haha - it was the Evan Todd Spa inside the Conrad Hotel downtown. It was what’s nearest to my office and other than bang trims, I would probably go back because the spa did look nice! (also I am used to paying at least ten dollars for a bang trim and it was $5, so I really could not pass that up).

Thanks for the tip! I will have to check it out. This lady who trimmed my bangs looked at me like I was crazy for not knowing what she was talking about.

I swear by this shit. I have a fair complexion but also redness, and this builds nicely ( i use a beauty buffer or whatever the hell Sephora calls their sponge) without looking cakey.

I recently moved to the midwest (Indianapoilis, specifically) after having lived in Chicago and New York for the past ten years. I needed a bang trim badly so I stopped at the closest salon to my office, and she asked if I wanted my bangs feathered. I said, “uhhm, what EXACTLY do you mean by “feathered?”

I tried cutting bangs myself in middle school and I had nooooo fucking idea what I was doing. I realized I had fucked up so I just kept going shorter and shorter, until they were at my hair line basically. My mom was horrified.

Counterpoint - bangs give your face character and keep you from looking boring when you are otherwise professional.

Lolololol - I kind of love this!

Also never said anyone should. Also - honestly - knowing how cheap his dad is, I never really expected anything.

Fiance and I have had convos in the past about this - he has claimed that he doesn’t notice it. But they totally seem that way to me, too. I’ve met them a handful of times since we have always lived on the other side of the country, and if it stayed that way I would be ok with it. Fiance works in a field that isn’t…

We have lived together for a few years, which has definitely been helpful in sorting other things out. It’s felt like we’ve been married already for a while - I really don’t see what will be THAT noticeable because we already split just about everything (we pay rent 40/60, because he makes a good amount more than I…

And also, nowhere did I ever say or imply we expected them to pay for everything.

No no no - my fiancé isn't the one who is cheap (altho he is hasty to take the plunge on major things) - his dad is.

The funny thing is - the entire time his mother has been saying to let me plan the wedding how I want. Obviously I want my finances input - but then I found out thru fiancé that his mother secretly thinks my wedding plans are too big ( we are having 80 people , and I am having a small wedding party. Wtf.

I like this idea a lot! it’s practical (duh parents love that lol) and straight-forward.

Oh believe you me, we are definitely are planning the wedding we can afford. I have gotten SO lucky with finding my dream venue for very little and a photographer that is waaay less than what I was expecting. At this point the food and booze will prolly be the most expensive part of the whole wedding.

So this is off-topic, but I need opinions because I don’t know how the hell to handle this without getting in a fight with my fiance. His father is insanely cheap to the point that it’s instilled irrational fear of spending money to my fiance. (Like, he has no problem with spending money on a nice dinner or buying a…

My fiance has crazy ideas in his mind about what we should do for our wedding based on his limited experience from other peoples’ weddings - he’s only been to a small handful, so when he was in a beach wedding where the dudes wore Chuck Taylors he thought he’d be able to pull that with ours. lol

East coast native here - I have never heard of this. It might be a weird family tradition, but I haven’t heard of this ever.

A few years ago my fiance and I were invited to a wedding of his friends (we had just started dating and I didn’t know them very well). I was barely scraping by doing freelance work, and he had just been laid off - we couldn’t afford a gift but still attended the wedding. A few months later the groom made mention to…

I am embarrassed for knowing this, but I believe that dog actually belongs to Lisa Vanderpump, because she brings Giggy EVERYWHERE she goes.