Good Point!
Now instead of MASTER-Bate, I'll call it MISTRESS-Bate!

"Owner's bedroom" is upscale? Because when I hear it, I think the person has had to rent out the rest of the rooms to make the morgage.

Couldn't you also say something like "main bedroom"? Then people would know what you meant. I feel like if I read "owner's suite" I would think that meant something different than just a bedroom, which I guess is fine for the upscale houses as discussed but otherwise might sound confusing/misleading.

Is that the origin of the term? Like etymology-wise? Are we sure bedrooms aren't "master" in the sense of master plan or master degree or master at arms? It just seems like a word that means "biggest," "best," "main" in many ways beyond master-slave. I'm totally open to the idea I could be wrong. And I do see how it…

Well, from here on out, I'll be mistressbating.

Yes! Because otherwise she'll spin it as 'hurt and sad bride.' Better everyone know the truth so they can make their choices with all the information.

My MOH was trying desperately to conceive during the time when I was planning my wedding. She asked me, with some trepidation, what I'd do if she got pregnant in the interim, and my immediate answer was "We'll just get you a bigger dress!" I couldn't in a million years imagine kicking my best friend out of my wedding…

Is this just my own dejavu or did the wedding party story/question already appear on jet or gawker media somewhere?

So we're drop-shipping a team of crisis counselors who specialize in repeated trauma/PTSD to Newtown, right? Please?

So, I was nowhere near the bombings, but as many bus lines were shut down I walked through/by the area near couple & the prudential. I saw a lot of crying people. happily, I saw a family crying because they found their daughter who had been running in the marathon. I saw people being brought into the ER at BMC. I…

If my husband came home and told me he wanted to become a woman, I can only hope that I respond with the strength and grace that Heather has. I fell in love with a person - a human being - who is more than the sum of his or her parts.