I shut someone down last week who was going on and on about stay at home moms and how that's the Right Way for parents to be. And I said, "What about single moms? Or poor moms? Do they get to stay home, without being called names, and be supported by the government? Shouldn't we celebrate them too and not just Anne Romney?"
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Apr 15, 2012 6:09:59 pm PDT #1128 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Connie Neil - Apr 15, 2012 6:10:22 pm PDT #1129 of 30001
brillig
Jesus himself was a wise and good dude. He'd kick the ass of most of the people who say they follow him. I'd be happy to hold his robe while he did it.
msbelle - Apr 15, 2012 6:17:47 pm PDT #1130 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
man I just hate people.
Ginger - Apr 15, 2012 6:34:34 pm PDT #1131 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
"For I was hungry, and you said I had to have a drug test before you would feed me; I was a stranger, and you attacked me; I was sick, and you said I should have spent a quarter of my income on health insurance."
What really irritates me about this specious revival of the Mommy Wars is that the actual point was that Anne Romney is in no position to be Mitt's authority on the struggles of most American women. She "chose" to stay home with her children. Bully for her. What about the millions of women who have no choice?
msbelle - Apr 15, 2012 6:35:33 pm PDT #1132 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
They shouldn't have had sex.
Typo Boy - Apr 15, 2012 6:36:53 pm PDT #1133 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or even the ones who do stay home, but without full time maid service, and child care any time they need a break? Also, yes stay-at-home Moms work hard, but do they work any harder than Moms who take care of kids AND have paying jobs besides?
Ginger - Apr 15, 2012 6:40:12 pm PDT #1134 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
They shouldn't have had sex.
Ah, yes. Those people who think we live in a world in which spouses never die, leave or lose their jobs.
Gudanov - Apr 15, 2012 7:03:31 pm PDT #1135 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
It's a tempest in a teapot. It's clear what Rosen meant was about economic struggles and it's a valid point.
Also, there's a world of difference between someone who takes on as much as he or she wants to and someone who takes on as much as he or she needs to.
Cashmere - Apr 15, 2012 7:36:07 pm PDT #1136 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Burrell - Apr 15, 2012 7:54:28 pm PDT #1137 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Woot Olivia! And fie on the bullshit, all the inevitable bullshit, that's going to be tossed around this election. Ugh.
I have work to do before bed and I don't want to do it! Wah. What I want to do is play on Pottermore. It's finally out of beta and I'm finally on it, and I don't even get a chance to play.