gangey commented on Beware The "Turkey Drop": Holiday Dumping Season Is Upon Us

"@PaintedTrollop: I've done worse..."

gangey commented on Conspicuous Consumption

"@morninggloria: I see at least 5 bulls."

gangey commented on Conspicuous Consumption

"Here's a story: Hubby and I have been in "pay off grad school debt" mode for about 3 years now, which means we really don't buy anything besides food, diapers, and the occasional replacement of work clothes that get too frayed to wear anymore."

gangey commented on Cereal Choices For The High, Drunk, And Old

"@peashelle (anatomicalsnuffbox): Oh hell yes."

gangey commented on Age Of Innocence? 3-Year-Olds Think They're Fat

"@DaisyGamble: I teach 5th graders who STILL have trouble with this. "But the girls ALWAYS get to go first!" "You NEVER start on this side of the room!" etc."

gangey commented on Liz Jones Turns In Her "Recession Woes" Piece, But Will It Change Anything?

"@nothanks: "it felt like she wanted it to be a HORRIBLE experience to justify her own spending, she didn't try and find and 'simple pleasures' like greater human interaction, sense of accomplishment etc" Ding, ding, ding!"

gangey commented on De-Overparenting Is The New Overparenting

"@Jorie Slodki: I've got one student whose parents aren't quite THAT bad, but they don't seem to think anything is wrong with dropping her off at noon if they were out partying the night before and don't want to get up to drive her to school at 8:00am."