Yeah, but unlike most gifts, an engagement ring is something women are expecting to wear EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
As long as they don’t think you’ve got food on you and they haven’t lost their fear of humans, you’re OK.
Lol, sorry!
Shrek is love, Shrek is life is an internet meme/video that you DO NOT want to look up. Take my word for it, I’ll never forgive the teen that brought it to my attention a few years ago :(
Don’t look it up. Do. Not. Look. It. Up.
I love her so much! She is hilarious and she just always seems so good-natured. I don’t think I’ve ever seen comedy from her that seemed mean or belittling to anyone—she just always seems like she’s having a lot of fun and just completely comfortable with being herself.
Scarred for life!
Friends actually led to a trend in bras with built-in “nipples.” It was totally a thing for a while. I also remember store manikins with prominent nipples in that time period.
I wasn’t allowed to watch He-Man and She-Ra because magic. I was over at a friend’s house when I was about 5 and watched an episode, and was ENGULFED IN GUILT. Too chicken to confess though. I finally mentioned it years later when we were talking about silly childhood things, and my parents laughed and laughed and…
I’m sure your thankfulness for your new knowledge pales in comparison to my thankfulness that women aren’t expected to wear them anymore! :)
Behold he history of women’s undergarments! These (and similar garments made of elastic and fabric) used to be standard wear for women. You can read more here: http://vintagedancer.com/1940s/1940s-li…
My grandma likes to tell the story about the time when she was a teenager and she walked all the way down the aisle of the church on Sunday and sat down in the pew, just to hear the squeak of her rubber girdle rubbing up against the wood. Yup, she’d walked down that whole aisle with her skirt tucked into her girdle.…
Thank you thank you thank you. I had never heard that story, and I went looking for it because of you. That was amazing and my life is 1000x better now, just because I heard it.
Oh, I remember reading that story, but now I can’t remember the details :(
I share this pet peeve. Sometimes I convince myself not to bother with explaining it, but it still irks me.