While I love my last name (Ukranian, with turn-of-the-century immigration-officer-mangled-spelling), my Japanese fiance’s last name makes mine rhyme. Realizing that, it became the obvious choice for me. Only after did I learn that he takes his Shinto/Buddhist commitments to carry on the family name seriously. (He does…

I thought it was Knickie’s WATCH that broke, until rewatching in university . . .

I went to the interwebs to check that hobo wedding out and oh. My. Word. (Found another few here:

That sounds really frustrating. I’m going through Accutane now for my acne ... and no luck on finding products to love yet either. (I use Vitamin C now but haven’t seen a drastic difference? At first, I feel like I was seeing a bit of a difference but it’s been 6 months of using it now and it’s definitely not as much…

Funny you should mention $15 000, because that is the absolute maximum budget of myself and the fiance for our wedding next year (we’re trying to stick closer to $12 000) . . . For about 160 people, and catering and venue will take about half of that.

I’m on Accutane right now (just about finished the first month). Dry as heck already, slathering my lips with Aquaphor, and still not seeing much progress acne-wise. But it’s early. And I’ve not seen too many side effects yet.

Tracy, I just wanted to say, you always have the best questions for stimulating discussions. It truly is a gift.

Thank you! I’ve been looking for something cute and vintagey for wedding shoes. And there’s a sale . . . this is dangerous.

That is an interesting point! A kiss can tell so, so much about self-awareness, eh? As far as “too much tongue” though, there are definitely two camps—too much tongue acrobatics/tonsil hockey, and too much slobber. Different situations. Both are not so fun for the other party.

Ugh the worst kisses of my life were with a sloppy face-washer . . . Seriously it was like kissing wet marshmallows. I literally had to swipe away his slobber from my cheeks when he was not looking. And worst of all, he was completely disrespectful of my drawing-away cues, and we spent most of the date in a private…

That’s funny. I’d say that the sloppy face-washers were the incorrigible ones!

I was really hoping this would be a movie version of the book “Let the Great World Spin”, which focusses on fictitious witnesses of this event. I got really excited for a minute. I feel like I was promised a puppy for Christmas and now I’m just getting socks. (In fairness, I’m not sure how well the book would…

I was waiting for this comment! Would’ve been sorely disappointed without it.

Ha, you and I are opposites. I’m marrying into a rhyming full name (and I’d always said when I was a young’un that I’d never change my last name unless it was super awesome. Rhyming qualifies). It makes you so memorable!

Is there an opportunity to spend a prolonged period of time together? Like, summer break, or Christmas break, or something? That could be a really good trial run. Also, in the time that you’ve spent together thusfar, did you take note of how he kept house and how you think that would mash up with your own lifestyle…

The distance sucks . . . not the relationship. I’m missing my love, too. I won’t get to be with him at all until May, but when I do, he’ll be here for keeps. The day-to-day still sucks, though. So, so much.

Aaragh, this is my nightmare. Definitely my worst semi-rational phobia. (I was freaked out for a good couple of days after my summer job ended because the idea had lodged in my head that I’d picked it up from one of the kids I’d treated there for lice as a final souvenir. I’d had people CHECK, but still,…

This wins the award for a dress most resembling a refurbished shower curtain.

Fashionably late—no worries! I posted a bit far down myself, thanks for making it this far! Thanks too for the heads up about the eeeeeeeverything dry. As I mentioned to someone else, Canadian regulations/my doc have me doing monthly blood tests, which also cover that pregnancy base. I’ll also have a celibate several…

Good to know! Now that I think about it, I had a longterm ex who must’ve been on that . . . worked wonderfully for him. Though his face peeled flaky-white for a bit. Unfortunately, not the kind of person I can contact now to ask, “hey, how about that . . .” The potentially flaky scalp heads-up is useful too!