We just got married this year (in Chicago with 170 people there, spent a lot) and I think that add long as being good hosts is your top priority, whatever your budget is will be put to use. 12k is a lot of money, but feeding people, permits for parks, that adds up SO fast. It sounds like you are doing a really good…

Bu I probably should say, that I wasn't forced to. I don't think anyone should be forced to (not that you do think so, I just wanted to clarify)

I have an IUD and get to have an ultrasound to see it every once in a while when I go to the doctor. It's pretty cool!

UGHHHHH I'm sorry. I don't have more words than that> Doesn't it make you want to send him to his own reaping, just a tiny bit? My husband can be like this. It's worse that non-shitty human men can be this way, and not just the Rush Limbaughs of the world.

Thanks! I think that's why it is SO notable when a "girl" movie/book (like The Hunger Games of Bridesmaids) does so well across the board. Because the creator managed to get boys/men interested. I think this has a lot deeper implications into all of society, but if we could start getting books with female main…

This made me LOL. Headline should have been "Awful Diet Pills Got a Woman Committed, But Not Before She Lost 15 Pounds!"

This is actually very difficult to do since women both read more and buy books more often than men. It's also made more difficult because many people equate a female main character with a book for women and a male main character as a book for everyone, jsut like you are doing. Everyone, male or female, comes from a…

Dan Brown is a GREAT author to compare. It's definitely commercial lit, and I think his writing is a LOT worse, but it's fun. He gets reviewed and she doesn't.

But they have to overcome the the month waiting period after the show where the coupe on-screen must pretend to still be together, and in his hands gesture the bachelor decides to give you that bonus check and proposes on air at the Women Tell All episode.

If we give her the benefit of the doubt it could be something awesome, like being a sex educator for Planned Parenthood, which could be more controversial than ABC wants to deal with. I'm totally unconvinced she should be given the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it means she teaches others how to make meth?

It would be fun to make a profile of a person who comments on articles about shows they apparently abhor just to feel superior, too, but I guess I'm to busy crying into my Ben & Jerry's about my bad self esteem to do so.

I remember her! She was amazing! I haven't watched much lately (these episodes do NOT need to be two hours long every week), but I still read about all of the seasons.

The best occupation I ever saw was a guy (Bachelorette) who was listed as "Outdoorsman." What the hell does that mean? He likes camping? He's homeless? Who the fuck knows. It definitely means he has no job.

Thanks for clarifying. Lucky her! There will probably be done jealously eventually, but it's good to learn how to deal with that anyway. I'm sure you'll help her through it!

Is sex with multiple people at the same time as common as alleged rapists want me to think it is? I wouldn't normally question someone who says they were raped anyway, but if there is more than one guy present, it seems MUCH more likely that it was rape rather than consensual sex. Does this make me a pilgrim? Are…

Sorry, this is an interesting comment in general, but what did you mean by the 4 year old getting celebrities? Is that like meeting Mickey Mouse or something different?

I think that is really impressive. I'd also add that we don't know other people's debt situations either. So someone who seems very wealthy may just be up to their eyeballs in all different kinds of debt, and not spending as wisely as you are.

THIS!!!!! Regardless of if you are "rich" or not, tips are a part of going out. If you can't afford to leave a decent tip, do not go out to eat. This is someone else's living.

When I was in college we were lucky enough to have a workshop with Peggy McIntosh (who wrote "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack"), and first we talked about race, which I thought would be more tense than it was. I was surprised though, that when we started talking about money/class THAT was when things…

Yeah, when I was my friend's MOH I made her pee pony style on the toilet. Then at my wedding, I just had sort of a short puffy cocktail dress, but once we were a little drunk, she came into the bathroom with me and I peed pony style too. BFF wedding tradition! I'm going to make my sisters do it one day too.