Lovely photo shoot but...is this a headdress? And if so, srsly?

Ha! I do have some family in Orange, but I actually heard this specifically from family in the bay area.

Haha I'm from Bucks County, and I remember my friends mom insisting on stocking her bridal shower with Peace Valley Winery wines which...was not great. But! It would be totally fun to do wine tastings out at the wineries!

My family have said the same of showers, that they can't even remember being invited to one...that's so hard to wrap my head around! Everyone back East (and also here in southwest Ohio) has at least one (I had two, my mom threw one in Philly and my aunt-in-law was really excited to throw one here).

I have family in California and according to them Californians don't have bridal showers and they have huge bachelorette parties (usually in Vegas).

I'm from the Philly area originally, and feel like just about everyone I know who has been engaged has gotten one. And I have family in California, where they seem to be a HUGE deal—big weekends away at Las Vegas, that kind of thing.

Yeah, probably because I went to a really small college (~1250) with limited resources and they didn't offer it as a semester-long course, as I see some others in the comments got. It was more like a workshop. We just met a handful of times; maybe four meetings? (It was 10 years ago, so my memory is fuzzy.)

I was so, so happy the dick paraphernalia was left out of my party. Matching shirts and a sash for me was perfect.

For my bachelorette we went to the ballpark! My sister and cousin made reservations at a sports bar near the Phillies' ballpark (Chickie's and Pete's) where we had dinner and shared pitchers of craft beer, then we hung out at the game which was a hilariously good time, and then we did a little dancing and drinking at…

Yeah, I was surprised by how heavily my body's responses kicked in during the simulation—my heart was pounding, I screamed a lot more than I expected (like rage, not high pitched shrieks) , and it felt like it was over so fast. If I had one critique of the hands-on portion of RAD, it'd be that they should allow…

I agree the manual is weird, but for what it's worth actually taking the class felt pretty useful, at least for what it was. Granted I took it five years ago, but it was pretty memorable for me, which I think also says something. They emphasized things like not harboring the delusion that you're going to take on your…

I agree—granted I took RAD about 10 years ago as an undergrad, but from what I remember the in-person stuff was actually fairly pragmatic. It was about calling attention to the situation and doing what was possible to get away (not suffering the delusion that you can take on your attacker martial arts style).…

I remember watching that season but somehow missed that moment. That's so awesome.

That's awesome. I just, like, have so much difficulty seeing Seacrest as someone with industry-leading integrity. Which sounds more horrible than I mean it to, but y'know? So glad he's proving me wrong.

These are the questions my red carpet experiences have been missing!!

I don't watch live red carpet coverage often enough to compare; a lot of years I'm stuck catching photos of the gowns the next day.

This is actually the way Seacrest's interviews have gone so far tonight. I've been really impressed. Who designed your stuff? You look great! Now tell me something substantive.

I've been watching red carpet coverage on E!, and I have to say I'm impressed that Seacrest has managed to ask female actors substantive questions. A quick "Who designed your dress?" and then he moves on.

Hooray!

Evennn better if so. In addition to being crazy, FOL is crazy expensive.