I really hate watching those shows that take place in the South, where they buy 4000 sq ft homes with high-end finishes (and 15 minute drive from work) for $210,000.

Well I did see a post on the Television Without Pity forums from a guy who was on Property Virgins, and it sounds a whole lot like the House Hunters setup - Sandra doesn't act as their actual realtor or do any of the real negotiating, etc. So I imagine they get a bit of encouragement from the producers to act like…

WHUUUT? My first home on a twentysomething's salary and I can't get that in-ground pool I really want?!!!!!! BUT SANDRA WHY.

Not to mention "Designer Hilary" always seems to find some major structural/plumbing/electrical issue midway through the episode. Not EVERY house is going to have a huge problem of some sort.

Haha, oh my GOD the obsession with the granite/stainless combo. I don't even understand it. Stainless steel appliances will be the avocado green fridge of our time.

I wonder if they get paid bonuses for mentioning granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, or the wife saying, "Well this closet works for me...now where are you going to put your clothes, honey? TEEHEE."

Amen. Afternoons can go fuck themselves. My energy levels absolutely tank between about 2:30 to 5:30 PM.

Hair braiding aside, I totally want my CPA and electrician to be licensed. Licensing isn't just for funsies.

At least an axe murderer is a real thing, albeit unlikely. I'm more afraid of the girl from The Ring popping out of my laptop screen...

I find that the more tired I get, the more paranoid I get about things that go bump in the night. Of course, that's kind of a self-perpetuating cycle.

I'm 26 as well, just had a baby four months ago, and I worried a lot about this during pregnancy. I felt like as a mom I shouldn't be afraid of the dark anymore by default. I guess I'll just get really good at faking it.

Yeah, it does feel good to see other people confess their dark-related fears.

Well of course I'm afraid of the dark. There are like 10-25 evil ghosts lurking in any given bedroom. That's what my brain tells me while I'm lying in the dark, petrified, my eyes squinched shut tightly lest I open them and catch sight of said malevolent spirits.

Shia LaBeouf will probably live to be 126 given his proclivities for devouring human flesh.

Amy deserved to die alone, dammit.

Oh wow, I completely missed that "on fiscal issues" bit, because apparently my reading comprehension is amazing today. Fair enough. Democrats have not always proved to be all about bigger government on fiscal issues, however - maybe a reference to the Clinton welfare reforms is dated, but given that many contemporary…

I'm always obsessed with this song! And wow, I am IN LOVE with your handle, haha.

I think maybe you meant to reply to the OP? I agree with you, and that's the point I was attempting to make, perhaps clumsily.

I know how you feel. Okay, my son is only four months old, but he's been teething for several weeks now and he's also decided that he's way too old for naps. He's also refusing to be put down. Or lie on his back. Or do anything but be totally entertained and propped up in precarious ways where he has to be supervised…

OMFG. I hate this. I pass as straight since I'm a pansexual woman married to a man, and I get a lot of that shit. And then there's the "hey, we're both white, don't you get annoyed by all these furriners/black people?" I seriously want to knee them in the privates. I've taken to just snapping back, "I'm not sure why…