He actually did a great job in that role, I thought. Great job portraying the loving husband and family man who really wanted to be an honest and caring politician, who was extremely hurt and saddened to be lied to by a friend. Never thought of Renner as the most accomplished actor in any movie he was in, but he was…

I misunderstood you. We agree completely on this, then!

Thank you so much for your kind words. And, it sounds like we have similar thoughts on friends and hobbies- right down to the hikes! My very best wishes to you for a long and passionate future with your husband-to-be, and good times with your besties too. :-)

That is a great story and it's wonderfully told- I LOVE your mom's writing!

This was exactly the way my marriage was, and we were ridiculously happy together for well over a decade. Then Stuff Happened and we are now separated- but on friendly and caring terms, thus far. It's actually a silver lining that our social lives were largely separated: I have many friends to support me through the…

Wrong assumption. I have indeed gotten married, and put together guest lists, had a long marriage, and am now single for reasons unrelated to guest lists and friendships predating our marriage. Curious as to why you would assume otherwise.

I loved it! It was like a huge elaborate wedding-cake of a movie, coverered with marzipan and sprinkled with sequinned sugar. Every frame, every performance, every moment a delight... which is saying something considering some of the bleaker content.

The Selma snub happened just like way back in the day, Yentl was nominated for Academy Awards in several categories, but not Best Director; I may be remembering this wrong (it was 30 years ago) but I think one of the winners from that movie made a sarcastic comment about it having "directed itself" as a nod to the…

The writing is a bit unclear, but I read it as the widow claiming she wrote to Aniston to offer the star all the photos of that early relationship, from Daniel's estate, only to be ignored.

Bless you for that happy-sexy-memories gif. Rowr!

Winning!

Is this kind of like the extra-super prudish Victorian impulse to hide table and piano legs with cloth covers? Because it's at least that hilariously stupid.

My jaw dropped open at the "least you can do after putting me through all this" line. Holy hannah, not much in the way of self-awareness going on with that girl, eh? Your snap-back was *perfection.*

...and there'd be fur underneath, too.

My beau's very best friend in the world is his former live-in girlfriend of many years ago. In the extremely unlikely event we were to get married, there is no way on earth he'd require my permission to invite her, nor would I dream of forbidding her to be in his groom's party. So, I don't agree with your position nor…

I don't think it's black and white. If a long-ago romantic partner has become a close friend- hey, it happens- and the fiance(e) knows the person, it should not requite special permission to invite that friend. Because they're just a friend, and it doesn't really matter how they met. After all, they broke up and then…

We are both old hags, and in agreement! I had my bridesmaids purchase an outfit from a selection at a non-bridal store, in a certain print, with the understanding that they could wear it again without fail: one picked a dress, the other chose a skirt and blouse. I did not have a bachelorette, they insisted on throwing…

Well, the average strip-show in a bar is like three songs long, tops. The only way I can imagine a strip show being an hour is if it starts outdoors in a Canadian winter, so he/she has to first dance off the tuque, the scarf, the mittens, the puffy down parka, the Sorel boots... ending a long,long time later with a…

Holy crap, "symmetry"! When I got married, my huz had three groomsmen, and I had two bridesmaids and didn't care. At the last possible minute, my bestie- an actor working in a out-of-town theatre production- turned up at the rehearsal, and got slotted into the wedding party. My mom wondered why his name wasn't in the…

So, somebody came up with some other gee-gaw to sell to starry-eyed brides as a "new wedding tradition & precious keepsake all in one!!" Weddings, man, it's all about the dough-re-mi.