Actually, I was speaking from the experience of PLANNING a wedding, not attending one. As a hostess, I felt obligated to throw a good party for the people who were kindly making the trek. I'd make the trip to a good friend's wedding without any expectations whatsoever.

You can 100% fuck off with this article. If you don't want to pay $600 for a flight/hotel, do not come to the wedding. It is that simple. We had many family members across the country who could not swing plane fare for our wedding, and although they were dearly missed we absolutely understood. I was very grateful and…

This is no surprise to anyone who has had the misfortune of reading her other book, The Kind Diet. All she talks about in there is how drinking milk will give you osteoporosis and how eating fruits that grow in a climate different than yours makes you sick. And the best thing you can ever eat is sea vegetables, which…

I read the phrase elimination communication and had a conscious uncoupling from my sanity.

No, we don't know what you mean, actually.

... The entire point of the objection is that this is gender discrimination. Clearly, if the exact same outfit would result in a boy being barred, this isn't gender discrimination at all. It's just holding everyone to formal standards at prom. Maybe she would have been kicked out for wearing a tuxedo—but maybe not,…

Ummm...she wore skinny jeans? To prom? The school may not have had an official dress code, but I find that tacky as all hell. For the same reason I found it tacky when one of my classmates wore a thigh-length dress to our senior prom. Prom-goers are supposed to wear formal gowns, tuxedos, or nice pantsuits. That said,…

It's 2014, and next year will be 2015, and the year after that will be 2016. Thanks for the almanac.

I doubt a boy wearing that outfit would have been allowed into prom.

Dressing appropriately is part of succeeding in a modern economy. If you wear iinappropriate attire to work or a work event, you get fired.

I think the argument people are making here is that it's reasonable for a school to expect that people will just know what to wear to prom, or that everyone wants to dress up for prom so there's no need. Maybe they've gotten along well without one. Maybe they felt silly saying you need to wear a dress or suit, but if…

You sound like you gave it a lot of effort and probably looked pretty classy. Skinny jeans and a baseball cap? Ehh.....

Soooooo... the kid shows up to a formal event, regardless of whether there was a stated dress code, dresses like a douche (and with a douchey bieber cut - ugh), gets the boot, and everyone is outraged? If I tried to get into my prom wearing that travesty of an outfit, I wouldn't have made it past the door - and my…

Unless a guy also showed up in jeans and wasn't kicked out, I'll save my outrage. Just because there was no specific dress code doesn't mean you're not expected to dress for the occasion.

Maybe she should have gone with a real tuxedo. There is fighting the status quo and then there is just being dressed inappropriately.

I remember when this was considered to be a Cultural Issue of Great Concern...in 1995.

If we can take this seriously for a minute, everything I've read about Jesus tells me he would be the last person who got into a snizzy about people's wardrobe choices. Especially the buying of fancy clothes for the purpose.

Eh, just dress like a slob. You're probably going to hell for something else anyway.

Nice piece in the New Republic about this.

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