Your spouse really needs to step in and take your side. Shortly after my then-boyfriend-now-husband moved in together we invited his parents over. His father was shockingly well behaved, but his mother was bitchy to me the whole time, although nothing at the level of your inlaws.

I die a little bit from second-hand embarassment every time I see this:

I must be old, and out of touch. When I used to go see live music the artists actually sang! From their own mouths! Right there in front of lots of people.

I worked retail during the R. Kelly’s Space Jam “I Believe I Can Fly” holiday season.

I name thee ... brother.

“And that’s what it is”

Exactly. It’s about improvement only. I will start walking, eating healthier, and working on my novel (and soon as I decide which of the many unfinished ones I want to go back to or start a new one!).

“Don’t do nothing just because you can’t do everything”. This is so powerful! Thank you. I will be using this when thinking about what I want for myself in 2017.

My step-mother-in-law kicked me out of her house a few Christmases ago because I didn’t compliment her Xmas decorations. My husband hasn’t seen his dad since because she’s convinced Dad that I’m some horrible monster, and he’s been manipulated enough for so many years to believe it. I tell my husband that he can try…

#teamstorm

My MIL is a horrible person and mentally unstable. My husband can’t bring himself to cut her off, and that is his decision to make. We do, however, minimize contact with her.

Well, 2016 ended with my boyfriend of 2+ years telling me he doesn’t love me and then asking, “So, what should we do?” To which I replied, “Break up, I guess.” Fuck this shitty year and shitty people. What a colossal waste of time and energy.

Billy Eichner and funny don’t belong anywhere near each other in a sentence unless that sentence also includes the words, “is not” directly before funny.

Drinking less.

All,

That’s very similar to my 2017 goal. I’m trying to stop myself from giving up on things too soon if they’re not perfect on the first try. I’m going to allow myself to make mistakes and get frustrated and come back to it. I like “progress not perfection.” Hope it works out well for you!

Fuck a resolution - I’m trying to work on my perfectionism so instead of setting myself up for misery, I’ve decided 2017 will be about progress not perfection. Whatever that looks like. How are you jezzies thinking about 2017?

Nicki Minaj in regards to the English language: “I don’t know her.”

Former experienced lead singer here... (of no band you've ever heard of). I worked multiple shows, 2 to 4 sets of 45 minutes, just about every weekend for about eight years.

There's a bit of a cottage industry in trying to humiliate performers by isolating their vocals. Interestingly, 99% of the time the performers it's done to are women. Because, y'know, humiliating women is always hilarious.

I'm sorry but this is bullshit. If you heard probably 99% of the pop stars these days sing live "unplugged" with no reverb or accompaniment I doubt it would be much better. Beyonce can't sing half as well. Mariah has some def vocal problems, wear and tear from all the riffing and over singing, but this is unfair…