They never say “Muslim, but not too Muslim.” They do (and have said more than once), “vaguely ethnic”

I do something similar, but since I work for an agency, I try to imagine what the original concept was and how the clients or legal team ruined it. In my experience, that’s the more likely story. I know everyone likes to think ad people just sit around thinking up shitty commercials, but most of us are real human…

particularly endeared her to carroty haired girls everywhere

YES! Came to comment the exact same thing. It was fucking terrible, super crowded, hot, and didn’t have a single vendor I actually wanted to talk to (I was for real getting married). I attended that expo almost exactly a year ago, and have successfully wed since then, and I’m STILL getting calls, emails, texts, etc. I…

Just wanted to share my experience with the card (although I was using the Reserve, this benefit extends to both). I paid as much of my wedding as I could with my card, which meant that, combined with the bonus, I accumulated an insane amount of points in a short period of time. As a result, we booked an amazing…

Just wanted to share my experience with the card (although I was using the Reserve, this benefit extends to both). I…

Oh that’s the worst — death by a thousand tiny requests! If you are stuck with it, could you ask any of the other maids to help (I THINK all mine worked together with my mom) or let MIL do most of it and just not tell your friend? You may also want to remind your friend that it’s more important that she focus on her…

Your MOH sounds like she rocks. And also like me, most days. For whatever reason (maybe because I was deeply in love?), the day of my wedding was literally the only day that I was really chill (ahem, except the throwing of the comb). It also helped that the women I asked to be maids are all fairly quiet and relaxed.…

As another recent bride, I second this. My MOH did do a bunch of shit for me (including calmly catching and hiding the pretty comb that kept falling out of my hair as I threw it toward her head and screamed I NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS FUCKING THING AGAIN [that was my only bridezilla moment and that thing was really…

“I’m giving up a weekend day or more if its not local (in which case there’s added transportation and hotel costs along with the added time sacrificed) to go to your wedding, which in most cases I don’t want to give up that time for” — wait, why are you going at all then? It sounds like a miserable experience for you.…

Thank you thank you thank you. I have been reading the comments thinking I was the only HORRIBLE person who got married in her mid-30s, had a registry, and enjoyed it. BabyGirlsDaddy and I had been living together for a couple years and on our own before that but everything we had was just a collection of stuff we got…

I disagree with you. I also live in a nice apartment in a nice neighborhood (in Brooklyn). We rent because we cannot afford to buy in our neighborhood. I was actually on Zillow today because there’s a dump of a place 3 blocks away that is for sale...for $1.7MM. Yes, we could look further into Brooklyn or even in…

Chiming in (because I’m in a similar boat) to say that my husband’s job MAY exist elsewhere but not in a full time capacity. He does research for a major company that is headquartered here. Most other companies within his industry don’t employee researches full time (if at all), which means he would need to freelance.…

I can verify that this is accurate. My husband was on the show (although his episode never aired) and it wasn’t spontaneous for him (although per upstream comments, it appears some were).

100% agree. Not that this is the same at all, but recently my husband and I had a disastrous honeymoon (rain, sickness, and then ultimately came home after 3 days because of a death in the family) and because it was going to be one of those epic once-in-a-lifetime, over the water, private pool bungalow type deal,…

Yeah, I think so. Speaking from personal experience, that’s where my brain goes even in the absence of an actual attack. I live in NYC and occasionally find myself on the subway with someone who makes my spidey sense tingle and that’s always my first thought — what do I do if he grabs me? how do I fight back if he…

I’m glad you shared. We’re in relatively the same boat, except we live in one of the most expensive cities. I grew up poor, my husband was upper middle class. We don’t have any debt (and he has an advanced degree), we had a big, super fun wedding, an incredibly planned honeymoon (I say planned because there was a…

Same, except I use Skyla (the IUD). I haven’t used anything more than the occasional “lite” tampon in 2 years and most months I just use regular underwear because I’ve been with my partner for almost 9 years and I just DGAF anymore. These kind of sound perfect for folks like us and yet I just haven’t pulled the…

I think that was unnecessarily rude to call my church a “special little snowflake”.

But that’s not true of every Christian denomination. My church has female and gay leaders (and even gay female leaders). We are encouraged to pray for and offer financial assistance and our time to refugee organizations in the local area as well as in other countries. It’s not just #notallchristians, but…

Hello, my name is BabyGirlsMomma and I am addicted to Bite Beauty Agave lip masks and balm. They are STUPID expensive, but when my lips were freaking out over something this winter (still don’t know what caused it but it was definitely an allergic reaction to something I put on my lips) and were so dry they were…