I have two friends who are from Macedonia and neither consider themselves to be white by US standards so I think it's debatable.

I just agreed so hard I shat myself.

US pop stars often go through the same thing (to a lesser degree). Remember the whole virgin trend in the early aughts with Brittany Spears, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguleria etc?

As long as there is punch and pie (and I'm not expected to bring your bump a gift) I am totally down.

I was thinking the same thing (and I'm a woman). I think this could easily be whittled down into rules for common decency while in public.

You do realize that she was kidding right? When did commenters become so humorless around here?

This is exactly what I was thinking. Also, much like the whole zero pubic hair thing brought on by porn, there will soon be a time when men won't go downtown unless a woman is minty fresh or smells like peaches down there.

I do that too. I think it has more to do with the fact that I am a Midwestern transplant living in NYC than anything else though.

As long as they are washing their hands in public I don't think it's that big of a deal. I would hope he/she is washing her hands before going into public but who knows. I have OCD literally so I wash my hands constantly and this doesn't even both me all that much.

"Poop smear butthole gunk" I think I found my new band name! Thanks Laura!

This so hard. You will all the internets for the day.

I agree with you. I live in the US and grew up around this culture but it always baffled me. I have been in two long term relationships in my life, both lasting around a decade now and I never felt the urge to plan a big party to somehow solidify that.I don't see the harm in marriage or weddings but I don't get the…

Most parents don't pay for the wedding anymore though. None of my friends parents even chipped in for their weddings, and my one friend and her husband paid well over 50K for theirs. I see your point about the gifts, but if the idea is for the day to be a special day for you then who cares about gifts? I was never…

The idea is that these are things you shouldn't do if you are looking for preferential treatment from a front desk agent. I don't think those things are that big of a deal either but if someone annoys me I am definitely going to be less likely to bend the rules for them.

Your boss sounds like a douche. That would have made me nuts!

I actually thought they had great chemistry together. Dreama Walker's June was just enough over the top to not really be annoying to me.

Well said. My long term partner and I have been discussing marriage recently. I have never been a believer in marriage but it would mean a lot to my partner so while he doesn't push the issue I have been considering it. I find it so weird that his family is pushing for us to register. We have been together for the…

I think they were trying to be humorous and make a statement on how silly the whole wedding gift "tradition" is.

I literally said to myself "nah, there is no way there will e comments where people don't understand that tyynimeri is being funny". Of course I was wrong. Dammit, when did Jezebel readers stop having a sense of humor?

This is a Seinfeld reference. SMH, I feel old now.