Both on the LW and Cary. Here's some advice...get over it. If she brings up the ex's blog, you say, "Yeah, I read some of it, what a loser." If she doesn't know about the blog and it identifies her by name and is demeaning to her, you *may* want to let her know about it. But don't make a big production about it as she might not even care. Everyone Googles. It is a fact of life now. Smart people don't expose their entire life on the internet.

Cary, if any guy told me "And I will never be ashamed of you or ashamed for you", I'd tell him to f-off. It's not his place to judge what happened before he came along. If he can't deal, then he needs to go, not put it on the other person.

My now husband mentioned that he googled my name when we first started dating and found out that there a porn star with the same name. I asked him if he was afraid that it might be me and he said "oh no, you are MUCH better looking." Awwww.

Herself writes, “But then, there are the careerists, who think they are balancing career and family, but are actually screwing the kids for a buck.”

Or so that when their kids are old enough, they can afford solid foods.

Or for their kids healthcare.

Or so their kids can live in a decent house, in a nice neighborhood and go to good school.

Or so they can send their kids to college

Or so they can save for retirement and not burden their kids with caring for them when they are old.

The Clinton cleavage article was HIL-arious! Thank you for brightening my boring Friday afternoon.

Anyway, I don't like the structure of the jacket (kinda boxy) in the picture, but I love the rose-pink color. And I would hardly call that v-neck cleavage revealing! Maybe it's because the weather is so damn hot right now that Clinton isn't covered up in a turtleneck.

And I really do love escargot. Just not at 9am in the morning. In our garden we just have slug problems. We've tried slug killer, pans of beer, salt, etc to no avail. Is there anything tasty you can make with the little boogers?

I would love for there to be safe and effective male form of birth control (outside of the condom). If it were available and if I were still single, it's not something I would rely on my partner to use. I'd still use a condom and/or my own form of birth control. No form of hormonal birth control is going to keep you from contracting an STD. Market research found that 55% of men said they would be interested in a male bc pill. There indeed ongoing human trials, I think University of Washington was running one.

The side effects for female birth control are not negligible: an increased risk of embolisms, perforated uterus(IUD), increase menstrual flow and cramping (IUD),PID(IUD), headache, depression, decreased libido, diminish bone density(depo), mood swings, faux morning sickness. But we put up with it anyway. Why? Because all of those are preferable to an unwanted pregnancy. Tubal ligation rates are much higher (the stat I found said 3x higher) than vasectomies, even though tubal ligation is a much more invasive procedure.

As someone in a hetero marriage who has had complications with hormonal bc and difficult periods, I'd love for my husband and me to have more options. We tried condoms for a year and they really aren't as terrible as people here say they are, plus with responsible usage they are very effective.

They are putting birth control medicine in the water now? Where can I get it? I wonder if that's covered by my FSA?

To the person who asked about biting "back in the day". My sister terrorized our neighborhood back in the 70's with her chompers. Her first child followed in his mother's footsteps. His favorite game would be to say "kissy-kissy" and swoop in as if he was going to kiss you on the cheek. Instead he'd bite! Time outs and talking to's would ensue, but he kept on for a while until he grew out of it. Now his younger brother likes to run up to people with his arms open like he's headed for a hug, but at the last minute he puts his head down and head butts the poor victim. He's gotten both his mom and older brother good with this one.