Ugh a pocket! I’m jealous. I’m thinking about adding swim shorts this year just for the pocket.

I loooove my LL Bean one piece. Am I your lesbian aunt? Yeah, fuck it, maybe I am! But it’s a sensible bathing suit I can have fun at the beach in without worrying about errant nipples and such. LL Bean foreva!

The person who accepted my job pulled out and I was the next choice. Met my husband at work. He works there because he planned to reenlist and deploy to Iraq but he was assigned to a stateside job and decided to take his discharge. Life is super weird.

I worried about that when my cat’s sister died a few years ago and thought about getting another cat but decided against it. He’s 13 now and seems pretty pleased with his life. He likes to play when we’re around and doesn’t seem depressed and is up to all his usual tricks so it seemed best to just let him be. Maybe…

What puzzles me about this is the blatant admission that either you or your spouse (or both, I guess) cannot possibly be trusted around members of the opposite sex. That’s...not a strong marriage, y’all.

I hear you. My husband is a vet with a disability rating and he’s in college on the GI Bill. It’s the most convoluted shit show I’ve ever seen. He gets checks and bills at the same time. My brother’s a vet as well and has been waiting 2 years for a final decision on his disability rating. Oy.

Yup. We were 29 and 31 (and living together and my husband was divorced) and many of the couples were going straight from college to marriage. It was eye opening. We also did marriage prep in his church and my husband’s pastor told us we were good to go halfway in because we had so clearly talked about everything…

My husband and I did pre-Cana too (I’m Catholic, he’s not) and it was interesting. They did a great job of discussing important topics and I remember being horrified at the number of couples who had never talked about stuff like joint bank accounts or how to spend holidays. It was a really practical class.

Dolly is everything! I’ve been to tons of shows and music festivals and her show is easily the best I’ve ever seen. I do hiring at my job and we ask people who influences them and my applicant told me all about Dolly and it just made me love her so much more. She’s such a genuine, lovely person and we need more like…

Totally agree!

Based on my long experience of a) being a child and b) seeing them in places I go, I’m pretty sure you can’t convince a kid to potty train before they’re ready any more than I can convince my cat to like the cheap ass cat food instead of the fancy crap.

Isn’t the 6,000 year old earth a Protestant thing? I’m Catholic and I never heard about that from the church...

I love Iceland! I’ve been a few times and and am always planning my next trip. You’ll love it!

Yes! An image that has stayed with me since I read those books 25+ years ago (wow) is Laura’s description of the buttons on Ma’s dress that so looked like fat, juicy blackberries that she was tempted to take a bite. I love those books :)

Ok, not to be a lunatic, but I’m confused. What is on-demand hot water? Like, hot water comes out of my faucets but I wouldn’t rate it as fancy as an Aston Martin...

What is a Buffalo Exchange? It sounds thrilling and the fact that it has dresses is a weird twist.

But...that’s my good tit.

Omg I describe her clothes as tacky Calvin Klein. I was right!

I agree with her completely but! in an ironic twist, I can’t even text people who use text abbreviations. U instead of you, that kind of thing. It’s a big reason I married my husband- he texts in full sentences. Also, he’s hot. But mostly the excellent grammar.

5 kids, not 3.