midwesternmom's discussions

Little known fact—Kashi is the Kardashian kode word for sexy times. Read more

It is heartening (if that is a word) to see other people run immediately to her aid. Read more

I have been that parent carrying a screaming kid out of a store or restaurant for a timeout. I openly applaud any parent who does this. The shock that they cannot hold an entire room of witnesses hostage to their screaming starves the tantrum. It is like depriving a fire of oxygen. Read more

I thought it was Natalie Portman. Does not look like herself, but maybe is just too hot to wear all the contouring makeup. Read more

I took that to mean he cleaned her while she was unconscious. Maybe medical language that gor garbled in translation. Read more

As it is, my kids start chanting, "Idiots, idiots," as we cross the main street to the school. I am a bad influence. But at least I don't wear pajamas to drop my kids off at school. Read more

He might have had adhesions that caused the foreskin to be unable to properly retract. We adopted my son at two, he had adhesions, and we were advised to have him circumcised as a child to avoid pain or pulling when erect. If it tore inside the foreskin, I imagine it will heal with another adhesion. This has to be… Read more

It's not so bad in the summer, but I go crazy dropping off my kids at school. People stop in the road and cause backups through a busy intersection. People use handicapped parking and the fire lane as their personal drop off zone. Parents talking on the phone, in a school zone, backing up into traffic without… Read more

I have used Emjoi tweezer epilators for about 15 years. It doesn't get the shorter hairs, but is fabulous is the winter for weekly touch ups. My leg hair is noticeably finer. It was painful at first, and I will never enjoy cleaning up my bikini line, but I have stuck with it all these years bc hate the razor burn. Read more

This depresses me. I always think things are better/fairer in other places. I just hope that in another generation some of this hatred and intolerance will have stopped, worldwide. I just don't get how two men together is a threat to straight men. Read more

No, I know it is a popular joke with stupid straight dude bros. It just infuriates me bc my stepson lives in Boystown and the random acts of hate and violence from men who feel entitled to mock them makes me stabby. And he knows he can bring home any man, except a jerky douche like this Kevin. Read more

My first thought was how much his little butt looks like Winnie the Pooh stuck on the tree. Such cuteness. Read more

I would watch a movie where Chelsea Handler grounds Russell Brand and he steals her classic car and wrecks it then tries to fix it. A classic teen comedy with drugs and hookers and lots of hair extensions. Read more

Asshole, the men of Boy 's Town do not prowl apartments looking for straight naked men to rape. You can safely commit public acts of indecency. Read more

I wonder if this will also prevent or reduce hair changes after chemo. My aunt lost only her grey hair, but her hair lost its curl. One of my coworkers lost her straight hair and now is rocking a head of crazy curls. And they both realize it is not the worst problem in the world, but after all the treatment and… Read more

Separate bathrooms for the win! We may always live in the sticks, but we poo in private and have lasted almost ten years. Read more

Thread Hijack! Best quote you ever stole from your mom. I'll start with my mom's gross-but-accurate response to three warring high schoolers, "You all would fight over the last bite of a turd sandwich." Read more

He's a too Aiden in SITC before the haircut. Even Samantha thought Aiden was aacceptable after the haircut. Read more

Both times, my husband insisted that I go. Because when I took him to the ER with a separated shoulder, the admitting nurse gave him her chair while we waited for the wheelchair to whisk him back to white sheets and good drugs. Gave him her chair. To be fair, he did look like death. Read more

I am bitter. I have been to the ER twice. The first time I had had an asthma attack for the first time ever, at age 35. Very scary. Waited two hours without seeing a doctor, then was told that a meth lab exploded and it would probably take four more hours to see a doctor. I figured I would just see my regular doctor… Read more