Set up a corporation, “hire” yourself, “match” your personal 401k contributions up to 54k. Voila.

I don’t think Roof should be executed.

The $450 annual fee takes a big chunk of the bonus. It is still a good card if you travel internationally a great deal.

Nobody gives a shit about you.

That does not sound like weed.

That same “friend” also vague-posts about needing trust in a relationship and when you ask them about it, they “don’t wanna talk about it”. Then the next week their boyfriend/husband is their KING and they are SO BLESSED.

That’s probably it - if rich parents are paying for everything, they feel entitled to control everything, including the guest list. I mean, if he could only invite a handful of people...that’s gonna be difficult!

It’s not strange and I wouldn’t take it personally. Weddings have limited budgets, you don’t know how many distant relatives ‘just had to’ be invited (via the new in-laws)... So yeah. She might not have been able to include a lot of ‘plus 1s’, if any.

Yeah, it is very inappropriate to only invite you, for many reasons, but expense is the one that’s most useful: say, “Unfortunately I can’t do it alone; must halve flight/hotel/transit expenses with my partner in order to make it. I am SO sorry I can’t be with you on your day!! So wish I could!!”

Yeah, this made me roll my eyes. I expect someone like Britney Spears to lip-synch or at least sing to a backing track, because, while she has a serviceable singing voice, she’s more of a performer than a singer. She’s up there dancing like crazy, doing all these acrobatic things...and it’s very difficult to sing well…

It seriously makes no difference to you whether your favorite artist performs at a concert you attend, or just moves their mouth and pantomimes the thing? Like if Eric Clapton just pretended to play guitar, that’d be just as good as hearing him actually perform his art?

I know you’re trying to make me feel sorry for her, but she has a huge ego and this should’ve been prepared better, so whoops for feeling schadenfreude 😉

“The incident upset some people on the Internet, who I suppose expect performers to mask their lip-syncing better.”

I’ll be honest? This wedding sounds like a nightmare and I would decline.

Honestly, I would RSVP no. Weddings are busy for the wedding party, and allowing (no, encouraging) each guest to bring a companion is really the bare minimum civilized gesture possible. No +1 = +0 in my book.

He either hates your boyfriend or has a no ring/no bring policy  

Wow. That sounds like a jerky invitation, never mind the actual person.

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I come from a very passive aggressive family so it was the first thing to jump to mind

How was he not invited? Was your invitation delivered without mention of a plus one? Or were you specifically asked not to bring your bf?