Americans consume MUCH more sugar than any other cultures do worldwide. We put sugar in things that don't need sugar (who loves Hawaiian sweet bread?). So someone who's not from the U.S. would definitely call cornbread a "cake" because it has sugar in it - and a rather large amount proportionally to the recipe, too. Because corn is primarily a North American food (something else that shows up in a lot of things it doesn't need to), most Europeans haven't had cornbread (or Johnny cake, as we called it growing up).
So yes, Sleepy, I can see why you would call our biscuits and cornbread (or corn muffins) a "cake" because they're much sweeter than most baked goods you've had.
And thanks to whomever mentioned Cornish pasties before. Now I want a Yooper pasty (which is like the Cornish ones but has an extra ingredient, rutabaga, I think). Extra ketchup, please. Which also has a lot of sugar.
Yodiwan, I'm so glad you have the chance to be a Manny! I think in our culture we tend to downplay the positive effect that a baby can have being cared for by a man. Men and women are fundamentally different, and each brings strengths to raising a child that the other just can't. I know as a mostly single mom, who's only had "help" in the most recent 4 of the last 10 years, there's a lot that I wasn't able to do for my girls that my husband does, and does very well. Like that whole endless teasing and joking thing. I don't get that.
My sister has a Manny who stays overnight with the kids when she works and they're not at their dad's house (she works midnights) and the kids love him. He even loves the cat. 
We keep in constant touch by text with the Boilers, of course; we also got a shout out by text from WWDRH, who is a totally cool dude (cheers, Bro!), and another from MmeLeota, so it feels almost like another reunion! Cool! 
