The *alterations* generally will run you a few hundred bucks. The dress...

So hoping we are living in your timeline.

Thanks for the advice, and the laughs. :) Both are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the advice, and the laughs. :) Both are greatly appreciated.

That leapt out at me as well. If I had to do every goddamned thing to keep the house, finances and family together up to and including changing every lightbulb when I had a stay at home spouse... jesus, I’d have been out the door way sooner. What on earth is this guy bringing to the table, anyway?

Married here. I agree with everything you’ve written about marriage and children (and thank you - can we all please stop pretending that there are not times we don’t like our kids? Asking for a friend.), but I do think that as described, the crisis was long ago, was handled terribly and the marriage has been over…

Perfect gif is perfect.

From your mouth to God’s ears.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Are you sure you have a Roomba? That sounds like a description of our our genetically over-designed, pointlessly shaped, temporarily stylish, and entirely dimwitted dog. Maybe check that Roomba again? It’s possible you actually have a pug.

Are you sure you have a Roomba? That sounds like a description of our our genetically over-designed, pointlessly…

Jesus christ, these people are *dumb*.

Hardwood floors with area rugs and a dog that sheds enough every day that I could theoretically sweep up the fur and knit myself another pug. Question for you all — are these really worth it? Will it work for my situation?

Hardwood floors with area rugs and a dog that sheds enough every day that I could theoretically sweep up the fur and…

We are all Veruca Salt.

I use captions so that I don’t have to have the sound cranked up. Dialogue gets lost when the sound is set to “explosions” and the explosions are super loud when I can comfortably hear the the dialogue.

Mine was an ominous“Find something to do, or I will find something for you to do.”

Polish-American here. Totally agree. It’s heartbreaking on both fronts.

Reconsider Poland. I have been a number of times, and like us, the Polish people are not the same as the Polish government. Visit Krakow, Zakopane, maybe take the train across the border and spend some time in Budapest or even into rural Romania.

I want to be friends with your grandmother. She sounds fantastic.

Someone upthread nailed it, I think. Melania always looks dated, like she is walking out of a combination Contempo Casuals/Glamour Shots circa 1987.

I love that dress.

Agree. Personally, I think Melania’s dress is horrendous and unflatteringly cut (and oh my god, those pumps are god-awful - they look like she bought them at a post-prom sale at Payless), but even if I liked it, this is a state visit. Melania needed to dress like a goddamned grownup.