I have learned that the best way to get a broken arm x-rayed by rushed doctors is to act like I'm in horrendous pain. I dissociate from physical pain quite easily and it's really frustrating when doctors tell me I'm fine because I'm not crying. I had a completely torn ACL that was not looked after, despite a month of…

Totally agree! I wish we had more of a teamwork model for doctor-patient relationships. My medical frustrations have all happened in Canada, but I think it's pretty common for people to experience that stuff in many medical situations.

Doctors often don't respect their patients' own opinions on their health. It took me a hellish year of being in and out of emerge before I was diagnosed with epilepsy. Every time I saw a doctor they would accuse me of being on drugs (I wasn't...yet), being pregnant, or being an emotionally unhinged teenage girl. Every…

Agreed, it's so pretty. I adore rings like that, but my stubby fingers do not agree.

I used to go brush my teeth, put on make-up, comb my hair, etc. before my BF woke up when we started dating. I did it because I thought if he saw "just me" he'd be repulsed. Turns out he can't tell if I'm wearing "natural" make-up or not, can't even see my (to me) crater-sized pores, and gives not one shit about how…

This is very comforting to hear.I would love it if I could be a wallflower at my own wedding, but i realize how silly that might be for such an event. My boyfriend already has at least 8-10 groomsmen planned, while I have a hard time going beyond maid of honour. I know he'll need a show, but I have a really hard time…

Ugh. This. I have somehow become responsible for how my SO responds to every event. I am a deeply entrenched introvert - why the fuck am I now responsible for planning his friend/family events? Everyone accepted that he was shit at that stuff before, but now it's entirely on me if "we" miss one GD card.

That's what I was worried about... Frankly, I'm not a wedding person and would be quite happy to elope... But you know, kinda have to fold in the SO's dream too :)

Appreciate the response. I was not trying to be aggressive with my comment, just curious, and I really am grateful for the clarification.

Thank you for some experienced advisement! I figure I may disappoint some people, but I figure if I they are disappointed then it's probably upset over some historical etiquette and not a personal issue, otherwise they would be attending. That said, I'll probably cave and send some invitations banking on quite a few…

I'm unclear on if this is another "Bis don't count" comment or not.

Question... Is there any possible, inoffensive way to invite some cousins but not all? I'm guessing from your comment that the answer is no, bu thope is a helluva drug. I'm much closer to one side of my extended family than the other. I know all of my cousins were invited to my sister's wedding, but only one half came…

I (mostly) agree with you. All of the weddings i have attended thus far in my days of burgeoning wedding critique afficionado have been lovely and fairly uncrazy. My biggest complaint has been a stag and doe held in a bus accessible area (no cabs accessible for drinkers) on NYE. Overall though, I think if your…

"Big is beautiful" is not an exclusionary phrase. "Real women have curves" is an exclusionary phrase. One celebrates being big (good, accurate), the other implies that only those with curves are real women (bad, inaccurate). The latter puts down others by excluding them from being seen as "real women" and is merely…

But Forever 21 is not a small, one town store. It's actually a very different situation when millions of dollars of profit are involved and executives make consistently good salaries. The independent store owner you describe could face poverty themselves if they had to cut the margin by that much. The owner might lay…

Charity starts at home, not at work!

Ha! That was great!

You're lucky - pink and orange are hard to pull off. I can do orange ok, but pink usually makes me look washed out. Your wedding sounds like it was vibrant and lovely!

I felt like the writing for the Potter books grew with the characters (got darker, more complex, better written). Did you find the same? I always felt like the writing improved, but maybe that is because the story itself improved/matured, for me, as the series progressed. I'm wondering if others feel the same.

Noooo! Not that episode. I can't stand it.