Featured community question with accompanying regional differences
Today’s featured question comes from user wishfullthinking: Since I grew up in the South and was raised by two very proper, Southern parents, I wasn’t ever to refer to a woman as anything else. It was YES, MA’AM. NO MA’AM. WHATEVER YOU WANT, MA’AM. Same thing with Sir. It was a way of showing respect [...]
Featured community question with accompanying fear of Gorbachev
Today’s featured question comes from user tam4797: Well, definitely this one. I can’t sit with my legs dangling over the side of the bed because surely there is a demon underneath who is going to grab me and drag me to some horrible dark place. Like Chuckarama. Or Reno. Oh no. I’ve upset Reno. Listen, [...]
Featured community question with accompanying sappy ending
Today’s featured question comes from user kebhome: If ever there was a question with so many possible answers from one person depending on what stage of life she’s in. As a kid: “How many days until Christmas?” As a teenager: “Please let today be a good hair day, please let today be a good hair [...]
Featured community question with accompanying warning:
DO NOT GOOGLE IMAGES OF SCARS. PLEASE. I URGE YOU TO REMAIN INNOCENT. Today’s featured question comes from user maylu: Anyone ever heard of a keloid? Basically, I scar outward. Meaning, there are several places on my body where it looks like I have grown an extra limb, one in particular on my right shin [...]
Featured community question with yet another reason for couple’s therapy
Today’s featured question comes from user KA (yes, I know one of this member’s questions has been featured before, but I happened to read this one right after a certain encounter, and hell, this member asks great questions): We’ll get to that certain encounter, but first, no matter what my mood, no matter if the [...]
Featured community question with accompanying First World nonsense
Today’s featured question comes from user KA: Now, I realize that this is a bit awkward and tacky, writing about my hair just days after a tragedy that has crippled so many lives and puts such trivial nonsense into glaring perspective. It is just my hair. I have my hair. I have my life. The [...]
Featured community question with accompanying oopsie
Today’s featured community question comes from user mommasj: And the reason I chose this one was because it perfectly coincides with the most recent Momversation I participated in where we talk about our worst parenting moments: I got a little talky in the video I submitted (MUST BE ALL THIS TIME I SPEND WITH JON, [...]
Featured community question with accompanying supermodel
Today’s featured question from the community comes from user Josie Maran, former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, I am not even joking (you can see for yourself, and then I am going to sit back and watch a flood of teenage boys sign up for the dooce® community): This isn’t necessarily a direct answer to this [...]
Featured community question with accompanying wacky antics
Today’s featured question from the community comes from user aslapintheface: Which is the perfect segue into what happened over the weekend, starting on Friday afternoon when Jon announced that I would be making gingerbread cookies with Leta the following day, didn’t I know? Hadn’t I heard? Because that’s all she talked about on the ride [...]
Featured community question
Why yes, of course, within the first week of the community site being live the questions have devolved into farts. If ever there were a marker for success! Here’s one from Mama M. I answered this question over there, but wanted to expound here because I realize I haven’t ever told you guys the actual [...]
