Thank you for sharing this.

The kids were ten and six.

Starred for the Sarah Lawrence reference.

I love its initial reaction of "Wait...you moved! How did you even?? ARRGH, MUST KILL IT!"

Seconding what USS_Leviathan said. Grew up in an overwhelmingly white New England (Mass) town and spent a lot of time on the Civil War ( mostly middle school and a little in high school) and then the Civil Rights Movement (high school).

I lost respect for her years ago when she started shaming people for being in interracial relationships.

Well, Lisa Marie would know. He left his (first) wife for her.

Huh. I can think of three two year-olds right now in my immediate circle of family and friends who love going through zippered wallets, purses, compartments, etc for fun. It's a great way I've learned to keep them occupied at restaurants for a several minutes.

Perfect. You win :)

Really? I think a lot of opera singers would disagree about the weight issue. It's possible there's a cold, rainy weather issue, though.

Pervy! He even adds an "aww, yeah" to the Italian lady.

Good. I like to fly Jetblue.

Yah, so much sexism.

There's definitely a logic to that...you can't hang out with the all-night-party-teens if your parents are super strict. However, that sounds kind of like anecdotal evidence. I can offer an anecdote of my own and draw the conclusion that kids band together for common interests, despite parenting styles. My own…

Is that what happened to that show? I thought they pulled the plug when one of them was arrested (for the Bling Ring) while filming...maybe she plea-bargined her way out and they continued making the show until crack showed up?

I don't know why the end part of your story really struck a nerve, heh. I'm all....A head pat? Really? Your friend has never been in a situation where there was a term or slang for something that was unfamiliar to him? I guess he doesn't travel much.

Same in Russian.

Hahaha! I say 'acon and beggs.

I almost gave up in the first 15 seconds or so....but glad I hung in there. They even threw a curve ball at him during the forecast!

Oh lawdy, this happened to me *twice* (and to an entire group of friends who saw this relationship as a non-stop train wreck for our guy friend).