“3. Jewelry is not an investment. It does not go up in value. You will never be able to sell what you bought for a profit.”

“I don’t understand why girls want to ball-and-chain themselves for a rock & then get stuck putting out every Tuesday just because it’s on the schedule & you’re still paying off your diamond with your pussy.”

Kind of with you on that analogy. If I buy a new car for what, 70K (? I drive secondhand Toyotas because they are the best cars out there for the moeny, so come at me, kids), but refuse to spend 6K on braces for my kid with the Howdy Doody overbite? That tells one something.

Box wine minis work for me.

<sighs quietly and confesses> I.... I just *LOVE* lovelovelovelove Outsourced and Bride and Prejudice. They’re my go-to just-got-fired-or-dumped/lost-an-argument-because-I-was-wrong/home-sick-with-the-flu-eating-broth-under-a-quilt comfort movies. I love them so much.

This may actually be my next needlepoint pillow pattern. Easy and I can’t wait for the befuddled look when I answer where the pattern came from. So thanks.

What happened to the chorus of adults of my childhood observing “just because you *can* (say/do something), doesn’t mean you should.”

... Except that if all the smart competent people refuse to serve on juries, juries are made up of dumbasses.

“Indeniably”? INDENIABLY? Jesus Christ On An Everloving Pony, where did this <deep breath> *individual* go to school?

Nice.

My experience is that alcoholics (any addict, really) rarely limit their poor behaviour to drinking/substance of choice, so the OP should probably keep that in mind as well.

Please. <eyeroll>

I am willing to hire this person tomorrow.

I get your point, and generally agree* but in this particular case it was solely on the basis of her being attractive that she’s married to the POTUS. It’s horrifyingly non-irrelevant.

I just wanted to say how much I really enjoy your work and your interpretations of things. Do consider writing a book, would you?

No worries - I was mocking myself for the ladylike drunk*, which apparently we share. :)

Out here in Ma with no power and I share your guilt about being so annoyed with no power for days, when PR has been suffering for 6 weeks. Everything sucks.

Thank you for this.

Can cosign. But wine, not beer. It’s a ladylike drunk.