Yes, the band should be doing all the work, not the straps! If the straps are killing you then your band isn’t tight enough.

Really it’s a personal choice. It’s always good to know the motive for a big change, but ultimately you should do what you want to do. I also think that over time, you start to think of your “family” as the one you married (if the relationship is good, of course) even more than your family of origin. This is my own …

I totally get you. I also have naturally giant set of girls, which is why I had to go to LB to find anything remotely supportive. Lately I’ve resorted to wearing sports bras (with wide straps) because they’re so comfy and I just “deal” with any drooping. I’ve got two suggestions that I haven’t used (yet), but my…

It also works to do this and put the bags in a hot car in direct sunlight for days and days and days. But lots of pest control companies also let you bring your stuff in to be heat treated too.

Oh no!! I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this - such a nightmare! One of my closest friends got a roommate once who brought them with him. :( I know allll about the absolutely horrors of “the purge” and how much PTSD is attached to this event! Even though apartment complexes say they treat for these things, I would…

Oh my I’m so so so so very sorry for your loss. Yes this place can feel like a community, and even more so during the Saturday night socials. I hope you feel heard here, and at the very least, please know that many strangers send hugs and kind thoughts your way, including me.

Yes to Shawshank, one of my top two movies of all time. The other being Sense and Sensibility.

Ugh! The bugs!! If only they weren’t attracted to people, we would all live happily ever after! Curse you, ticks!

So sorry about your rough week!! Extra big hugs about sweet Razzie. <3 <3 <3

*rolls up sleeves, prepares for diatribe* Girl, let me tell you what I did. My (former, but LOOOONNNNG term) bff (and also a relative) was the flakiest flake on the planet flake. Canceled 10 out of 11 times. Often last minute. Really lame excuses too. I would have taken it more personally if it hadn’t been for…

The cacique brand at Lane Bryant does a great job.

You are so not alone. Another poster brought this same thing up on another Saturday night social thread a few months ago, and let me tell you, the responses were many and long. The consensus is - it’s not you, it’s adulthood. And it’s also not personal - it’s also the unintentional self-focus and family-focus of…

I’m a married woman who kept my name. Been married for a decade now and have not had the desire to take my husband’s name (even though his is SUPER easy to pronounce and spell and mine isn’t. Something about it being harder to pronounce makes me even more interested to keep it - because they have to work hard to…

Best, truest answer.

“you know what, this adorable little verbal banter under the umbrella thing is fine and all, but what if we punched our fans right in the genitals instead?”- I actually laughed out loud at that, so you get a star AND a comment of praise! All true.

“ And even her kids knew it.” - and that’s what changed it from a comedy into a tragedy.  

“They from the beginning had an idea for an ending, and never apparently reassessed if that ending still worked, or how much people would like Cristin Milioti. Or resent being tricked.” All of this, yes. They didn’t take into account if the ending still worked, and clearly it did NOT, since it’s nearly unanimous…

Yes yes yes. And what if you just kind of like a person enough to happen to want to spend time with them, maybe even at this dance? You have to act out some whole romantic routine as if you care so much more than you really do. “Exhausting for everyone involved” is the best description. Because the askee then also…

Yes. And it’s kind of this epic, impossible standard for everyone to live up to, alienating multiple other kids in the process who won’t be asked to go to prom (or don’t even want to go to prom. Or would rather just plain ask, with a simple question, without coming up with a choreographed dance routine to an Ed…

Favorite tagline is hard to pick, but I like Gizelle Bryant’s tagline from Potomac: “Word on the street is, I’m the word on the street.” And Kenya Moore’s: “I give the people what they want....and they always want Moore.”