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Britney's pregnancy weight loss unnatural? {ParentDish}
Oct 20th 2006 9:52AM I just love her big sassy grin. She looks great and like she feels good finally. Poor girl has looked miserable for months.
The sweater--she's never been a fashion icon. Tummy tuck--professional necessity. Kevin--maybe she just loves the guy.
Why don't we leave her alone now. She has two beautiful boys she's proud of. At least she is married to their father, unlike St Angelina and St Katie and others who are flaunting their little bastard all over.
Girth Surcharge: Should Overweight People Pay More to Fly? {Gadling}
Oct 16th 2006 3:19PM Flying these days is a miserable experience under the best of conditions.
I have been seated next to grossly overweight people who used part of my seat. I have also been seated next to drunks, fidgets, crying babies, armrest thugs, people with serious halitosis, knuckle-crackers and gum-snappers.
I do agree that, if a passenger cannot make him or herself comfortable within the parameters of their assigned seat, they should purchase an additional seat for their own comfort. This also goes for parents that travel with a child too big or too restless to sit quietly on their lap.
Are kids getting brattier? {ParentDish}
Aug 20th 2006 11:57AM I really enjoy this kind of subject because we all seem to have really strong opinions. Let me add mine.
First of all, I did not have children until being married for ten years, while all my friends were having them. Therefore, I feel that I have been on the childfree side of the fence also. I did resent that "It takes a village. . ." BS about child raising, that when we went out with friends and their children, we all had a responsibility for them. Where does that come from anyway? Do not assume your friends want to watch your children! I was at my husband's softball game when one of his friends showed up to play and had to bring his toddler son because his wife was out. He gave him to me to watch. I gave him back and said, "I am here to have fun, drink beer and watch the game, not babysit." He got mad and went home. My husband also got mad and we were all mad at each other for a while.
After I had my children I did not expect anyone to be responsible for them except for me. We took them to family style restaurants where they behaved or we left.
If it was not possible to leave, one of us would walk the parking lot with the offender while the other would quickly finish eating, then we would trade places.
If I had to take them shopping, it was buy what you need, pay and get out. Not stroll around the store, looking at things or god-forbid try on clothes.
It's not rocket science. Children have very short attention spans and a low threshold for sensory overload. Keep them home and play with them. Don't sit them in front of the TV or give them video games to entertain them. That is your job. They are only little for a short time, and if you cannot give up your adult pleasures for a short time then you should not have had children.
