True story: Berlusconi used to give all of his mistresses mini coopers because he got a deal from the manufacturer; so if you are a woman driving a mini cooper in Italy, people would make some assumptions about you.

If you want to do an update, Jane Pratt just posted an apology 10 minutes ago.

It’s a very divided state. We’ve got Scott walkers and Paul Ryans but we also have Tammy baldwins (first openly gay congresswoman) and Russ Feingolds (only senator to vote against the patriot act).

OH. FUCK. NO.

On point.

Well one of my parents didn’t provide for me emotionally or financially but it's totes cool that they abandoned me and spent the majority of my childhood in and out of prison because they were trying right? Fuck off.

Ughhhh seriously?

Also, I don’t think very many abusive parents are seeking forgiveness from the one’s they hurt. It would not occur to my abusive father to seek my forgiveness, he thinks he was an a-ok dad and doesn’t need to be sorry for anything. Why should I forgive him? The only people who want me to forgive him just want me to…

Well put

I feel you man. My fiance wanted the wedding. I wanted to remodel our kitchen and go on a bomb ass honeymoon. I loathe being the center of attention and hate half of my family. I am getting into it more now but it is so much fucking money.

There is no way that wedding didn't cost $200,000 minimum. Damn.

good to know, thank you!

How big was this wedding?!?!

the first wedding I went to that had one was cute, the fifth one not so much.

it cost us $1600ish in a medium-sized city in the midwest for 6 hours of shooting. We got a bit of a deal because we booked so far in advance and took advantage of a winter promotion. Most were around $3,000 and $4,000.

I would have been all over that craft table!

Yeah. Fiance and I are paying double that and it’s still a hell of a deal in our area. The average where we live seems to be $2,500-$3,500. Which, yowza.

That’s the truth.

it’s an extension of cool girl syndrome. I’ll admit that I have a bit of it. To be fair, I am planning my wedding and it is annoying as fuck to hear vendors and randos be like, “Oh I bet you have been planning this your whole life tee hee! Because all little girls only aspire to be someone’s wife!” [to partner] “you…

I am at that point in my life where I actually feel sorry for him. He missed out on so much because he couldn’t get it together. He has spent decades of putting himself and his addictions first and he has absolutely nothing to show for it.