Ask comment:
"This happened to me when I was 14, and it lasted at LEAST a minute. I took a nap on Tuesday afternoon and woke up thinking it was Sunday. I hadn't remembered going to school on Monday and Tuesday, and I wandered out of my room and asked my dad,..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by ElectricBlue
7 days ago
Ask comment:
"I'm not sure how many responders have babies or toddlers, but I'm shocked at the apparent consensus here.
I could write a book here, but I'll just say I completely agree with you that it's unacceptable. My mother watches my son once a week. We..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by highrise, sondrialiac, argylekneesocks
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Ask the following question: "When you were 5, what did you want to be when you grew up?" Have them write down the answer but don't tell them anything else.
Then have them write about their life as if that dream had come true.
We did..." [
more]
favorited 5 times, recently by 2oh1, bonobo, houseofdanie, katie, duckus
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Tell them not to speak another word about it to you. You don't want to know anything.
I'm not sure at what point the men in suits come to your door, but I know they came to my grandparents' door looking for my dad back when he had tax problems...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Scram
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"This was linked in Projects a while back, but I found this video on gear shifting really helpful. From Bicycle Tutor." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by JimN2TAW, gudrun
Last month
Ask comment:
"Oh man, I just want to give you a hug! I promise promise promise you it's hormones. The first trimester FUCKING BLOWS. I'm one of those people who cannot deal with hormonal birth control and pregnancy hormones just absolutely fucked with me. But your..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
Last month
Ask comment:
"A little blurb from here:
from the dustjacket:
Loonies, Zan thought, her throat tight. Loonies! Crazies! She had never seen anything like the boy and girl who faced her. Naked, except for flaps hanging down from the front of woven belts, the..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Soulbee
Last month
Ask post:
what should I cook in my cast iron pan?
favorited 61 times, recently by jec, barnone, maryh, trouserbat, vito90, senterstyle, theredpen, olya, TheDonF, tragedy_and_comedy, jmdodd, rux, palomar, epersonae, winston, ohcanireally, Finklebinder, Skorgu, ifjuly, Greg Nog, romakimmy, not me, exlotuseater, X4ster, Corky, RedEmma, Phalene, entropy, invisible ink, Arthur Dent, McBearclaw, runningwithscissors, sugarfish, inqb8tr, zengargoyle, phatkitten, cameradv, rmless, timeistight, Herman Hermanson, SNWidget, tracert, zazerr, Epsilon-minus semi moron, vytae, hooray, boomchicka, odinsdream, jquinby, warble, joelhunt, somanyamys, Jorus, libraryhead, thewalrusispaul, yohko, weebil, mrleec, Detuned Radio, YoungAmerican, stuboo
Last month
Ask post:
What do I wear with dress shoes?
favorited 12 times, recently by handabear, Jacqueline, ApathyGirl, billy_the_punk, Emera Gratia, moonlet, ifjuly, hannahq, hilatron, rio, Rosie M. Banks, warble
2 months ago
Ask post:
Looking for an awesome chocolate dessert!
favorited 39 times, recently by pombiki, gueneverey, scission, flibbertigibbet, sLevi, niles, wallaby, eschewed, phaded, jquinby, Svenny, malthas, nonmerci, DulcineaX, oneirodynia, fondle, flummox, ysabet, CtrlAltDelete, belladonna, lioness, Kirjava
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If I ever read anything criticizing "parenting" that doesn't reek of utter comtempt or outright hatred of women and mothers, I will be shocked...." [
more]
favorited 18 times, recently by lord_wolf, arcticwoman, low_horrible_immoral, MythMaker, amarie, bettafish, orrnyereg, supercrayon, electrasteph, mothershock, echolalia67, cirocco, tippiedog, The Bellman, LoriFLA, mattbucher, jrossi4r, sondrialiac
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I quit all caffeine about a month ago. My anxiety level has plummeted by about 90%. I feel like I have a new life." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by mrgrimm
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Here in Oregon this patient wouldn't have a prayer of getting a bed in a psychiatric unit unless she was brandishing a weapon. It's not just inner cities.
Here in Oregon, if she was crazy and brandishing a weapon, she'd never live long enough to..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by docpops
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The high school has done perhaps too good a job of embracing young mothers.
Are you fucking kidding me?" [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by shmegegge, RedEmma
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Well, my own snarky (?) comment in the original thread was deleted but it was basically this:
When people were giving the OP shit, I couldn't imagine them putting up with the same treatment themselves, had they ordered some product that was just..." [
more]
favorited 9 times, recently by justonegirl, EndsOfInvention, the other side, shinynewnick, flatluigi, scrump, davar, The Gooch, docpops
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I am fairly computer dumb, or maybe I'm selling myself short. But I find I can figure stuff out while stumbling around, even though I would fail miserably at explaining to someone else how to do the same thing. All that said, I use FF at home and am..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by kidsleepy
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, tell me more everybody, about how much you hate this show! I can't hear enough.
