Nothing ages you more immediately than being called 'Mrs.'

Faith Salie

Categorized in : You Being Nothing More

If you're ever bcc'd, do not go near 'reply all.' 'Bcc' is 'blind carbon copy.' It means you're a fly on the wall, dude! If you hit reply all, it's beyond bad etiquette to out the person who gave you the superpower of invisibility. It's like screaming, 'I'm a spy!'

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It's fitting that an insult largely aimed at youth has made children of those who use it. 'Snowflake' reminds us how much we need climate change... in politics.

youth politics change children

Here's a simple guideline: if five names or fewer are cc'd, just go nuts and hit 'reply all.' But if more than five folks appear in the cc line, pause. Give it a thought. Some people are promiscuous and cc dozens of people who don't need to know each other's business.

some-people business simple people

Adverbs, we know, are meant to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. They help us understand things more clearly, more vividly, more... morely.

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I once accidentally 'replied all' and sent an email complaining about my then-boyfriend to a bunch of strangers. It was meant for my friend who was a bride, but I ended up addressing her entire wedding party. Her marriage lasted; my relationship didn't.

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Just as kids need to learn to respect their elders, we are a society that increasingly respects our youth.

elders respect youth society

There's a bit of a reluctance on my part to promote myself as any kind of hero because the things I've had to overcome in my life are not the deepest, darkest things.

my-life myself hero life

The desperate hunger our president has for approbation has led him to such lengths as claiming that God stopped the rain during his Inauguration. In fact, Mother Nature made sure it rained on Trump's hair the minute he started his speech.

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I'm squandering invaluable gray matter by censoring myself.

myself invaluable gray matter

Mother's Day is a bittersweet day for many of us. We all have mothers, but some of us have lost them.

some day mother lost

I don't mean to brag, but my water filter curates tap water, offering moi the finest combination of H, 2, and O available.

filter combination water mean

I'm an old mom of a young baby, and every moment matters.

old moment mom baby

It was my husband who had to open all the baby shower gifts which were haunting me in their candy-colored gift wrap - thank you notes demanding to be written.

gift me you thank-you

I've always wanted, notionally, to be a mother. And I was certain I would be, because everyone I know, gay or straight, married or single, rich or not so much, who truly wants to have a child figures out a way, some way, to have one - whether through adoption, fostering, surrogacy, fertility, accident, or persistence.

child rich gay mother

Sometimes art helps illuminate science.

illuminate sometimes science art

No longer is a geek identifiable by a pale complexion, black-rimmed glasses, a bowling shirt that says 'Nerd World Order.' No, geeks are everywhere. And they're cool!

shirt cool glasses world

When I was a kid, we called every teacher, every parent - anyone over the age of 20, it seemed - 'Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so.'

kid parent age teacher

The option to freeze one's eggs is just about the most empowering choice a single woman who knows she wants to be a mother can make.

woman choice single mother

I've spent my life being responsible, building a career, and waiting to find the right partner with whom to start a family.

my-life family waiting life

I entered my egg-freezing adventure from a feeling of lack - a lack of fertility, of the right partner, of biological time. But this perceived lack actually produced abundance - of options, time, peace of mind, and microscopic chances of a child.

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