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This was in 2003, but they still have paddles today. Most southern school districts still allow paddling, with parental permission.

In 5th and 6th grade, I went to a school that still had corporal punishment. The teachers all had wooden paddles, usually displayed on their desk or hung next to the chalkboard. Most teachers would take the misbehaving kids out into the hall and spank them with the paddle over their… Read More

Dr told me that I was just anxious about my pregnancy, everything was fine, and the fact that I felt awful, was drinking water constantly but hardly peeing, was inflating like Aunt Marge, and generally felt a sense of impending doom was all just something in my head from fretting… Read More

I will say some of this is the fact that some men aren't as careful with their own health, relying on their wives to take care of/mother/nag them. Unfortunately, my husband is like this. He will refuse sunscreen and then be a complete baby once he's sunburnt.

#9 saying "the mothers nurse the embryos" make it sound like female sharks take care of their young, which is incorrect. The mothers either lay eggs or have live birth, but the young are on their own immediately. Neither parent cares for the young. I think him saying he never knew… Read More

#18. ... I'm sorry, but think of it like snakes. Most people are terrified of any snake they see, without knowing if it's venomous or not. But you don't call those people foolish for being overly cautious. When you don't know who the predators are, you have to be cautious of everyone.… Read More

The maintenance man for our building also rented the apartment below ours and became obsessed with my roommate after installing an AC unit in her room. He would let himself in when we were out to repair things as "favors" for her, not telling us until after. I wasn't seeing too much… Read More

Sort of unrelated to the point of this article, but I did want to discuss the fact she said the applicators are recyclable. I want to let people know that they really need to research their own local recycling programs. I work in recycling and in our county, not only would the applicators… Read More

Thank goodness for this list. My sister is on her second pregnancy and even though no pregnancy is "easy", she typically enjoys it and sees it as a magical time. While my pregnancy was an absolute horror show. My pelvis separated at about 7 months, I swole up like Aunt Marge and was… Read More

I have a coworker who is very chatty. She spends most of her job out in the field, dealing with angry people, so when she does come by the office, she likes to stop and chat a while. Everyone in our office frequently visits with each other and talks about non-work related topics.… Read More