For Kate, primarily

[jvowles]

but also for any other female friends who've found their bongo drums a difficult instrument to master on occasion. (I mention Kate because she mentioned her girls not too long ago.)

Gakked from pablowapsi, who writes an excellent webcomic whose main character is a bit ...overendowed (don't worry, it's work-safe and not at all skanky)....

An article in the

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[trishalynn]

My girls recently became older girls, and it was very upsetting to me. Mostly because it means that every part of me is getting fatter. I used to be a perfect size six: ring, shoe and dress. Now I'm not anymore, and my bra size went from the perfect 36C to an awkward 38D, possibly DD depending on the bra model.

*shakes fist as the other half of the species* You get away with so many things! You owe us paid maternity leave and equal pay for equal work!

[jvowles]

Equal pay, definitely. Paid maternity leave, perhaps, and if so for BOTH parents -- again, equality. Unpaid leave, absolutely, but not indefinitely.

[trishalynn]

If not paid child-rearing leave for both, then how 'bout ensuring that the new mom would be able to do some of her job at home for those of women in white-collar office jobs? Telecommuting's all the rage now.

Of course not unpaid leave indefinitely. How would anyone get any work done?

I'm reminded of one of the "old school" sales guys I worked for back in California, who had half-jokingly griped to me once after the art/layout gals (both of whom were expecting and doing heavy jobs for him) left a meeting: "If I ran a company, I'd hire all guys so that none of them would have babies and leave."

[jvowles]

I think we're headed toward more progressive policies that recognize that *dad* might be the one to stay home sometimes once the baby's born, but the change is slow coming in some sectors

[kutariprime]

My voice dropped when I was 10. I was the only kid in my class who was a barotone in choirclass. And I had five oclock shadow in 5th grade.

I hit puberty pretty early.. but the strangest thing is (start playing twilight zone theme now) that I did not start to grow chest hair until 5 years ago which coencided with me starting to date Rob.

[jvowles]

Heh. Most of the males in my family don't get hairy (or grow proper facial fuzz) until late 20s

[kutariprime]

most interesting.

I think I must have inherited some of the latent watered down Asian genes in my gene pool.
Which explains my eye shape for one.

But regarding hair.. all the men in my family tend to be hairy literally over night once they hit puberty. My brother has been as hairy as Chewbaca since he was 16/17

fortunately I have not inherited the bald gene , unlike my brother who is developing a "solar panel"

My brother says I may have hit puberty early, but stopped aging. I guess I must have Elven genes in my make up or perhaps Vulcan? I do wish I was taller though

[drgnmstr_nik]

I agree! Testicals get in the way too!

I mean come on, they just hang there. If your not wearing the proper undergarments certain exersizes can just smack them back and forth between the legs...and then if you are using the proper undergarments you run the risk of breaking them (as in functionality, not nutcracking)!

Then there is the fact that some of us even have difficulty sitting due to them.

At least women with oversized breasts have the option of breast reduction surgury...what are we supposed to do? Donate one to science?

Anyway there is a fair share of men in the US who understand the problems of large...bongos...

[sundancekat]

I'd never heard of that 'pencil test' thing. I am so trying that when I get home from work.

And then snickering uncontrollably as I fail.