True for my family. It's hard to put into exact words, but the boys were always doted on, yet expected to do less. My sister and I did 99% of the care and sacrifice when our parents were terminally ill. My sister took a leave of absence from work and I quit my job and moved back from another state to provide round the…

I get what you are saying, I really do, and for some things is works fine to grade up to a 16/18. Plus size women come in all body shapes, hourglass, apple, straight ... In my adult life I have worn sizes 6-16, and I am more of a ruler body type even when I carried some extra weight. For the most part plus size…

Yeah 16s can be tricky because the can usually be graded up from standard sizes, but sometimes it's not possible. When graded down from plus it's a 16w. 16/18 tend to be the upper range of grading for standard sizes.

Okay, I see this, and I understand where you are coming from, but each category was not simply altered from an original "Ridley" pattern. These are each separate jean patterns (probably ASOS standard jeans for each category), that are styled to look cohesive, therefor given a cohesive style name.

Well, yes they can make similar styles in all ranges, but it is not the same pattern. That is why most companies don't do it. My whole point was that you can not just simply grade a pattern up to plus size, you have to make whole new pattern.

And I'm not saying that there shouldn't be more plus size and petite options, only that it's not as simple to do as most people assume it it.

Unfortunately pattern grading doesn't work that way. There is a limited range of up and downsizing you can do, because the proportions just do not work. Patterns are written by starting at the medium size, then graded down or up from that point, approximately size 6 for women's and size 18 for plus. It would be easier…

I couldn't agree more. I married military guy at 19, looking back, I now realize he just wanted to be married, it didn't really matter to who. I stuck with it 11 years longer than I should have.

I have never cohabitated, but I am recently divorced after 11 years of marriage. It was honestly an easy process for us, since he didn't contest anything. I also gave up a lot to be a stay at home mom, so I walked away with 5 years of alimony, half of his retirement, and a couple other perks. He just wanted the house,…

This can not be real

Right? God forbid a toy representing a woman, looks like a woman! They aren't even unrealistic in proportion. Why get upset about this? I'm so buying this set for my kids.

lol

Ikr, modern day puppeteers, this is hilarious

same for me, 90% of the time I don't shave my pits either

Yeah man, I need a butter log in my life

that sounds pretty amazing

I think most people but it because it's grassfed. It's creamier and softer than a lot of other widely available butters too. I like the butter from my local dairy better, it's cheaper too, but they don't always carry it :(.

Blashphemy, I will use kerrygold or organic grassfed ghee

I've never bought anything from Aldo, but maybe I will now.

"I'd like you to meet my neighbor Derek, we're having him for dinner tonight.... Oh don't worry, he's gluten free"