Exactly. She’s leaving Mark, and she feels entitled to punish Ruth for it and take advantage of Ruth’s guilt/need to be loved by pushing her to dance attendance and not have a life. And she plays it all like she’s doing Ruth a favor, giving little hits of her approval so Ruth begs for more. It’s a bad look.

SO CUTE! Oh my gosh, I love your little kitty friend. So good! 

Hooray for cute kitties! And no judgment for doing laundry on a Saturday night: I did mine on Friday nights through most of college because everyone was partying and the machines were free (also, I had no friends). Any chance of a Buster pic?

I feel you. I’ve lost about 27 pounds since October, but I’m still about 40 pounds away from my goal weight (160, as it happens!) and it feels like a Lot. In my case, I don’t have a kid, but I do have DC dating, which involves a lot of drinks out and restaurant meals (and I don’t want to do my classic “box up half…

There’s a group of YouTube videos from Elle where each of them just does a deep dive of the others’ Instagram feeds. It’s magic. 

Also, literally every Mormon youth dance of my teen years. 

Back on the Another Round podcast*, Tracey had a feature called Y’all’s Parents Was Nasty, where she would make Heben guess which nasty old-timey songs titles were real, and which were fake. My personal (horrified) favorite was called “Shave ‘Em Dry” by Lucille Bogan. You’re welcome/I’m so sorry:

So, I did some research for science: Susie Sobol is the makeup artist from the cover shoot, and according to her Instagram, the lip color comes from Josie Maran’s Vibrancy argan oil palette ($42). Here’s where you can buy it.

I am always here for Sandra Oh! She was one of my favorite parts of the movie. 

I’m so sorry about your mom. I hope you’re doing okay; if you’re not, you can always talk to me.

I miss NOTHING (but nothing!) about attempting to meet men in Utah. Singles’ congregations are awkward. When I was a practicing Mormon, I was too progressive and mouthy to be palatable (even for the relatively spicy whites who were interested in dating a WOC); now that I’m even more progressive and mouthy (and over…

May I add that I was 20 at the time? Because that adds a whole new layer of yuck.

I sincerely, sincerely hope not. At the time, he was still single (at 32, which in Deep Mormon Country means you are either closeted or Really Fucking Weird). Based on the rest of my interactions with this guy, he was definitely Really Fucking Weird (he kept insisting us having a conversation at my brother’s house in…

If it wasn’t, it better be now!

EXACTLY! And dude: you were not raised by wolves; you lived in a house with sheets on the bed. It is only because you are both dumb and gross that you failed to make the connection between sheets on the bed at your parents’ home, and the lack of sheets (or basic hygiene, really) at your own. 

Since no one else has brought this up:

It’s Utah, and basically all of my family (and their friends) are super Mormon. There were a lot of people who had never been at an SO’s place (outside of the common areas) before marriage, so whatever poor girl he suckered into marriage might well have been ignorant of how filthy he was. Also, gender roles, so all…

Chances this course is being taught by a dude? 

Right? Honestly, life is both too short and too long to put up with a pathetic manbaby who can barely wipe his own ass. 

Right? My God.
Once, I was talking with some of my brother’s friends and he mentioned dropping food on his mattress. I said “What about the mattress pad?” He didn’t have one; fair enough. Then I asked “what about the fitted sheet? That should absorb some of it” And he just cocks his head and goes “What?” Son had been…