Fancier and more expensive, yes. Nicer? No.

Dad is right…the next party with all of your loved ones is usually when you're dead. And then you miss out. ;-)

And while you may be divorced x 2, I wouldn't call 12 years x 2 a failure on any level! I had a modest wedding with an expensive ring the first time…lasted 10 years. Then I had a 15 year engagement, and we got married a year ago when it became legal in the neighboring state (which gives a clue to the dissolution of…

I see "laughably pathetic," and it's not from looking in the mirror.

"The kind of bombing you see on the nightly news…" You mean those bombs that they use on Planned Parenthood locations? The specifically NOT glittery variety?

He is still my secret boyfriend.

And now I'm humming it. Thanks.

The length of time you have to present as married differs from state to state. I think where I am, it's 5 years.

I think they claimed to be married, but it wasn't official. Although presenting yourself as married sometimes makes you common law, doesn't it? Or maybe they hadn't been together to actually be common law? But you're right - there was news about it when they started claiming they'd gotten married.

Those boys just weren't raised right. They are stupid, arrogant and entitled.

Exactly!! This shows the power of good journalism in a sound-byte world.

Those parents must have waited tables at some point.

Remember Tina Fey's SP admonishing the internet to "stop photo shoppin' my head onto bikini pictures?"

Since we're not sitting in your house watching you, we don't really have any clue how your description matches up to the reality. I didn't spank, and I had also a strangely compliant child. My partner's daughter was, on the other hand, VERY difficult. She never met a boundary she didn't push right off the cliff. One…

Since we're not sitting in your house watching you, we don't really have any clue how your description matches up to the reality. I didn't spank, and I had also a strangely compliant child. My partner's daughter was, on the other hand, VERY difficult. She never met a boundary she didn't push right off the cliff. One…

I went and read it. Wowza.

I trip over my dog all the time. She's not blind, but constantly underfoot looking for snacks and not paying attention. I love her though, and always apologize, even though it's not my fault.

I think women hit their physical-look peak in their early 30's. So enjoy it!! At 33, I had just gotten divorced, come out, and gotten myself a navel ring. Except for all of the stress, it was pretty fun. Now, at 49, I'm not as young and cute, but still having fun. The technician who did my bone density test a couple…

Me too!!

Usually at the point that they figure out they want to be where their parents are not, there is a new, better app available.