I tip like a rapper at a strip club.

No, no, I mean real, battered chicken strips cut from white meat. However, as this is a comfort food situation rather than fine dining, Imma stand by the Ranch. It's what I grew up with.

Yeah, everytime I travel abroad I feel like a giant asshole for not tipping standard US tips because it just feels wrong somehow. Husband and I end up throwing a lot of tips money around, but meh. I figure it's coffee or cig money if nothing else.

Aw, I want to hug that guy. That is a really nice sentiment.

I mean, it's a certifiably insane system. Servers are actually paid real money in other places, so it makes sense that you wouldn't be aware of how it works and WHY it's so important to tip in the States. But I'm sure that you would have prepared yourself in some way by reading guidebooks or something and would have…

Yes! When in Rome, man. The only way you can get away with doing things your own way is when the people around you benefit, like Husband tipping when not at all necessary. It would be totally unacceptable to do the opposite as many non-Americans do.

Dude, you and I are on the same wavelength today. I would stab someone for some reallt good chicken strips. I already have Ranch *ducks from the commentariat*

My Euro husband tips the ever living fuck out of every bill. We were with our German friends the other day and he tipped about 4 euros on an 18 € bill, and they got all awkward and were like "wow, that was a generous tip..." because that kind of a tip in Europe is fucking outrageous. But he's worked food service in…

At least he was grown up enough to propose? I had an ex who couldn't even do that.

Holy fucking fuck. I could not actually picture 9carats, so, wow.

I know I look kind of dumb because I engage with jerks sometimes, but I really hate just assuming people are trolls. I nearly always give them the benefit of the doubt.

Ugh, I honestly don't know if she's a troll or just an asshole. I knows she's been picking fights left and right this week, but it's not obvious to me that she's a legit troll.

Your snippy ass comment did not say, "Hm, I legitimately don't know if there are many sex shops in the US. In my experience, they are uncommon in the UK."

Um, sorry to be a spoilsport, but in the US sex shops ARE pretty common. Often these things are marketed as "novelty items" at places like Spencer's Gifts, but there is a Spencer's in basically any mall in America. Except for my extraordinarily shitty and small hometown, I've never lived somewhere that lacked a…

That's ok. You don't have to know how to feel right now. It would be an all-purpose hug, just so you don't have to immediately decide how to feel.

"these people in the story are extraordinary assholes/idiots"

A melon baller? That's how I would approach a truffle that big. Holy wow.

I eloped with someone I had only known for 7 months (and only the first two or so were in person). Then I quit my job and moved to another country to be with him. It was a process of several months because I had a contract, so I had lots of time to think to myself "Are you fucking insane?" My conclusion is that it was…

I want to give you a hug so bad, friend :(

It might feel like it, but there is no shame in breaking an engagement. I know from experience that if you NOW feel like you want out, it's not going to get any better if you get married. It's easier to get out now than after you get maried. Bi issues aside, there's nothing that says you have to stay with someone just…