Yes, I used to use that concept when Trump was spouting off his birther bullshit in 2011. About 25% of the population wasn’t sure if Obama was born in the US, but nearly the same amount of people weren’t sure if Trump was born here either.

NYer here. I think we tend to wear backpacks a little more because we don’t have a car right outside every location where we can keep our shit. I was at the protest last night and I brought a small backpack instead of a purse. I find it easier to be hands-free if I am outside yelling and holding a sign for four hours.…

I just went to Stone Mountain for the first time a couple months ago - one side of my family is from Atlanta - and I was actually really pleased by how all the other attractions that have been recently added totally downplay the carving. I took my six year old cousin there and he never once looked at it or cared about…

Ha! I just had the same thought about Cindy Adams while clicking through a few of her columns. Remarkably terrible writer. Maybe at 87 years old, one is not quite “current” on the gossip? Also she was pretty nasty to Stephen Colbert in a way that makes her sound like a real Trump fan.

The book Far From the Tree is a really fascinating sociology text about parents dealing with their children’s non-inherited identities, including kids who are sociopaths: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007EDOLJ2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

I think they (and squarespace) have had the general position that they do not have the right to decide what is “appropriate” to be on the internet, and that it is a slippery slope once they start censoring. There are asshats out there who call Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization and have the exact same ability…

My bf is from Lexington, KY (I’m from Boston) and asked me the other day why we didn’t learn in school that the Confederates were traitorous losers and I was like “well, that was pretty much the entire curriculum for us in Massachusetts!” I guess it’s very super sad to learn that your ancestors were a bunch of racist…

I prefer PeachDish. Much easier and higher quality ingredients.

That is honestly SO depressing. I’ve only been to one NFL game (Patriots) and it always blows my mind that actual adults will scream at young men in front of literal children for not throwing or catching a ball good enough. The worst part is that Trump is vindicating and affirming these assholes’ behavior every day.

I think she is saying that she finally insisted on bringing her partner to a family event, the family freaked out and then Diageo declined to keep her employed because they didn’t want a brand ambassador who was in a feud with the family. Obviously we don’t know enough of the details but she may be attempting to try…

I mainly work in condos, not rental buildings so subletting isn’t allowed by the building. the landlord will typically let me put the apartment on the market and when we find a new tenant, the former tenant can exit their lease. The landlord does not have to do this, and can hold a tenant to a lease if they want to…

Hi, as I’ve mentioned to other people who have made similar comments, I work in high end NYC real estate representing units for individual owners. It is the OP who works for a management company. If there is a legit reason for exiting a lease, a landlord typically does permit a tenant to exit their lease upon finding…

I work in NYC. We have a super low unoccupancy rate, so typically there is no buyout clause since a landlord does not need to offer something like that. If a person needed to leave the lease due to a legit hardship, every landlord I have ever dealt with has worked with them to find a new tenant and let them out when a…

I work in very high end real estate, so while I think your comment does have merit, it is not relevant to my specific anecdote. The person who most recently asked me if they could break a lease if they just felt like moving to another city was a high net worth individual. If a situation arises where a person HAS to…

Yes, it’s been lawyer vetted. And it’s usually a reiteration of the most important things to remember (your rent needs to be paid by this date, you need to put electric bill in your name etc).

totally understand your point. If it helps, in my specific situation, I work in incredibly high end real estate in NYC, so these are typically people who can afford attorneys and frequently have owned properties themselves in their lives. Regardless, I make the little summary in plain language of the important parts…

You are absolutely correct, but that is not what people are referring to in the situations I was talking about. I have never had a landlord refuse to work with someone going through a legit tough time to figure out a way to exit their lease (typically we put the apt on the market and the tenant will be released as…

I’m a real estate agent here and SAME. I add a rider to every lease where I mostly just reiterate a few key portions of the lease in very simple language with the hope that the people who skip over the legalese will read ten sentences in the rider.

eh, they aren’t rich. Just D-list famous and riding that train as far as it will take them!

It wasn’t a bach party, it’s a #sponcon destination engagement party weekend (huh?) so these women can take a free trip to the DR. Some of the guys from Rachel’s season showed up too. She probably never intended to go and told them to get that free trip and have a good time.