If it was the mid 1990's I would agree with you, but most people need to work - and the unemployment rates are ridiculously high. Many people have others that depend on them and cannot afford to pass up bonuses due to poor performance or getting fired.

Oh, and I forgot about some of my darling coworkers. Found out YEARS later that one of my coworkers used to steal the personal photos on my desk for masturbation material in the bathroom, and another one used to sniff my seat. Regularly.

There are too many.

I freakin' loved Domino magazine - bought the design book when it came out.

This! And when you take the jeans to the tailor because they are your absolute favorites, and you will die without them - they are never the same afterwards.

Wow - this is the first time anything on my body has been considered "aesthetically pleasing" to shallow idiots. I'm going to run with it.

No words. My ex husband was like that, and he was a class A narcissist. Luckily I kicked him to the curb, but it took about 6 years to figure out it wasn't me that was the problem and another 3 of therapy to figure out that he wasn't ever going to change.

I used to love the Olive Garden's all you can eat soup, salad, and breadsticks. You could gorge yourself silly for six bucks. However, that was in my late teens early twenties when I didn't gain weight.

She went overboard when she mentioned that some of the other kids don't have fathers in their lives, but this is something my mom would have done. My parents were great, but if I stepped out of line and got caught there was holy hell to pay.

It took me years to lose my most of my accent and correct my speaking. Recently I heard a recording of myself from when I was in my late teens and I realized exactly how undereducated Rhode Island I sounded. However, I still can't say words like "drawers" without people giggling.

(Imagine just the accents from Lois…

Haha - agreed!

Oh hell, why did they have to use a Weihenstephan chalkboard for this nonsense? That's a good beer!

Superficiality begets superficiality I guess.

Southern California - LA County. Why am I not surprised?

My idea of desk rage is a little different, and this is purposely vague so my employer doesn't find out.

Right now I work in "middle management" about 10-12 hours a day and sometimes on weekends just trying to keep up with the demands of my job. I have been doing this for 17 years.

It's more pressure from my partner who wants to "do things right". While I appreciate the fact he wants to have something special, I have better ideas on what to do with that kind of money. It will get worked out in the long run, I'm just having sticker shock and I can't figure out how normal people afford this…

That's the backup plan, I'm not a huge fan of diamonds so we have been looking at various vintage rings. The nice ones still cost $$

My partner and I are getting married.
It astounds me how much everything costs, I don't want to spend $700 on a dress, another $1000 on wedding bands, and holy crap the ceremony cost...even in vegas! My coworkers are confused as to how I can be engaged without a ring, but I just refuse to let him spend $1500 to…

I live in Santa Monica, and rent is too damn high. However, the city is VERY strict with landlords and this wouldn't fly for a second.

Love love love it!
Can't believe how hard it is to find a wedding dress that isn't strapless these days.