I smell a rat.
What has happened to the art of diplomacy and compromise? There are ALWAYS two sides to a story!
If you canât be kind, be quiet.
Oh, no. My 15 year old has the flu. Fortunately we caught it early enough that she was prescribed Tamiflu, I just picked it up.
I think that I can safely say that I have determined who I wouldnât want to be stuck on a plane with
Dear Ireland: Please learn how to make a salad. Any salad. Please.
Can I vent?
My 15 year old daughter has a ticket to attend tonightâs Big Brother Premier Party in Manhattan. My husbandâs cousin is planning to take both daughters in, stay for the party and the show, have the dinner they provide, get some autographs, catch the train home and get my daughter home by around 11 or 11:30 pm. I had planned to let her miss school tomorrow⊠it would have been her only absence this year aside from her Confirmation in October. She was SO EXCITED!!!
But now she has the flu. Sheâs on Tamiflu, but has only had 2 doses. Sheâs still running a high fever; it was 103 and change at 2 pm yesterday at the doctorâs office.
Thereâs simply no way we can let her go.
First world problems, I know. But she was SO excited, and now her heart is broken. I was up all night, trying to find a way to rationalize not doing the right thing, and I know there is no way I can let her go. (My husband agrees, but he leaves for work early, so I have to be the heavy on this one.)
Yeah, weâll try to make it up to her somehow-- maybe hockey tickets over Feb. break. But right now sheâs upstairs crying and I want to cry with her.
Stop sniffing/snorking in an open plan office please.
Why are we immediately suggesting a community college for a student with a B+average and test scores above the 50th percentile . There are hundreds of schools in this country that would accept him. People need to realize that not everyone is looking to attend a superselective school. Thereâs a lot of schools in between CC and the Ivies.
Unbelievable. I ask you a question twice and I get from you nothing. Finally I have to ask you if you do
not want to talk about it and you say yes. Thank You! I had forgotten why I get so frustrated when I am
around you. I am back to wishing you out of my life.
Dear friend? not sure what is going on with you but you have made me rethink things.
Big changes. I do love you but am done with the imbalance.
I wanted the roast beef with Gorgonzola sandwich because it would break through the meh tastebuds from this cold. The mystery sandwich with maybe bacon and blah cheese is disgusting. $10 wasted 
I am lucky to not have crazy parentsâŠat this point itâs not even about cultural difference.
Some days are better than others.
Some days are worse.
Real butter is sooooo good.
Planned to watch last nightâs This Is Us episode this afternoon, but Iâm captivated by history happening instead.
Yes, you took my day from me. So no I donât want you to call soon. I wonât be around at
3 when you are. Just want some space. Text but donât call. Thanks!
47K a year tuition and yet you bill a $25.00 materials fee for Intro to Drawing?
A teary day for me. Kiddo turns 21 and is far away. Due to boarding school and now college, this is the seventh birthday we havenât shared with our only child, and this is such a milestone for both of us. Part of me is feeling an arbitrary parenting finality with this one. Sure, he was a legal adult at 18 but, at 21, in no eyes do we have any remaining authority or responsibility for him. Heâs a man on his own which is where we want him to be, but we are just guests in his life now. The love ties are Herculean and will always be there, but my nine-pound baby is long gone and my role in his life imperceptibly but forever changed today.
On the bright side, we can take him out for drinks when he comes home for spring break. 
What kind of engineering graduate school DOESN"T release their GRE and GPA average??
I am looking at you, my Alma Mater.
Well, things turned out great - left job on my own terms (quit without notice after my position was eliminated), got severance pay, and found a great new job (with better hours that should be lots of fun with no stress). I consider that a trifecta!