+1 this comment. I spent 25 years in Washington state, and it really is two different states, divided by the Cascades more or less in the middle. Once you cross (if memory serves) Stevens Pass, the trees literally change in a matter of yards, as do the people, who are much more homogenous, conservative, and it would…
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As a native Washingtonian, can confirm.
WWWD? What would Wickham do?
Yea we did fancy popcorn in brown paper bags decorated with white stamping and tied with a ribbon. They came out really pretty and for so cheap. I’ll never understand why vendors try to make people think that anyone wants various crap with their wedding date and names on it.
she is a case of MULTIPLE baskets
I’m with you right here. I’m mixed race as well and I constantly have my identity validated and invalidated by those around me. Some tell me I’m white, some tell my I’m black, some tell me I’m chinese, others call me a fucked up mix, just a hodge podge, a freak- and I don’t want to pass as anything, I just want to be…
The only thing worse than Oppression Olympics is the Special Snowflake Of Empathy Marathon.
Passion of the Christ, which we can all agree was basically a torture snuff film, brought the craziest people out of the woodwork. According to a friend who worked at the local theater at the time, more than half the staff just straight up quit over the abuse they got from people so ignorant and belligerent. This…
Give yourself at least half as long as the relationship to get over the relationship*. For the last 10 years this guy was a part of your life, you’re not going to be completely comfortable with your new normal in just 2 months. Give yourself more time to adjust, and enjoy the chance to live for yourself.
These are good ideas. Just start one of them. Set a timer and write for ten minutes. Don’t even worry if what you are writing is good. Just write. You can edit later. You need to get started! So put on some tea and get going!
Give it 8-12 months for the sharp hurt to subside. I’d budget another 3 years before you stop lurking on his FB and asking about him to your mutual friends. Even if you become involved with someone else, it’ll be a good 7-10 before you stop referring to him as your “ex”. My buddy told me, “You weren’t married to him.…
You are rocking this mother thing more than you know.
Oh, and in this week of Rachel Dolezal, I should probably just say up front, for those of you who are meeting me for the first time, I’m a feminist gay man, who gets so much love, support and encouragement from Jezebel, that I’ve quit all those catty gay websites and just hang out here.
IKR? Probably found it under the couch left over from the 70’s.
I’ll hold off on the snark (for the moment) just to say that 22 days is really not enough time to figure out if anything is going to work for you. I mean, clearly, if you hate it and you want to die and weren’t really that committed to trying it anyway - any time is a fine time to quit! I’m not a vegan (though I am a…
If the “I Thee Dread” series ever has a ‘tell us your stories about your in-laws saying numerous inappropriate things to your guests at your wedding reception” I will be here guns a blazing!
I made my own wedding cake. This is not something I would recommend to other brides. Not because it didn’t work- it was gorgeous, tasty, and we saved serious bank- but because it is HELLA STRESS the day before your own wedding, and it was not smooth going.
There was no disaster. I fucking adored my cake, and I’m using this as an excuse to post a picture of it.
The shock and horror (now ex-)husband and I had to endure in attempting to find a decent baker supplying nice wedding cakes was enough to do the wedding without one. Ditto wedding flowers, wedding photography... they all presented us with samples of their ‘best work’ and it was all so horrid that the wedding was…