I was just going to pipe up with a Groupon joke, but there you are with it :P

This is the only one that struck me, at least from this blurb, as a really good idea.

I wonder if it was harder for the producers to find find black parents who do weird parenting crap, so they took the first family who came along that could be described as "extreme".

Right? Some of these set off some yellow flags for me, but that one was red flag, all the way.

I was almost on board when you said the part about praising the things they work for, because I do think focusing more on things kids *do* than things they *are* can be helpful. But then I got to the rest and...nope. I agree with you, they are probably doing more harm than good at this point.

I would probably be that same parent. *high five*

I mentioned this, too. It's been floating around for a good decade or more.

Actually, "butthurt" has been around for a good ten or fifteen years. It's only been recently that I've seen more people saying it. It means being offended (or "offended") in a dramatic, childish, disproportionate way over something fairly insignificant.

Maybe that's what she was hoping for.

I agree. I just had bridesmaids and skipped the weird hierarchy.

I agree. And I don't even think her criteria are that unreasonable, because what it comes down to is that she's not inviting people she isn't close to and/or has a very one-sided friendship with—that is, people she wouldn't expect to care much about her wedding.

I agree. Her reasons are fine, just not her approach.

Unfortunately, some people *do* get offended if you tell them they can't drag their kid everywhere they go.

I suspect that might be what happened with this post, that maybe she was being pestered and got frustrated. I don't think the line she drew for whom she isn't going to invite to her wedding, especially if it's small, is all that unreasonable. We don't know the reasons she decided to post it publicly.

Man. There has to be some point where you say enough is enough when it comes to pleasing other people. I feel really bad for her that she has so many overbearing people in her life. I hope her husband isn't one of them :(

This. Well, except for changing skin tint, that's not cool. But the rest, I'm okay with.

I think you summed this up really well. I have a problem with companies altering models so they no longer look human, but the small stuff you describe is just...stuff you DO when you want a photo to look more polished.

This is a very careful statement. They probably don't alter the shapes of people's bodies or remove wrinkles or lighten their skin, but I bet they smooth things out a little and fix their hair and remove pimples and adjust the lighting and contrast. Which I don't have a problem with, honestly. I do this to pictures…

Yeah, it kind of baffles me when people talk about photo editing like it's some huge trend that has just developed. No, there's a reason it's called "airbrushing"—because that's what people actually DID at one time.

I don't think he has enough self-awareness to be uncomfortable, even when he probably should.