I have Paragard and I love it. I'm pretty sure that all IUDs hurt equally going in (depends on each woman, of course), but I will get another one when I'm between pregnancies. The "heavier, crampier periods" spiel is no joke, but it is worth it to me because I don't have crazy hormonal issues OR babies. Sweet. If…

Oooo, also at my sister's wedding, her MIL was pretty tanked by the time toasts rolled around. She claimed to not have known she was to give a toast, and then proceeded to wish them good luck in marriage, although "it hasn't worked out too well for me. Hopefully it goes better for you." (She is twice divorced, and her…

This is my parents' story, since Husband and I had all kinds of silly shit happen during our elopement, but it didn't matter and I love all those quirky things.

My mom was crazy stressed about buying a dress for my sister's wedding, and really wanted some guidance because she doesn't often shop or dress up very fancy. Her excellent line was "I will wear a Big Bird suit if that's what your sister wants!!!! She just needs to tell me where to buy it."

I Thee Dread made me black ages ago, and it feels like such a slight that I'm grey everywhere else :(

THANK YOU. I was kind of hoping for this to be included and it wasn't. You rock.

"Use your words, Cat!" is something I have told her many times. So far she continues to stare at me like an asshole.

I used to babysit for a family whose cat did that. It was kind of awesome! Alas, our kitty isn't allowed on counters, but she gets fresh water with a clean bowl at least once a day!

My cat sits in the tub and stares at me if her bowl is empty. She's no dummy! She knows that water goes in the tub.

English vocabulary isn't as flexible in terms of making very specific large compound words, but it is very flexible with regards to creating new words, morphing a brand new noun into a brand new verb, adjectivizing the same word, combining words (not in a compound, necessarily), and we can also do this with foreign…

Sometimes they use the common words too, especially in the video versions that I've seen. What annoys me is that they often compare German to a bunch of Romance languages, and like, duh, those are often going to sound very like one another but different from German. No shit. throw some Dutch and other Germanic…

I just learned about this! Husband isn't german, but when we got married he had a solid full time job here. Our choices were to go back to his country where he had no job, stay in Germany where I could VERY easily get a visa and take an intensive language course, or we could try to navigate the U.S. immigration system…

That really is saying something, bleh. I honestly can't blame people who choose that, but it's shitty that people have to consider it to be an option in the first place. I meant it as a joke because pepperfoxmore's fiancé has a job, and they both have UK degrees, but I can definitely see how it wouldn't be for some…

Jesus, that's awful :( I guess I don't have any advice, then. Maybe move to Germany? (Obviously a joke). I shouldn't actually be surprised, but I still am.

Wait, is there some reason you guys can't get married in a civil ceremony right now? I don't know about the UK, but Germany basically just handed me a visa (Husband is EU but not German). It cost like...30 EUR or something.

My husband has terrible teeth due to shitty childhood nutrition, fighting, bad dental care as an adult, etc. Have you considered implants for your broken teeth? He has implants across the front, in addition to some bridges and stuff elsewhere. He's very sensitive about the fact that they're not his real teeth, but I…

I have my eyes on a pair of rust colored jeggings. They are soooooo pretty, and I can think of lots of shoes and tops I can wear them with. Want them. Not ashamed. I also have a pair of cheap jeggings that are very obviously leggings, which I save for around the house with comfy sweaters. Also not ashamed.

seriously, I have to do that right now because I am adjusting to Euro life with no balcony and IT IS A GODDAMNED SHAME. I miss my propane grill :( I have had one since I left my mom's house, and I am just not happy with cooking stuff in pans when then should CLEARLY be cooks over a flame of some kind. Dammit.

I think it might be a show called Galavant, which was described to me as a musical medieval comedy....or something. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet because it was hard to find streaming at the time.

Look, c'mon, they were just recycling nutrients.