Great article, thank you! I married into a family from a state known for it’s resentment at having been mostly forced to be Union. My husband grew up hearing stories gleefully told of ancestors dodging the Union draft.

I had a long, shocking talk with my MIL earlier this year about how the West Coast state my family…

Yes!! 

The thing that KILLS me about this is how much crap she gets for being “Childish” when no one, and I mean NO ONE gives say, The Wiggles crap for not being “grown up” when *dramatic pause* in character.

She’s a children’s entertainer, in character. She’s excited and happy and living her best life. If one was a fan of…

Congrats! Unrelated entirely, your “name” reminded me of hte long long long ago episode of Cheers where TD reveals he wears a toupe. I wonder if it has since become implants...

So one time I watched The Voice, and Candace’s daughter was a contestent, and back stage, Candace was saying “smile! Smile!” and her daughter wouldn’t, and her husband said, in a very nice accent. “She is Russian. She doesn’t have to smile.” And I think that statement holds.

Yes! “Chronic Lime” is when the doctors fan find no physical reasons for your continued symptoms. I feel old and cranky and think a better diagnosis is “malingering”. And also “google search induced mass hysteria.”

Spain is a nation.
Spanish is a nationality, not a race.

So...long? and wavy? how crazy of her.

Do you all remember the fine arts scandal where a London (I think?) Family would contact artists who had recently had a great success and tell them about their autistic son who was obsessed with art and offer to trade one of his works for theirs? And how it seemed they had amassed an impressively valuable art…

A one bedroom in Manhattan would get you some 2k square feet in my town and we’ve got good restaurants, too. *Well, had. Pandemic and all that. Glad this not-super-rich person can escape to the bestie’s in London when the tight quarters in town get to her. :P

Didn’t you know that only life in Manhattan matters since so many people live there?

I forgot the secret code to indicate sarcasm, sorry.

It was call “the jobless recession” and it kinda sucked for those who graduated into it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1990s_recession_in_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20entered%20recession,to%20as%20a%20jobless%20recovery.

There was a distinct odor of the humble brag about the one bedroom in Manhattan and bestie with a house in London to what I had hoped would be one of the more fun house tour articles.

opened at hugely limited capacity. 

Fun fact: Dr. Jill Biden has a biological daughter.

I know when I was delivered of my daughters, the “MD” popped in for five minutes, made things worse, then came back to catch the baby. (Yes two different doctors two years apart, literally made things worse both times.)

So I’d say Dr. Biden qualifies on all counts. 

Awe <3 <3 My youngest used to want to marry our dog. So adorable! 

People think babies are harder because it’s longer, not because it’s actually harder! <3 Babies rock. Puppies...not so much. :D (And a HUGE dog lover! But those puppy days, yikes!)

I couldn’t agree more. The problem comes when trying to design the “feeling” of open concept in smaller houses at lower price points. :D

Funny how the interpretation is VideoPgh’s fault when you went so hard on your post.

Amen! I love the idea of a kitchen open to a private family room with a TV and toys... but I hate houses that just invite anyone who comes over into the heart of the family!