BEER GOGGLES: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND ROMANTIC JUDGMENT _ Are we really less fussy about who we fancy after a drink? New research suggests yes. Researchers (Edge Hill University) got 80 students drunk and asked them to perform a simple task on a computer while trying to ignore images of human faces. And they found that both the drunk students and their sober counterparts found the task harder to complete when they were presented with an image of an attractive face. However, the drunk students were also distracted by the less attractive faces.… What does that prove? It proves that drunk people become much less fussy when it comes to selecting a potential mate. In short, drunk people will fancy anything. In short, beer goggles are real.
CRAZIEST THINGS MOMS WERE TOLD WHILE THEY WERE IN LABOR
• “A resident told me she’d heard labor feels like a watermelon on fire coming out of your vagina.”
• “The labor nurse took one look at me when I arrived and said to the midwife, ‘We’re going to be here a long time with this one.’”
• “Your uterus is lazy.”
• “While I was pushing the nurse told me not to get blood on her brand-new scrubs.”
• “I was told to stop moaning so loud because I was disturbing other patients.”
• “Your cervix is in Alaska.”
TO STAND OUT, PARENTS GIVE THEIR BABIES OUTLANDISH NAMES _ Each new generation of parents are faced with a unique set of challenges that their parents before them never encountered. However, a survey of parents finds that many may be doing their children a serious disservice all in the name of potential social media followers. In all, 7 percent of respondents said they’ve given their kid a made-up name, with half of them choosing a name with social media in mind. Some interesting names: Jaspin; Ranger; Wrenlow; Eastley; Graylen; Maevery; Faelina; Evabeth; Tessadora; Jessalie; Sophiel; Elisobelle
