I would not tell them anything! Just cancel the appt due to an emergency or something. Do not trust anyone when a fetus is involved. (Sounds like a 30 rock quote, is sadly the state of things esp in the south)

Could you "forget" to go to the test? I'm worried about you.

There is a very good miniseries depiction on Netflix! Gillian Anderson is in it, and gorgeous.

Amalfi Coast!!

It might be great to suggest to her that you seek couples counseling before going through w the wedding. Lots of stress and miscommunications here. She sounds like she's afraid of losing herself, and her mother's death is ringing that bell.

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It started for me at 34ish. My friend had a baby and I drove over to see her. She put him in my arms and suddenly, inexplicably- tears were streaming down my face! I had never had a single urge to be a mother until that moment. She shook her head and said, "Uh oh girl! Baby fever!"

I would but that so hard

I'm guessing it's impossible to explain in a short amount of time- do you have a book or website you can recommend to someone who wants more knowledge and context for this war?

Cowl neck. My husband HATES cowl necks and I've finally joined him.

Get DOWN you fool!

"I had a farm in Africa...."

oh yes- I believe that was the Calvinists and Puritans we have to thank for the belief in predestination.

I once walked in on a roommate cutting the dead skin of her feet with a cheese cutter thingy. She was surrounded by all the skin and had a wooden box full -of old dead skin pieces - open in front of her. She smiled sheepishly and said, "I keep the skin....." And I shut the door slowwwwly.

I had a semester abroad coming up in the fall and was subletting/sleeping on couches for the summer. A department colleague heard I was homeless and offered the spare room in his townhouse. It seemed like such good fortune. A month without couch surfing! I was temping and driving a borrowed 89 Chrysler. It was a rough…

Haha! I'm by Patterson Park. The shit I've seen there is always good for a laugh. I saw a lady walking a stroller the other day- she had a baby in a sling thing, a toddler in the stroller, and baby rolling around in the under stroller basket thing, screaming it's head off and trying to grab her ankles. I just...I had…

There are probably several. Why doesn't it say "ICE CREAM!" or something pertinent? I just don't get it. I don't really get a lot about Baltimore, though.

The one in my neighborhood (Baltimore city) has a voice that says "He-LLOO?" Before it plays a horrible tune. The tone of the "Hello" is like when you point out something is wrong or stupid. It bothers me.

This "impeding doom feeling" was a symptom of the "bloody flux" (dysentery) which killed a ton of people in the 1500s. It was supposedly a first sign you were about to get sick.

here's what you do: get a ball ping hammer and a hair dryer. Heat the cork footbed (not too hot! The soles are Eva and will shrink under high heat) and hit the offending arch part with a hammer, really hard. Heat again, hit again.