Yay, new paramour who treats you right! You deserve this! 

That makes a HUGE difference. I’m so glad you’re in a relationship where you get the affirmation and support you deserve!

Ah, thank you! Lunch is tomorrow, so now I’m looking for things to wear. 

This is how I feel about the lingerie department at Niemann Marcus. I went last spring because I needed a strapless bra for a party dress. They had exactly the sort of lovely, no-nonsense woman working there who measured me and brought a range of bras in the size/adjacent sizes and it was magical how much easier it…

Ouch! Nice save on your husband’s part. 

It makes SUCH a difference! I have kind of an insecure-avoidant attachment style, so in the absence of texts from someone I want to hear from, I peak with overtexting and then refuse to answer for days when they give me the time of day. 

This is HILARIOUS to me, because that is my dad’s everyday cologne. 

This is deeply encouraging, and I thank you for it. 

Bless you for this! A mutual friend saw us at a Halloween party a few weeks ago, and cornered me later that week for a “What’s going on with you two?” conversation, but I wasn’t sure if it was real, or just me succumbing to the shared charms of bourbon and his cheekbones that could cut glass. 

I mean, nothing as long as it comes across as winsome rather than weird (or at least, as winsomely weird), but I got out of a relationship semi-recently where we were on radically different pages re: mutual attraction in a way that felt deeply humiliating, and now unless someone actually says the words “I like you and…

So, it’s a big office, and while we were part of the same hiring cohort, we work in different areas daily, but our hiring cohort hangs out socially. There’s been a Vibe at several of these, and last night he went out to karaoke with me/some people from my section. We ended up holding hands while scream-singing Don’t…

Currently? All of them, because I am texting the coworker I kissed last night and apparently we’re getting lunch and I’m convinced everything I’ve written is dumb, dumb, dumb. 

I thought it was pronounced “Chi-hooa-hooa” as a kid, and it took...a while to realize it was the same name as the tiny dog from the Taco Bell commercials.

Would it work if you were to reframe the celebration, for them and for yourself? Like, maybe this way it’s simply about acknowledging the people who you don’t know well yet but who are just really happy for you? 

I sincerely hope that the reason Kevin has so little to do with the main plots on Riverdale is that he is currently giving his soul to Satan, doing shit with his coven and attending The Academy of Unseen Arts. 

My favorite moment was when Alice slaps Penelope, and Penelope slaps her back—then right before she tackles her, Alice just grins. I really saw that Lili understood the character in that moment. 

That’s so powerful. I’m sorry about your mom. 

A definite glimmer.

There was a woman outside of my metro station last week with an acoustic electric guitar and an amp, singing a song she made up about how you could vote absentee at the courthouse EVERY DAY THIS WEEK UNTIL 7 PM! My favorite line “What if there’s another earthquake or something? Vote absentee!” 

Ugh, Larry Hogan is the WORST. I know it’s unlikely, but here’s hoping.