We spend a quarter of the year holed up because it's too damn hot.

I'm sorry. Thank you for sharing.

I would have politely told then to STFU*.

I get the napkins, but sheets? What if you use steam? Wet sheets?

Even with no company? Ouch. The first time I witnessed the ironing bonanza was so confusing and bizarre. Now, it's just part of the tradition! I love my MiL and she just can't help it. Another example-my aunts and uncles were coming to visit a few year ago and she bought bed skirts for all the beds. Unskirted beds…

I remember hearing about it a couple of months ago, end of July? But that could have been a leak to play up the show. Maybe?

Never visit my in-laws house before company comes, as there will be sheet ironing occurring on the bed. And never, never visit on Thanksgiving Eve as my MIL presses each tablecloth, runner, and napkin, then again when on the table, while the "kids" (we're all 34-40) sit in the kitchen and polish silver, drink too much…

It reminds me of football season though. Think about all the dips at a football party or tailgate!

That was my response, too! I mean...nope. Just nope.

When I was just about to deliver baby 1, my OB/GYN asked if I wanted a mirror so I could watch. I may have cussed at her. (I did.)

Of course not. Why tall about any of that when we (the nation) can talk about him being gay. ::eyeroll::

Yes! The make up makes total sense for the Capitol! But, for the rest of Panem, not so much.

The product tie-in stuff has been little odd, given the message of the books, but the movie marketing has been spot on every time.

Charleston, but I saw it when I lived in Atlanta, too.

Southerner piping in-not only is the family dress worn, it is common to have a small display of pictures of the previous brides in the dress with the current bride's bridal portrait (yep, a thing still) in the middle. I've seen dresses that go back 100 or so years.

We invited 225 and 135 showed-capped at first cousins, seriously limited the parents' friends, and only invited people we actually knew. It added up really, really quickly.

Didn't Gabby Douglas get all sorts of comments about her hair during the 2012 Olympics? She won the gold, but her hair was out of place?

Tuxedo cat in our house, too. We have had him 6 years (rescued around 12-18 months of age) and I still don't think he likes us. Our two, 80-lb.-each dogs are terrified of the little Kitty beastie.

Yeah, I can see 12. Middle school=more activities, practices, dances, etc. I have a 7 year old and I can see 12 making sense. (Wow. Never thought I would say that.)

And, in some families, I have seen husbands prevent wives from learning English as a means of control/dominance. It can become very challenging when, for example, a 12-year-old boy has the bilingual skills denied to his mother and has to serve as mediator in education settings (and others, this is just my area). The…