Hilary, sweetie, the anxiety was justified.

I LOL'ED SO HARD AT THAT. But it seems to have disappeared! Ugh.

Look at me and let me tell you who I am not, which is southern, politically conservative, culturally traditional, religious in some sense, patriotic, driven by principle rather than the pivot tables of Microsoft Excel, and in any way attached to the past."

"Where are our girls, who slightly blush, lower their heads and turn their eyes away when we look at their face, becoming the symbol of chastity?" he said."

I thought it was a rip off of Soak up the Sun.

Your reaction and feelings to your situation are absolutely not wrong. However I read another commenter's story this morning that said just the opposite. I'm sorry this happened to you.

Super freaky. Why is there an overweight judgemental black lady in both. Is this another stereotype I had no idea I was up against in life? *giant eye roll*

I don't see the British Royal Family as any different from other old money families. Family members work in whatever career interests them, whether societally productive or not, and they inherit shit tons by birth. The only difference is that people pay to gawk at the Royal Family. So basically, they can knock…

I was about to say there are thousands of Seepersads in Trinidad (and Rampersads and just plain Persads). Usually of East Indian descent.

You're my fucking idol.

It's not about nudity per se, just that bras and especially panties offer less protection due to the difference in material and can lead to more health issues. Of course that protection goes out the window with thong bikinis. Also, many bras and panties become see through when wet, so it's slightly more nakedness.

I got fake locks for my wedding.

The very few people I know who are actually wealthy don't spend money on anything. Dollar store as much as possible, WalMart, Target, sales, deals, negotiation, anything not to pay full price.

I dunno, I'm very much looking forward to my 1 year paid leave! I think it's reasonable, and most of my friends who don't live in Canada, wherever they live (not all in the States), are not so fortunate.

Also, from people I know who knew her back when, Rihanna has pretty much always been this way.

All of that is in the Gospels, it just doesn't all appear in any single Gospel.

As I said elsewhere, so have Caribbean people. My comment wasn't meant to start a flame war.

I'm from the Caribbean and we've been saying it as long as I remember talking.

To me it's Caribbean slang but alright then. That and big ups.

Americans are saying "Bless" now?