WHO GIVES A SHIT: Push Presents?

BREEDERS, this may be the only time I utter these words so listen carefully: Your valuable input is needed.

For the first time this week, I heard about "push presents." Apparently, I'm like the only person who's never heard of this, but if you're shamefully out of the loop, too, it's a(n often huge) gift a hubby gives his wife after popping out their offspring (or, I guess if you live on the UES, post scheduled C-section). I think the deal is it's supposed to "commemorate the occasion" and like, reward the mother for her "work" during and after the pregnancy. Case in point: the 10-carat diamond ring bestowed upon Rachel Zoe this week.

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[WHO GIVES A SHIT] When Was Your First Kiss?

I may or may not be dead inside, but I saw this video and my heart of ice just about melted. 

Two little kids, kissing for the first time, high-fiving each other afterwards.

If only everyone's first kiss could be that sweet.  For example, my first kiss was with my high school boyfriend.  This was not particularly magical for me because 1.) he had bad teeth and 2.) I wasn't into dudes.  AWESOME.

When was your first kiss?  Please tell me it was just as awkward.

WHO GIVES A SHIT: Sex Ed?

Oh my poor little tween (and not just because I'm clearly an embarrassment). I was wondering how he knew so much about sperm counts and my last case of PMS, and then I happened upon the diagram above on my dining room table yesterday, and all became clear. 

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WHO GIVES A SHIT: Has a Cab Ever Refused to Take You to Brooklyn?

By now, you've heard about the cab driver who went apeshit on a couple of ladies trying to go back to Bed-Stuy from that mystical land over the bridge (but here's the story and vid in case you don't read Gothamist...or Runnin' Scared...or Daily Intel...or the Post...or don't know how to read). 

What's your experience, gang: When you've told a Manhattan cabbie you're heading back to BK, has he sped away in horror? Did it make a difference if you specified you were headed to the Slope? (Or are you like me wherein you don't consider cabs an option e-v-e-r 'cause you'd have to move out of the hood to even afford one?)

Photo via scottweston on Flickr

WHO GIVES A SHIT: What's Your Definition of Park Slope Hell?

HAPPY RELAUNCH 'N' SHIT, Y'ALL. Of course, we're all busy celebrating how rad our new site is, but here's a Q to remind you that we still hate everything and everyone...and that you do, too.

What's the #1 place or sitch in the nabe that's the definition of your version of Park Slope Hell? Is it Kids' Day at the Prospect Park Y? The Tea Lounge, ALWAYS? A PS321 PTA meeting? Passing by the Co-Op on number 5 recycling day? Brunch at Dizzy's?

Comment, friends, foes and fellow complainers.