Will she still have to pay the bulldozing company? I doubt bulldozing is cheap.

I used to work as a remote agent (meaning from my home) for a call center where I took phone orders for a rather snooty, overpriced, clothing company. Every time they had a sale the site would crash. Every time. So people would wait on hold to place their orders by phone. The problem was, since the site was down, the…

Absolutely. And we know landlords always charge women less rent, and they take 25% off your grocery bill at checkout because you have a vagina.

So 1 in 4 Americans slept through third grade science class?

I was a bridesmaid for the first time three years ago despite the fact that I am in my fifties (I admit I don't get out much) and it turned out to be surprisingly fun. The bride was an adult in her thirties and was mature, understanding and reasonable. She has no family in this country, so asked us, her friends and…

Yes, I remember those days. Leggings (especially in dark colors) with a tunic length top that covered one's butt flattered women of all sizes and ages, were appropriate to wear almost anywhere jeans were appropriate, and seemed to be universally recognized as pants. When was it decided they were "not pants", who…

I wonder if other women in the gym were wearing tank tops or camis without a t shirt. If the rule is "no tank tops" or "no bare midriff" they should have simply told her that.

Absolutely. It is not acceptable to hit people up for gifts and/or free labor and not invite them to the main event.

Normally I think the bride and groom have the right set that sort of policy, but the LW is saving the couple hundreds of dollars by spending hours of time making a presumably elaborate cake. If I were the LW I would be feeling pretty damn used if the bride was not willing to include my partner of long standing. I…

I have found that advice works best when presented in terms of options. If someone, for example, asks "Should I buy these red shoes?", I can say, "Well, those shoes would go great with your new suit, but if you don't buy them you'll have more money to add to your vacation fund."

And you know this guy is going on and on about it to someone who was nice enough to pick him up at the airport and wants to kill him right now.

He never thinks of me or my needs, which I find odd because I know for a fact he's madly in love with me.

I agree. Back in my factory worker days, since I worked in maintenance, I worked pretty closely with a small group of men. All but one or two of those guys cheated and bragged about it to one another. Yet they all claimed to love their wives and considered themselves good family men. All of them were still married…

Exactly. If bed-making is such a positive and spiritual experience why didn't he make the bed?

Nope, those grocery delivery men might force there way into the house. Better to just starve to death. At least you won't be getting raped.

I think "supermarket" may be going out of fashion. I still say it sometimes but it seems like most people nowadays just say grocery store. I believe "supermarket" came into use back in the day when there were still small mom and pop style corner grocery stores, or specialized stores like candy stores and meat…

Agree. Despite the fact that judges think they are God in their own courtrooms (we have one judge that is strict about men wearing hats or caps, another who doesn't allow jeans) I don't think even they can defy a specific law that clearly states a person has a right to be there.

I remember having to pop Barbie's head off to fit her into some of those little dresses. What kind of signal does that send a young girl?

Yeah, I wondered about that too. The story kind of left out the part about whether the patient lived or died.

Wow. I would be infuriated if someone picked me up without my permission. I am 5'2" and even when I was a size 6 I don't think anybody ever just tried to pick me up. I don't even particularly like to be touched by people I don't know well.