I thought she said that the bridesmaids hadn’t told her they wanted to use the makeup artist who was there, but did use her, which slowed everything down? I mean, either way, even if you do your own makeup, you should be ready in plenty of time.

Man, people are really aggravated that you wouldn’t want Obama at your wedding. It’s not like you’re saying he is a jerk, or that other people shouldn’t want him there.

Oh man, I am sorry. That really sucks. I’m especially sorry that people are probably being jerks about it and saying stuff like, “Well as long as you’re married, that’s all that is important,” because yes, obviously you are happy to be married to your husband, but that doesn’t change the fact that the day sucked - and…

I would, however, love it if drunk Liza Minnelli crashed my wedding. It just seems like a sedate appearance by the president would put a damper on the party aspect, whereas drunk Liza Minnelli would only enhance it.

I have a lot of other ideas, but I didn’t want to swamp the post.

Yeah, I am really into the idea of me just gracefully circling while someone else does the really challenging stuff. I mean, best case scenario, we are all crammed together so that I can bust a move but no one can really see how bad I am at dancing. But if we must have a dance circle situation, I want my job to be to…

There are some spectacular photos of me at my wedding in full bridal finery, holding a pint of bitter and wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, with full-on angsty dance face, getting down on the dance floor.

Oh man, I would totally watch America’s Next Top Best Friend. Can you imagine the types of people who go on those competition reality shows trying to be a really good friend? And the scenarios in which they would put them? “OK, so for this challenge, you’re going to be paired up with someone who has just gone through…

Jesus, the worst fight my husband and I ever had was at 3am, and it was definitely because I was so fucking tired that I had a meltdown over something that could have been a calm, chill conversation the next day. In my defense, I was not trying not to “go to bed angry” or whatever; the cat woke me up three times that…

I wonder if it’s also that women’s familiarity with emotional labor as something you do voluntarily, out of the kindness of your heart, makes us suspicious of networking, which is pretty obviously fake. I know that I struggle to falsify a good-hearted, affectionate relationship when it is for my personal gain, because…

Hahaha, when my friend speed-married a guy (we’re talking 6 weeks after they started chatting online, and she flew internationally to marry him) whom she described as “let’s be honest, probably the best I’m gonna do” so that she could slip in a baby before she turned 35, I sputtered for a really long time and then…

I mean, I think it is fine to expect the American actresses in the film to recognize the kinds of things, or to gently raise the point that, in an American context, this phrasing is evocative of a particular historical period - but I would also expect that we be equally sensitive to other cultural contexts. So if,…

Honestly, it isn’t the first thing I think of either (and I am from the South!) but I can definitely see why someone would hear the words “rebel” and “slave” and associate the two.

I think a lot of the objection is that the word “rebel” juxtaposed with “slave” wouldn’t have the same meaning for a non-American. To American ears, it sounds like, “I would rather be a Confederate soldier than a slave,” but it doesn’t have that context elsewhere.

Oh man, the best Christmas gift I ever got my parents was editing down our home videos.

I mean...I would rummage through the dump for pretty much anything valued at $4000+, but that is me.

6-7 each? I mean, jesus, who is drinking more than that at a wedding? Particularly on average - you know that some people will only be drinking one glass of wine with dinner, which frees up 5 drinks for the person who needs 11.

It costs you hundreds of dollars to attend weddings? Even weddings you are not in?

Yeah, it’s like saying that I have a condition in which I do not like to see gory photos of wounds, or pussy infections. I definitely do not have trypophobia, but I still didn’t like the google image photos, because they are creepy and unsettling, and a lot of them look like someone has tortured a human body part.

I mean... you do realize that to a certain extent, complaining because someone won’t tell you an exact amount of money they might gift to you is spoiled, right? He’s not saying “come to me with receipts and maybe I’ll reimburse you” which might leave you holding some serious bills.