Actually we kind of took over the men’s bathroom out of necessity … it was fun and moving !! and seemed pretty consensual.. the bathroom given the demographics at a certain point in the night just yielded to all that girl power. It was moving and fun experience!!

What I wanna emphasize is that I think you shouldn’t feel like you are “abusing” anyone.

I agree with this approach. I find paying for watching a younger sibling, even if it’s a baby, a bit like paying for a family member to empty the dishwasher. It’s one thing if the babysitting is very regular, like three hours each week. But occassional babysitting seems like a reasonable thing to contribute.

I live near Edinburgh which is taken over by the festivals in August. You couldn’t pay my husband enough to go into the city during the festival, but I quite like the food trucks, street performers, and hustle and bustle. Except when kiddo went to nursery on the main festival street and the school run required fending off buskers, and some performance artists made him cry…

I spent Saturday looking at the programme and deciding what he and I would like to go to. There’s a deep sea science show and one about Norse myths, which are his specialist subjects. My parents will be visiting, my mom hates crowds, but my dad will happily wander about.