It’s kind of the point of that character, although it wasn’t meant to be - he’s brought up by bad people, and he gets to a certain point and says “this stops with me”. I wouldn’t mind, I write military adventure (think Sharpe although I am not Bernard Cornwall aha) so it is literally back-story.

BOOOOOOOOO THIS POLL!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I feel bad I am submitting so late, but it is what it is.

Also likely to be hidden in the greys but here it is. (Content warning: harm to children.)

I already submitted a scary story from childhood at the beginning of the month. This creepy incident happened last night.

Unfortunately, another case of things working exactly as intended.

Having worked in an industry that dealt with wedding stuff, your second paragraph is pretty much correct. The wedding upcharge is a nuisance fee. The places I worked, if you wanted a large white cake for a “party (wink wink)“, we didn’t care because the people doing that weren’t going to be a problem. The people…

A) Congratulations!

Again, a wedding is a family event so it’s not lying. Although you claim you’ll cancel the contract, I suspect you actually wouldn’t because if you’re really hard up as you say, then you’ll take some money over no money.

A wedding IS a family event so if you want to go for breach of contract, go right ahead.

In my case, I didn’t lie to the man renting the lodgings. We intended to have the wedding off-site, but then realized it would be easier there. We’d already booked the place and paid half for everything. Because I saw they had a wedding rate I actually called him and explained our situation. I actually did not want to…

I have said before and will say again - the pandemic was the best thing that could have happened to my daughter’s wedding. It made us focus on what the event was really about (two people committing to each other) and cut out all the other bullshit. The guest list was immediate family, a few cousins and a handful of…

In this case, it was a white guy who was plenty rich who tried to overcharge me for renting his lodgings, which were already priced at a premium. We left the entire place spotless and the wedding itself was so low-key that—as I pointed out in my message—he actually apologized for trying to charge us the wedding rate.

I…

““Anti-bride” is just a new version of the same list of “musts” that a woman has to achieve in order to be a good and trendy host on her wedding day, but framed by punching down at women who want a traditional wedding experience and the legions of women who did the traditional thing before.”

Totally, and of course you can’t just throw a party in your backyard! You must spend thousands of dollars on a tent, and then you need the decor to make the tent look less tent-like etc. Throwing a party outside a venue is full of pitfalls and cost creep and is much more difficult to manage and execute in my opinion,…

The cost of the chair rentals is legit. I got married in my parents' backyard, and that was way more expensive than it sounds. A wedding venue that includes everything you need is the way to go if you want to keep costs and effort under control. 

I feel like it’s important to think about this shift as part of an industry that has been totally shaken by 1. the collapse of one of their cornerstone retailers (David’s Bridal), 2. increased cost of operation and 3. consumers shrinking pools of disposable income. They’re desperate to remain relevant and essential to…

There’s an important distinction that gets lost in nearly every discussion of “high-maintenance” women vs. “chill, “low-key,” etc. And that is the distinction between what you are doing/paying for yourself, and what you are asking of others.

David Bowie in Labyrinth.

I cannot be alone in this one. Nine year-old me had feelings for David I could barely understand.