I think that might be one if the important things: you didn't go into debt. Sure your wedding was expensive-ish, but it was clearly in your budget. It's the weddings where couples wildly overspend that portend doom to me. Maybe a more relevant question for this issue would be 'how much did you borrow for your…

Cooking with my husband is always a trial (he's a chef, lord help me) because he always yells "Sharp!" or orders me to chiffonade something.

I've definitely seen this. I used to work at a nonprofit under a biracial woman (not that most people took the time to acknowledge that her identity was more complicated than 'black') and there were some who definitely seemed to prefer dealing with me, the younger white woman. There's a lot going into that: maybe some…

Don't tell anyone about the Trader Joe's coco oil; I work there and our supplier can't keep up right now. Any time we run out people lose their SHIT.

This is the problem: people can't just decide for themselves what the right way to do something is, it's dictated by tradition. My husband has a shitty dad (so he didn't exactly want to carry on that proud heritage); my family has been super supportive for both of us; and his name was sort of ridiculous anyway. Since…

We actually have friends where the husband took the wife's last name for reasons similar to what you're saying; he was raised by his mom and stepdad but had a different last name than everyone in his family. When they got married she knew she wanted to keep her name for professional reasons, so he changed his since he…

His name actually was pretty ridiculous. Add to that the fact that his dad is shitty (so why would you want to carry on that tradition), and that he wanted our family to have the same last name, and it just made sense. His sister took her husband's last name for similar reasons when she got married, and that's cool…

Why?

My husband took my last name when we got married. I told he could do what he wanted but I was keeping my name, and he thought about it and went with my name for personal reasons. So the kids will have my name, obviously.

I was thinking the same thing about different cultures. This story made me think of a radio story I heard... somewhere. I can't think of it exactly, but it was an interview with a former political prisoner in Egypt(?). He was imprisoned along with some family members, all of whom had memorized large amounts of poetry.…

I was thinking the same thing about different cultures. This story made me think of a radio story I heard... somewhere. I can't think of it exactly, but it was an interview with a former political prisoner in Egypt(?). He was imprisoned along with some family members, all of whom had memorized large amounts of poetry.…

My mom is a librarian at a downtown branch and damn... the amount of people who look at porn on their computers is astounding. In a public library! Where kids are doing homework!

I'm just kind of shocked they haven't done it already.

Maybe because they're... like a... churro? Ish? I dunno, I just know that those and Taco Bell cheezy potatoes were key to my super-drunk-but-not-drunk-enough-to-forget-I'm-a-vegetarian cravings in college.

Huh, this is interesting to hear. I'm considering going back to school so I can be qualified for a better job (ie a desk job). But I like my retail job. We get good benefits, my coworkers are nice, we're encouraged in our outside interests, the schedule is flexible. I don't make much money, but I also live in a pretty…

I think having a few vinaigrettes in your pocket is always good, because most store bought dressings are such shite. A good Dijon vinaigrette is easy and great for salads or tossing with green beans and roasted potatoes.

Ugh, I know. And the 'fat free' half-and-half. What even is that?

I worked in a small, independent natural food market. A customer once asked my coworker if our eggs were pasteurized:

I was just about to say... Sounds like my grandparents from Northern Wisconsin. Tater hot dish (tater tots, ground beef, salsa, and shredded cheddar), and fruit salad (red jello, mandarin oranges, pineapple, and whipped cream). Also their was a 'salad' with jello, apples, shredded carrots, and celery, I think. Truly…

I told my husband that if he proposed to me with a diamond I'd say no, because clearly anyone who'd do that doesn't know (or care to know) a thing about me. Between the icky symbolism and the problematic sourcing of diamonds, it'd be like thinking I'd be delighted by a dead rat.