlocked cell phones—that seems distinctly foolish. But for…

It could be that she’s irresponsible, but it could also be that she has access to materials and programs through her phone that she doesn’t have through the district’s technology. I have a friend who lets her students use one of her personal computers in her classroom because, sadly, her computer is a lot more…

For their part, the Union County School district maintains that the subject of the photograph is not the problem, rather their objection is to Arthur’s improper supervision of her private property.

Who was the person receiving that message? I have to think that if I, even as a dumb teenager, received a message from a friend about how she was encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself, I would be pretty disturbed.

A few months ago, there were a few articles about how the AAP was considering revising their stance on bed sharing with babies (short version: they’ve always said absolutely not, never ever! but are now considering that perhaps the evidence is not conclusive). Myself and a few friends were discussing how we bed shared…

A Jewish friend once explained that the laws are literally impossible to adhere to so that followers will be constantly reminded that they cannot possibly be perfect. It is to encourage humility, apparently.

IDK, I feel like the real money is in outliving him. “No, sweetheart, have a second steak. Shall I have someone refill your scotch? Oh, I wouldn’t worry about having a salad. Perhaps you’d like an extra cheesecake for dessert instead?”

The idea of Trump being able to make a hard left after the primary really worries me. He probably can do it since he’s not part of the political establishment and doesn’t need them to give him a job or support later on, so he’s free to burn whatever bridges he wants by yelling “psych!” and embracing universal…

Exactly. SNL had a great joke from when O.J. was sentenced for his role in the kidnapping/armed robbery—it was something along the lines of: “O.J Simpson was sentenced to prison this week for his role in a Las Vegas armed robbery but really for murder.” Sometimes even though you haven’t been convicted in a court of…

Ewww x a million. No. Fucking no.

I don’t even own any lingerie anymore. It just seems like an extra and unnecessary step. And now that we have kids and we’re both tired, who has the energy for unnecessary steps.

She’s trying to look sexy so that people will look at her. That’s fine. But that’s different than saying that because she looks sexy in a club or at a bar that it’s cool to touch her. Go on up to her and talk to her? Sure! But you don’t get to touch without permission. Also, basic human decency says that when someone…

Narcissists, man. I know someone who was married to a guy for 10 years. They had two children. She finally divorced him after he hit her (not for the first time), knocked her down, and she looked up to see the kids standing a little way away and decided that she couldn’t make them watch this for the rest of their…

A friend of mine got married for the first time when she was close to 50 and her (now) husband was in his mid-50's. They both already each had a house (about 45 minute drive from each other), and neither really wanted to give up his or her house and space. So, instead, they spend a couple nights a week at her house, a…

HOW IS SHE GETTING MORE BEAUTIFUL AS SHE GETS OLDER?! IS SHE A WIZARD?!

I think in general we need to scale back our idea that work is supposed to be the be-all, end-all of life. It’s that stupid Protestant Work Ethic that we all got saddled with. Work is important, feeling useful is important, but enjoying life and friends and family is also important. The idea that you want to leave at…

It might be. My very WASPy family drilled into me that if you are on time, you’re late. Consequently, I am always at least 5 minutes early to everything.

My son was conceived sometime the week between Christmas and New Years when Mr. WildNights and I were enjoying the holiday season a leeeettle too much and had a little birth control whoopsie. My doctor said that those first few weeks are just cells dividing and there’s not much alcohol can do to fuck that up.