you conveniently ignored the 'take them outside for a while' part of TMO's comment.

At some point in your childhood, you definitely made a scene in public. You're deluding yourself if you think otherwise.

there's a middle ground there, you know. your choices aren't 'piss off everyone within hearing distance' and 'give in and go home.' you take the kid outside until they chill out/exhaust themselves, then resume shopping.

... 'beautiful baby'?

I can imagine a dude standing there dressed as Aladdin, completely stone-faced, and it would be completely non-noteworthy.

i'm sorry that you had such a sad childhood.

this — & many places have a card minimum, way more than I see in other cities. people not from here always make fun of me when I ask if they take cards. ('of course they do, what is this, 1970? chortle, chortle.)

and Square!

i highly doubt any 'socially progressive' 'girl' would lower herself to sleep with you.

so, did he come up with it before the event happened, or is this his way of 'throwing light' onto it? can't be both ways, bud.

there's no reason NP women can't get an IUD; keep trying doctors until you find one that actually keeps up with the research on the topic.

i'm convinced there's this parody website of jezebel that contains all of these things that the jez-haters keep alluding to (the 'jezebel horde' comes to mind), and it's foisted upon unsuspecting newcomers to the gawker websites in order to prejudice them against jezebel from the get-go. I have no other explanation…

'just mention[ing]' them (which you didn't — you acted as if you were imparting some great knowledge upon us) would be one thing if you were in a roomful of naive teenagers or something, but you're not, and you know anyone frequenting jezebel prooooooobably has heard of condoms. sheesh.

answer: no.

typhoid mary was asymptomatic! the real carrier could still be among you!

female condoms exist, friend. now who's being heteronormative?

are you going to even pretend to have a source, or ... ?

you know, people say this so often, but more often than not it's in response to a really tame, innocuous thread, like we have here. you said something stupid and were called out on it — calmly, with neither ALLCAPS nor excessive punctuation — and yet still lament 'the angry Jezebel horde.' so what is it? are you…

There are real racists out there, who want to kill you just because you are not white.

yeah, honey, I have. i'm happy for you that you've managed to avoid the female body hair hate, but it's definitely still prevalent in ~modern society~. where's this magical accepting utopia you live in?