I find the dress trashing thing so very vain, it’s like a combination of “look! I’m burning $50s!” and “It’s all about ME all the time!”

My mother gets violent over wedding themes. She practically shouts “THE THEME IS MARRIAGE! IT’S NOT A BIRTHDAY PARTY!”

Ugh. I just came from a very conservative christian wedding where they made it very clear that the bride was below the groom in all things. At least they changed the wording from “obey” to “respect”, but she was sure told to “respect” her husband a lot, with no reciprocation.

My grandmother used to come over and play “did I give you that?” every time there was a family dinner. I remember my grandfather (other side of the family), giving her serious side eye at one dinner because she pretty much implied that my mother wouldn’t have had a fork to her name without her generosity.

well aren’t you just a peach.

Was she not based, at least in part on Loretta Swift’s version of “Hot Lips” Houlihan on M*A*S*H? I could see an argument for recognizing the feminist in that character, but not a lot of that translated into Miss piggy.

As soon as I saw the mom I thought “fuck”. Because, included in all the reasons that taking this to the media was asinine, is she just fueled every fat shaming troll out there to go “well, of course that chick is feeding her kids oreos”. (Not saying you’re a troll - just saying she unwittingly gave that stigma a whole…

It depends on what version of “healthy” you subscribe to. I’m not really big on that much grain, whole or not. Even growing kids can get all the carbs they need from starchy vegetables and rice.

Our highschool cafeteria used to make mini loaves of bread and if you didn’t have lunch until 4th period, you would swing through before 3rd and grab a fresh one to take to class. You’d then return in fourth and order two things of french fries and “dino buddies”, which were chicken fingers shaped liked dinosaurs.

... Or they just looked at the mom. (I say this as someone who had teachers tell me that I “didn’t want to end up like my dad”, who was obese).

yeah... I don’t think I’d be letting my kid eat like that.

They did this at a daycare in Canada too, the mom sent roast beef and vegetables and got reprimanded for not including a carb. The daycare supplemented her with ritz crackers.

I love people that are so wrapped up in their own pet causes that they have to denigrate others who are fighting worthy battles.

I live in the heart of the bakken. Opinions on fracing aside, all I can think about is having the re-staged here. There’d be some serious “Wtf” faces on all the dudes in covies.

They’re like that annoying English Lit student that always has to find the most out to lunch interpretation of EVERYTHING.

this one drives me nuts. I know they meant “illustrious”, but when I see “lustrous”, all I can picture is a coffee server with Fabio hair.

They’ve been in the US for a while. They’re just not treated as houses of worship like they are up north.

My SO works for a company that has specifically stated if they see/find out about negative social media postings about work - even something as innocuous as “I had a lousy day at work”, that’s grounds for termination.

A Friend’s nerd? Aren’t we stretching the term a little?

It’s a TV show. I can’t imagine being so worked up as to start a Change.org petition over Grey’s Anatomy, but to each his own, I suppose.