"...followed us around like the goddamn predator for 20 minuets before we lost him"

To be fair, if MIL had never mailed them, then there would just be rumors, so it's not crazy to ask if the rumors were true and certainly it would be nuts to expect gifts (well it's nuts to expect gifts in any situation but at least in some you know some gifts are likely coming - not this one). And even if she did…

Hahaha

I feel like I'm the only one who didn't have major RSVP problems in the whole wedded world. Only minor ones. The worst we got was someone who said 3 days before (4 days after we guaranteed payment in full to the caterer, so were paying for her meal) that she "couldn't make it" with no reason whatsoever, not even "it's…

I feel like "threatening legal action" is a bit cray, but on the other hand, it is true that she asked for a specific design and got something...not that. So I also empathize on that count. Although I can tell the difference, I wouldn't care, they're both nice (not my style, but nice - I would be fine with a similar…

It depends. Panda Express is not that authentic, but a lot of items on a Chinese menu in the US are the real deal. Fried anything - wontons, noodles, rice, dumplings. Fried rice and noodles exist in so many permutations in China and its cultural affiliates that basically anything passes, My favorite fried rice - in…

Marinate chicken briefly in a sauce that is 2:2:1 ratio of vinegar, soy sauce and shaoxing wine, and make a little extra of that same sauce for later. Heat up a bunch of oil and season it by quickly cooking the whites of the scallions, ginger, garlic and some flower pepper. Add the chicken and just before it cooks up,…

Except it's not. Kung pao chicken is made with vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch and shaoxing wine with red peppers and flower pepper, ginger, garlic and scallions. You can also add some black pepper.

It depends. Panda Express is not that authentic, but a lot of items on a Chinese menu in the US are the real deal. Fried anything - wontons, noodles, rice, dumplings. Fried rice and noodles exist in so many permutations in China and its cultural affiliates that basically anything passes, My favorite fried rice - in…

it's not.

I am wondering how I would react if I were in that bizarro-world aka Waffle House. I think I'd embarrass everyone by just laughing uncontrollably, which I sometimes do. I am not sure the staff would even notice.

Wait, are curfews actually common? Like it would be weird not to have one? I never had a curfew and I didn't think it was all that weird.

Wait Jean Grae like the rapper? I love Jean Grae!

I'm a teacher too, although I no longer teach children (adult education suited me better so that's what I do now even though it means no chance at a more stable union job). Honestly, I don't think one can draw a comparison between intelligence and social skills in the way you did in your original post (not the reply,…

Most of my weird kid stories are more about weird things I've said.

Aww, that's cute. In calling out (somewhat rightly, but only somewhat) the "I was soooo smart and soooo misunderstood" game of one-upsmanship going on here, you managed to make the snottiest comment of all. Congrats!

yes! see? this! This looks fantastic. I don't get the current trend (not from this article but otherwise, generally) of women with pale features ringing their eyes in black or very dark liner. It can look stunning with the right complexion but on the wrong one, especially with small eyes, it can look beady or trashy.

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I don't think the overall look ages you, but the eye makeup specifically does. The color is too dark, the skin too whitened, too severe. Or maybe your more natural look above just makes you look quite young, I don't know. The rest of it is fine but the eye makeup...too dark!

I can see how the kohl-lined all-around look would look great on the women who usually do that, like Indian and Middle Eastern women, but it's just too dark for your pale coloring. It doesn't look bad, just...dark.

Everyone except me. I do not.