Of course. However, it irritates the hell out of me when people who have been independent adults for years, even living together, and expect to be gifted cash "because we already have everything we need".

I truly believe we all need to help each other and no one makes it alone. But I just don't see why marriage entitles you to an automatic wad of money.

I've never understood how getting married, having invited people to a wedding or not, should entitle you to ask for money. Period. I'm happy to help you move, paint your apartment in exchange for a little pizza and beer, and will pet-sit , baby-sit, give you money for food or take you to the hospital or let you stay…

"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille."

Me? I'm just older than most of you. (But getting older is cool, all. Stick around.)

Not THE MIDDLE of Manhattan. More like in the middle of the lower quarter of Manhattan.

You may not get as many stars as you deserve, but this is wonderful.

Is there still a commenter of the day award? Because if anything was made for it, it's this one.

I really don't like most fast food - McDs, BK, Pizza Hut. I grew up in NYC where good local grease pits produce stuff that's so far above the level of the major corporate artery-cloggers. Gimme a dinerburger at 2 a.m or a street slice any time. But POPEYE'S Chris: don't let your children miss out on that.

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Square Pegs (The Waitresses)

Menstrual cramps aren't the only period discomforts. As I entered my 40's and 50's I also experienced full-body joint pain and temporary IBS. Which all disappeared the glorious day I failed to get my period for evermore at 54. Period pains are generally accepted as an immune system reaction (like arthitis, IBS, etc.)…

Three cheers for menopause! The day I finally missed a period (and never had an0ther, at 54) was the best of my life.

I am a not skinny born in the USA person who lives in a Mediterranean country where, if you read the menu in a typical restaurant, you'd think we all will die by 55 of carb/grease overload. (And BTW the Yurpeans are having major problems lately of elder/kid/office worker type person obesity). But I digress: over here…

I once had to work a fundraising dinner at that museum and saw Bianca Jagger going into a toilet stall wearing a ball gown with a huuuuge skirt that had a bustle. I don't even want to think of the logistics involved.

I've never worked in food service, but I always tip at least 20-25%. Service has to be awful for me to undertip or not tip. I'd rather tip 15% and then speak to the manager (and I have a number of times.) I'd welcome higher prices for no tipping. Plus, As someone who once had a salaried job and now has to live on…

They were together and committed to each other for a quarter century. You've been commenting here for less than 24 hours, so obviously you win.

It wasn't legal anywhere in the US back then, but I went to what was described as a gay wedding (legally, at that time, a non-law binding commitment ceremony) in an Episcopal church in NYC in 1987. Unions like that weren't celebrated in too many Episcopal churches back then but some did.

You know those posts from Buzzfeed and other sites where they post godawful vintage recipes? This is our era's equivalent. Great cooks, even imaginative everyday non-pro cooks can often come up with wonderful, innovative combinations. This is just letting a bunch of aged 8 year olds loose in a kitchen to see what…

Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent: One wore J. Crew and one, Laurent? That's what I call a mixed marriage.