Letters to the Editor
Anne in NYC
Published Letters: 314 Editor's Choice: 37
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It’s Christmastime! What’s with all the hate?
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: The "Egg McMuffin" machine]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When Salon suggested the special pop-corn popper as a gift I thought it was junk. Who can’t pop corn in an existing pan? And the stupid plant thing from yesterday that a small, inexpensive grow light and a few pots and seed could replicate it? What a waste. I hate single use gadgets.
But this one has possibilities. My toaster is just about worn out (its 10 years old and not as safe as it ought to be) and I’ve been thinking of getting this toaster/egg cooker to replace it. I could set it off and go get dressed while it’s going and only have to clean up a little pan? Sounds like I’m saving time and washing water plus I get a warm breakfast. And I could just toast and forget the egg too, right? This little thing sounds pretty cool to me.
I am sorry to hear the little pan is cheap – but if all else is wonderful it might not be the worst thing in the world to order a few extras to have one hand when the old ones are finally ready for the recycle bin. I find I often have to replace attachments on appliances I use a lot.
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Re: ‘microwave for 30 seconds’
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: The "Egg McMuffin" machine]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don’t have a microwave – I find them to be unnecessary and I don’t like they way they cook food (eggs, for instance, get rubbery). I know lots of people who don't have one. How useful or redundant this product is really depends on how your kitchen is set up.
Regarding serving sizes – I saw a similar product on Amazon that will make 2 sandwiches at the same time. That seems about the point where I’d just as soon get out the pan – but for a very busy couple it might be just right.
In any case – lots of people do seem to like them, and I really had been considering it, so I just ordered one for myself. We’ll see. And whatever happens I’m not the sort to chuck it out if I don’t like the egg feature – I’ll just keep on toasting.
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Isn’t getting knocked up at 16 bad?
[Read the article: Shaming Jamie Lynn Spears]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I’m not judging her for being a sexual young girl: that’s normal. But getting knocked up by her adult old boyfriend was bad. It is not okay. It makes her a bad role model and her boyfriend a criminal (didn’t he know better???). There should be some shame here and there should be better sexual education across the board in our public schools. Other girls should know how they can do better for themselves. I think it’s cool to talk about this in terms of it all being a dangerous mistake.
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If my husband did this…
[Read the article: Cops arrested my partner for felony heroin possession]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I’d stick by him. Maybe it would be a huge mistake and maybe the relationship would eventually crumble anyway – but no way would I drop my ‘life partner’ off in rehab (on my parent’s dime no less) and then decide to wash my hands of the whole thing. I think the LW has some responsibility here: to her parents, to her partner and to her child. It’s what being married is all about. The very least the LW can do is go to a few group meetings and be angry and talk about it – that would probably even be really good for her.
In any case I really don’t see why the LW needs to decide right now. I’d see what the next 6 months bring before I made any huge decisions.
And about the child not missing the LW’s partner: who knows what this 3 year old is telling herself. This past holiday my sister was remembering a story about a favorite new tricycle she left out in the rain to rust (she got it for her 3rd birthday). She felt so guilty about ruining it that she never mentioned it to our parents. So my parents figured she didn’t really notice or care and they never replaced it – but the reality was the guilt of leaving that little bike out in the rain haunted my sister’s little imagination. It shows you that little tiny kids often have lots going on inside. Just because they’re tight lipped doesn’t mean she’s not thinking this over and assigning blame in all the wrong places. Something to think about.
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Feelings are cool – but my body is not an incubator for anyone’s use (not even my husband)
[Read the article: It's my abortion, too!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But men do have some control over ‘their’ abortion(s) because there are dozens of decisions that lead up to an abortion. They can use condoms, be active in birth control decisions (my teenage boyfriend went to Planned Parenthood with me and paid for my pills) and finally they can stand up and say, ‘honey, I know this is unexpected but I think we should try and make a go of it.’ It seems odd to me these ‘fathers’ aren’t going over their own decisions that led up to these multiple (WTF?) abortions and just concentration on that final surgery.
It’s upsetting that an unscrupulous woman can trick a man into a pregnancy and sue for child-support when he would have voted for an abortion – but men just don’t have that abortion vote and it’s an important fact of life everyone needs to get used to. Biology trumps feelings on this one even if it’s not entirely fair: such is life.