I love your response. Why is there a difference when something disrespectful is done at a mosque vs. at any other shrine/place of worship? Food for thought, for me at least.

So basically the take-away here is that being very disrespectful at a religious institution is acceptable to us if you have legitimate beef, but being slightly disrespectful without good cause is not. I personally don't find her photos to be inappropriate or disrespectful, but I am fairly strongly anti-organized…

Okay, I'm going to play devil's advocate here: if this is not okay, why is what Pussy Riot did at that church in Moscow okay? I'm not saying the members of Pussy Riot deserve the jail time they've been forced to serve, or that Rihanna is trying to shine a light on institutionalized inequality, but her stunt is along…

Ugh, so sorry. I didn't mean to spam you; kinja was giving me an error message. :(

What do you find objectionable about her wording?

What's wrong with her wording?

What's wrong with her wording?

I think people who are searching for love and not finding it need to give up their idea of what they want, of what love for them will look like. I've found that what we want and what we think we want are not always the same thing. Chances are that the hottest, richest, or smartest person in the room is not the…

I now have an image in my mind of Bar, dressed to the nines, waiting by the phone for Benedict Cumberbatch to call.

Seriously. I have a friend who is a tall, gorgeous, athletic, sweet Phd, and she's alone. Her standards are almost impossibly high.

This is EXACTLY how I feel about this story. I CANNOT.

You sound like you have fabulous friends!

Thank you!

I am the tiniest bit crafty, but my sister is Martha effin Stewart. I can enlist her help for invitations and such (although she is also planning her own wedding). My mom is a florist, so she can do the arrangements and we can get the flowers wholesale. We have a family friend who is an aspiring photographer. She…

I've gone back and forth with the courthouse and with eloping many times, but I don't think I could do it. I'm close to my family, I've never met his siblings (they live far away), and I want our wedding to be about bringing our families together. I'm cheap and not even remotely fancy, but I feel like it's important…

I'd be so happy to watch it!

My mom is a florist, so no worries there!

Ohhhhhh would you look at this place? And then look at the prices. SERIOUSLY. Pretty ain't cheap. *sigh*

I actually know someone who got married there, and the photos were fabulous. It really is beautiful, and that's a great suggestion.

It's funny that you say that, because my sister is getting married there next August! So yeah, that's out. :)