For about six years in the 1990s, the intensifier “so” — as in “I’m sooooo over it” — belonged solely to women. It was a short chapter in the history of American linguistics, but worth revisiting. In 1994, Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe, the three female leads on the Friends cast, were scripted to use the term “so” to modify nearly half of their adjectives. The women of the Friends cast were so glad, so jealous, and so sorry. Read More...
What do you do when your baby doesn’t like you? Is it even possible for a baby to not like you? In this edition of Fatherly Advice, Fatherly‘s resident parenting expert Patrick Coleman tackles that question for a concerned dad before stepping in for another father who is having a prolonged — and very passive aggressive — battle with his mother-in-law.
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My son is 12-months-old and I’m pretty sure he hates me. Read More...
On some level, it is impossible to find a pouch of oatmeal that does not suck. The reason is simply that when food in pouches is not destined for the mouths of babes, it is suspect. (Baby food gets a pass, though, I’d also recommend exploring homemade baby food.) But when food is made into something semi-liquid and piped into a small pouch, it is not the food that is so much harmed but the human eating it. Read More...