This was 1993, so pre-Buffy days. I went to a school where everyone was “something” and I was just this weird little white girl looking to be “something.” And I feel like there were claddaugh rings in like Sassy magazine or maybe Seventeen. Whatever the reason, my mom still holds this over my head as a sign of my…

I’m pretty sure her antics are always funny once time has passed. Or if you’re on the outside.

I have this weird mix of stories like yours and the crazy closeness of these two. My mom can say some of the bitchiest, most self-involved shit in the world. But we’re ridiculously close. I’m 36 and she came over on Christmas Eve to watch Hallmark movies in bed with me.

I like that they’re now calling this a Jack and Karen thing though. The finale did let us know they were still friends so this at least makes sense.

Yeah, when I heard there was going to be a revival I thought “but it hasn’t been eighteen years yet. Will and Grace are no longer speaking.”

Definitely. I’m a mess!

I’m so glad your fiance sees what a mess his mother is and is on your side. Whatever you decide to do, at least you have that.

I lean towards still inviting her but having someone in charge of babysitting her. My grandma is a piece of work and I’ve had to babysit her during weddings. Basically, that meant walking her…

Do you know a lot of men who are in therapy and end up discussing boundary issues? Because in my experience women are the ones who need permission to set boundaries. Not only that, but women’s boundaries are not respected the same way that they are with men.

I haven’t been a counselor for a long, long time though. And…

I still just want to know what the rumor was. Will we ever know?

I don’t know why I need to see every single cell phone video taken on this flight, but I do.

Heavy rotation in my house and I’m so white that recently I got some medium-dark blonde lowlights and my students asked if I was okay because I looked “deathly pale.”

My parents claim to have never heard this song though.

Hey, now. I wrote him personally asking for a job in his administration. I almost included a picture of my rack, just for good measure.

To reiterate what Lady Yuck said - this is not normal Mormon behavior. The Mormons I know are all super-chill and don’t try to push their religion on anyone else (unless it’s during their mission).

I’m not that old and in the US and I have no idea who they are either.

I put my name on there. Hell, I already wrote him and included my full name, physical address, cell phone number, and email address so that he could contact me in whatever way is most convenient for him.

I’m a white, cisgendered, straight blonde woman with blue eyes so I have less to fear from him though. Those of us…

Hmm. Have you mentioned that to your allergist? I would assume that most of the time you eat almonds they’ve been roasted, so being ground up and baked in a cookie wouldn’t make that much a difference.

Oh, I just write a lot of letters. I’m a biochemist so it’s definitely on my list of research proposals.

The protein I’m allergic to must be denatured by heat. Many allergies are like that, so it’s not unheard of at all. I’ve been lobbying for allergy panels to test both cooked and uncooked versions of foods for this reason.I have 66 known food allergies so it’s not like I can go with complete avoidance. And some of…

I’m technically allergic to all nuts but I eat them regularly with no noticeable effects. A couple years ago I decided to grow peanuts and while I was planting them I thought “I wonder what a raw peanut tastes like?”

Why the hell haven’t I seen a picture of that dog before?