Having lived in central PA all my life until about 10 years ago, I can tell you that once you get outside Philly and Pittsburgh, it’s basically pretty conservative, except in areas with lots of poor Catholics. The smaller cities, including Harrisburg, have pretty strongly segregated neighborhoods. So yeah, there’s a…

Duffy actually teaches “dining, social, and personal skills for the Etiquette School of Central PA.”

All the stars in the world 

So they talked to her husband (the white guy) to determine no laws were broken?

Please God, let me be there when another white woman is pulling this shit so I can punch her ass out.

Fuck all these self appointed control freaks. They are ALWAYS fucking up shit for everyone.

I thought they were siblings, too. Weird. Why did we all think that?

Imagine being the Facebook friend of this one group of people who all have magically transformative romantic experiences over Christmas, while I put a new holiday bow tie on my cat.

Maybe you would if you were a character in a holiday rom-com that wanted to get all it's characters together for a Christmas show? :-)

cock-blocktopus made me snort tea out of my nose

Can we please discuss the fact that Natalie is sexually harassed by the President, and then when the PM sees it he doesn't say anything and Natalie spends the rest of the movie apologizing for her own harassment?!? Crappy plot lines are one thing, but encouraging the idea that women are at fault for being harassed is…

Cock-blocktopus just made my entire year. We're done here, 2013, and possibly the first half of 2014.

You can watch movies without booze? Why would anyone do such a thing?

You know what? So do I.

I just watched it on TV and this part struck me as well. Also how terrible it was that she hung up on her crying, widower friend in the middle of a vent sesh just to listen to her stupid kids tell her they got a part in a play. Dead wife > stupid pageant, lady.

Everything very spot on except...was she just a Portuguese migrant worker for the summer? In Southern Europe, that kind of migration is kinda common, especially to richer, more northern countries during high season.....I always thought she returned home to Portugal and he followed there.

My darling Lindy,

The first time they speak (on the phone) I'm pretty sure she mentions that they are brother and sister.

I've actually always sort of liked that. We don't know why Firth was at the wedding, and there are other small connections that are just—"hey, these people are friends and it doesn't come up every day in conversation how and why people are friends so roll with it!" to me.

They are brother and sister. I'm sure it was explained because I am SURE it is true - but not sure enough that I don't have to go watch it again and check.