There's a hypothesis you didn't mention: perhaps being scientific, not being racist, and not being religious, are all caused by a single trait - namely, not being dumb.

I too have been wondering about connections between personality traits and religion. Growing up, I was one of those kids who always listened to adults and authority. Needless to say, religion was not good for me. I was in an environment where people were kind of in between devout and casual, go to church every Sunday…

Follow-up pics because duh.

I laughed at the tapered pants too, and now I love them. But there's a different harbinger of doom that I dread more. Is it just me, or are we heading back to the days of ill-fitting shirts with shoulder seams that reached your elbow? The horror! I really like clothes that fit me. I'm hoping that fashion won't…

So I'll edit this as I read further, but so far just for the first story.

I did the solo trip and it was lovely! Already tried the group trip and tried on everyone's favorites but my own. Tried another store were I had found a clearance one online... Best 15 minutes on my lunch hour ever!

I got mine for $98 from Dillards online and never looked back.

Pretty huge debt!! High five!

I bought mine online, alone (with my dad's credit card, bless him), while drinking beer and watching football, and then took it to have it tailored when it arrived.

Ooooooo laa laaaaa! That is a regal gown! I love that blue!!!

You will have a wonderful experience if you go alone. Bridal shop staff are usually the nicest people on earth..

Why not just let people select whatever salutation (if any) they prefer from a drop-down menu? I am married but loathe Mrs., so I always select Ms. when I have to. I prefer being addressed as Ms. F in formal correspondence because, well, it's formal in a way "Dear Molly" just isn't.

But I thought the whole point of women going to school was to get a Mrs. degree? Has Princeton Mom steered us wrong?

For some reason it really bugged me when Profs would call me "Ms Yadiggit" in class. It felt really weird. Like when strangers call you Ma'am and you're like "if you only know what I did last night, you wouldn't consider me a ma'am."

That's what I did. SimplyBridal.com was awesome. And a lot cheaper.

I bought my dress online. Okay, technically I bought seven dresses online and returned six of them. But that's what's nice about online shopping — free shipping, free returns.

I shopped online for mine. It was perfect, sizing was spot on (some alterations needed but minimal, and some alterations are always to be expected), and saved me the trouble of checking out an overpriced boutique or the madhouse which is David's Bridal (only options around here). I FULLY recommend online from a…

I really recommend going to a store if there's one near you. They have special packages for brides, bridesmaids, guests, etc. They'll bring you champagne and stuff. You can make a day of it.

I can honestly see him in jail next. That's usually the way these relatiinships go.