Or people randomly pick you up like a pet or doll. Actually, you don't even do that with a pet - not other people's anyway.

I don't think they carry (too many styles in) my size either. Smallest band size is a 32, for the most part. :(

Now I want s'mores. The indoor flame sure beats the microwave when one isn't at camp. S'mores FTW!

Some of it is brand image (Starbucks isn't exactly part of the "creative type"/"wear what you want" crowd), but others don't make much sense - unless they think engagement rings are too "flashy." I don't know. I'm still not big on "shower curtain earrings" but that's probably left over from high school. Not big on…

Jian may be an @$$hole, but I'm not siding with anyone until I hear more of the story. Maybe he's telling the truth. Maybe the women are. Who knows?

Why exactly did she marry this guy?

Based on my Disqus avatar (which is the same as my Facebook profile pic), some woman on the internet thought I was black (I'm of Chinese descent). WTF? People of Philippine descent always think I'm Filipina, and I've been asked more than a handful of times whether I'm Thai or Vietnamese. A Chinese woman had trouble…

Full sized bars? Wouldn't that be expensive, depending on the number of kids your family expects?

I don't understand the whole phenomenon of teenagers trick or treating. I mean, I thought it wasn't "cool" after a certain age. When I was nine or 10, our doorbell rang around 8:30 (basically when all the kids have gone home), I was up in my bedroom, but heard these older boys come by. Their voices had already…

That's true. The street I lived in when I was a teenager had no sidewalks. We had zero kids come by the entire six years we lived there. All the kids went a couple of blocks over where it was safer.

It depends on where you live, I guess. Most buildings in Toronto don't allow trick or treating (my husband's old building even had a sign). But then again, many buildings don't have a lot of kids, period.

Apartment buildings usually don't allow trick or treating (fire codes and safety reasons, mostly), so many go to other neighbourhoods to trick or treat. This includes middle class kids who live in condos. A childhood friend of mine always came to our house (back in the 80s) to do so when I was growing up and his…

In my family, mouth kissing is only between boyfriends/girlfriends/spouses. Even my parents and grandparents only kissed me on the cheeks/forehead!

We also culturally don't say "I love you" except in boyfriend/girlfriend situations!

Depends on the culture. Hugging isn't all that common in my family. We only hug people we're very familiar with. I don't recall being told to hug/kiss my paternal grandparents when they came over from Hong Kong. I don't think I've ever kissed/hugged my paternal grandfather and maybe been kissed by my paternal…

I do not like hugs. I was not raised in a culture that regularly hugs even family members. My husband's family, on the other hand, regularly hugs and I have a feeling that they find my lack of hugging back (or my air hugs) a bit offensive. Well, too bad. I'm not comfortable. I actually had to tell my…

Wore one of his wedding gowns when I married in 2010. RIP.

Maybe I am. I'm just tired of the whole ethnic privilege thing. It's a class issue. End of story.

You said: "but I think it's clear she's saying that richer, non-minority parents have the MEANS to do these things more than other parents. Not that the others don't care."

So you're saying that wealthy non-white parents don't necessarily have access? To what? Grew up in an above-average income home and was definitely NOT deprived of things that my white peers had. Can't think of anything that they had that I didn't have (unless you count summer cottages/vacation homes). In fact, my…