You know what I hate? Or I think I would hate? WWE or Ultimate Fighting or whatever the fuck. And yeah, Entourage. So I don't watch them.
I liked Sex &..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Many others have touched on several other things I was going to say, but there's one thing I wanted to say. There's no delicate way to say it, and I don't know you or your child. But I remember middle school painful clearly.
Teachers, other..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by jamaro, Flying Squirrel
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"PatoPata: My vet gave me a handy pill-shooter. It's a syringe-like doohickey that makes it easy to pop the pill in the back of the kitty's throat. Kitty swallows out of reflex and you're done. It was more efficient and less traumatic than all the..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by shelbaroo
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"AmbroseChapel: Was there one baby named Clementine which started the trend? Was there a character in a book, film or TV show which started it off
With this particular example, Kate Winslet's character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Anything
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"This used to happen to me all the time. I'm an atheist, and it was the pondering death that was freaking me out. It would make my heart race and upset me a lot. Are you about 25? This went away for me over time. I just had to push the thoughts out of..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Nattie
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"For 3 months after our son was born, the twice-a-month cleaning service we decided to splurge on was an absolute sanity-saver.
Not that my husband or I would have been doing the work the cleaning crew did - we just would have lived in a pigsty -..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Post-credits scene at Wikipedia says The Muppet Movie (1979) was "one of the earliest."
The rainbow broke and everyone fell off, right? I was 3, and I bawled my eyes out. I thought they all died...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Our son just received "No No Yes Yes" as a gift, and he loves it. He dissolves into hysterical laughter and wants to read it again and again.
The left pages have "no noes" (baby has his finger up his nose) and the right pages..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by mazienh, the christopher hundreds, melissa
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"raztaj: I had no idea whether or not to say "I'm so sorry" or "Congratulations!"
Handy tip for everyone:
If anyone EVER tells you they are pregnant, even if yesterday they were talking about setting up a credit line at the..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by hjo3
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"I bet you need a bigger cup size. Find your favorite bra, go to the store and try it on in one cup size bigger and one band size smaller than the one you've got now.
I used to have underwire poke through all the time, once in an expensive bra..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by ukdanae
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Since we're sharing favorites:
The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by sperose
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"AMEN to everything grumblebee said. I'm drifting away from one of my best friends in the whole world right now because she's constantly doing what you're asking about. The gist of it is: "Why isn't everyone more LIKE ME?..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by loiseau, jejune
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"My two-year-old son screams, shrieks, and squeals - absurdly loudly.
When I was 10, my mom walked into the laundry room with a basket of clothes and a minute later she screamed for what seemed like 30 seconds. It was primal, loud, and horrific...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by creasy boy
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"A lot of these responses are rubbing me the wrong way. Anyone who goes through the process of adopting, regardless of which route they take, has done an immense amount of research, given up every shred of their privacy, and never stops thinking..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"an update. And since it may disappear:
Update: The D.A. has rejected the case against me. I am free. I wish the same outcome for Marty and have no intention of pursuing any further legal action. I would not wish entanglement in the widening gyre..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by grouse
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'll let people cut in in other circumstances but they better give me the hand wave or I'll follow them home and punch them in the mouth.
no, no, no no! DON'T WAVE, DRIVE! There's nothing worse than that douchebag who sits there grinning and..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by oneirodynia
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"This push present thing - I don't know.
It's the sort of thing I keep reading about, and everyone is up in arms, and the reaction is always similar to sondrialiac's. "How vile!" "What bitches!" etc. And these alleged women..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
10 months ago
Ask comment:
"It's irrelevant. You can't. IRS hardship rules - here are the circumstances under which you can take a hardship:
* Expenses for medical care previously incurred by the employee, the employee’s spouse, or any dependents of the employee or..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by mcbeth
10 months ago
Ask comment:
"Haha. This is my favorite. I say, "We have three copiers, do you need all the model numbers?" I can practically hear their eyes bulging out. "Oh, yes, we need all of them!" Then I leave them on hold until they hang up...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by melorama, turaho, Solomon
10 months ago
Ask comment:
"I've always liked this idea from ljc's blog. I haven't had a chance to try it out myself, though." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by tastybrains
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is cute, but do the researchers spend any time watching kids play with other toys? Kids anthropomorphize everything.
My toddler currently has a unrequited crush on our vacuum, and any other noisy device that catches his attention (leaf..." [
more]
favorited 6 times, recently by emmling, tehloki, metaname, amethysts, mediareport
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Sure. Thirty thousand kids will die of starvation today.
Let's get all teary-eyed about finding pets a home and food.
I know what will help! Posting to Metafilter...." [
more]
favorited 3 times
11 months ago
Ask comment:
""Wow, you're HUGE!"
"Well, duh, I'm pregnant. What's your excuse?"" [
more]
favorited 1 time
11 months ago
