Both of those are good points and potentially correct, but I really believe he thought I would never agree to do it. Like that was him calling my bluff, but he underestimated the desperation of a socially-awkward band geek determined to fit in.

I know I already posted one story, but now the memories are surging back to me like a hormonal torrent through the broken damn of my protective subconscious and this is happening.

This doesn’t deal so much with a dance, but with its terrible aftermath.

My family lived in Tangier, Morocco for a year and became regular patrons of a local French restaurant. The ONLY WAY a server would come to your table was if you snapped your fingers up over your head. Otherwise, they would completely ignore the table. We probably went there once a week and rarely dined out elsewhere.…

Update, please!!!

I'm in a similar boat! I earned a small 401k from a year teaching which I would rather roll over than lose. However, when I left that job in 2009, I had no idea what to do with the account. The investments were picked automatically by the state so I never managed them.

Very true. I'm the only person on my team who is Southern, got a degree unrelated to the job, or didn't attend a big-name school. I stick out like a sore thumb and feel self-conscious nearly always.

Preach! I started my job about three months ago and I have to keep reaching out to my manager when I run out of work to do, which is at least every other week. Today was especially slow and probably only consisted of 4 hours of real work. The problem is that my position is brand new and I've been told to "create and…

Did you fake only being able to speak Portuguese? Did you look at your phone, shout "My house is calling; it's on fire," and then jump out of a window? Or was he surprisingly a great guy and you are still together today?

YOU CAN'T LEAVE US HANGING LIKE THIS.

My partner attended zero proms. I went to four. I have assured him that he missed out on exactly nothing, except maybe how fun it is to take a limo to a bowling alley.

One girl got away with a two-piece belly-baring dress at my Southern 2003 prom, but we were the most liberal city in the entire state. And most of us still thought it looked awful anyway.

And how. To think my dad looked visibly saddened while buying me the only dress I wanted because it was *gasp* strapless and I was just a little freshman.

I will admit that "Tomsquatch!" made me giggle-snort.

Well, balls. But good for him. But still, balls.

YES. YES to the power of YES.

This is exactly what my most-terrible ex said to his friends about me once we broke up. And we broke up because I caught him cheating and he showed absolutely no remorse, even though it cost him his job. But hey, at least he got to paint himself as a victim to his buds, amirite?

You left out the most important part; is Brian single?

I understand that. It's still only being applied to females and not males, in this case. For example, another word for a female (das Madel) is also diminutive and therefore neuter, but it's equivalent for a male (der Typ) gets to remain masculine.

It was explained to me that Mädchen is neuter since a girl has not yet begun puberty and therefore cannot be considered a "fully-developed female," and the masculine article is also inappropriate (but my German teacher may have just been making that up). However, the word for boy (der Junge) does get to use the…