midwesternmom's discussions

I call bullshit on your story. Legal is never amused, unless you were mocking the cretins in HR. Read more

"She's always with me in spirit. She's over there, right now, glaring at you for being so stupid." Read more

Employers who value their employees over making money/running a business? What kind of crazy angels are they? Read more

That was the plan 35 years ago, when a tornado went over my middle school. I still remember that the teachers held the big glass doors while they rattled in the wind. My husband makes fun of me, but we have a safe room in our basement. I don't want my kids to ever feel that exseenseen Read more

When I saw the first photo, I thought that Gerard Depardieu had cleaned himself up. Then I was doubly disappointed when I read the headline. Damn you, literacy, damn you! Read more

Using a gun to facilitate this particular crime gets 15 years added to the 6-30 range. And each penetration is a separate offense. And they will be consecutive. Yes, these young men will probably never be free again. Read more

I made the mistake of clicking on the Tan Mom video, before I turned down the audio on my computer. My kids are now scared bc she sounds "like a monster." And I didn't even let them see the images. Yeah, this will be coming up in therapy some day. Read more

When Scandal comes on, I always take a minute at the start to think about how beautiful she is, and then I get swept up in the plot and only periodically ponder how beautiful she is. She is great in the role, and I love seeing her every week on TV, but she is just so distractingly lovely. Read more

I am not generally afraid of insects, but cicadas terrify me. As a child, I picked up a cicada while it was trying to shed out of its skin, and it pinched me with its barbed feet. My mother had to pick cicada splinters out of my palm. So my terror is extreme. In 1998 I was at a large botanical garden when the swarm… Read more

Is it Wingjing or Wangjing? Because I am trying to decide whether to giggle like a four-grader. Read more

We have a Porch Kitty who got inside our house and hearts, and we lived for a year with her destroying our furniture. I was resigned to it, but I went to an APL cat fair with a friend. I was explaining that she needed a cat that was already declawed, since her husband is very anal, and I know the APL makes you sign a… Read more

Please read my comment. I have been tested. Read more

"to get *tested for* the BRAC mutation." Damn lack of edit and my own angry fingers, that fly faster than my brain. Read more

There is an excellent reason to get the BRAC mutation—so you can live your life in your own truth. We knew something ran in our family for 50 years—two of my aunts died in early 30's of breast cancer. My uncle got breast cancer. A second generation starting dying young. My family had testing so we could make informed… Read more

Are you too young to not be traumatized by the shower scene in Carrie ? Read more

Yes, but those eggs have a 50/50 chance of also carrying the BRAC mutation. As someone whose family has gone through testing, but only on the adults, you ponder the ethics of testing children. With our mutation, each pregnancy increases the cancer risk, so you want to know early, but not cloud a childhood with… Read more

I didn't think you meant disrespect. It is hard to imagine a disease so insidious that all her money doesn't change her odds. Cancer is an equalizer. Read more

My cousins have the same mutation as she does. They lost their mom when she was 42. When one of my cousins went in for her double mastectomy, the initial screens were good but her removed breast tissue was positive for cancer. She woke up to her surgeon telling her she saved her life by catching the cancer early. The… Read more

I always wanted a skit or digital short where Stefon went clubbing with James Carville. The range of crazy that Bill Hader can pull off was extreme. Read more

My family had this testing, ten years ago. It was $2500 for the first person, who had to be a cancer survivor. Then, once my aunt's genes were thoroughly mapped, the testing for subsequent family members was much less. My dad, also a survivor, paid around $500. My test was $300. So it does get more affordable, if you… Read more