Not a food service story, but along the lines of "No, see, I went to university," and "You're pretty literate for a waitress..."

Did they segment couples with expensive weddings who paid for their own vs. those whose parents footed the bill?

Ain't no corruption like Illinois corruption, cos Illinois corruption pretty much happens all the time at all levels of government.

Yeah I'm definitely in that golden period right now. Not looking forward to 30 weeks +...

Yeah I was sick until 18 weeks, but now it's like - what symptoms? I only think about it when I feel her move (which is happening more and more often now).

Should I feel bad that I'm in the midst of my first pregnancy and I sometimes forget? I tried to bend down the other day and something was blocking my ability to do so and I was so confused until I remembered that it was just my uterus in the way.

Yeah had I been in that situation, I would have been way too nervous about high kid near a vat of boiling hot oil.

My parents never hit me or even threatened to, but I was a rule follower because they had other way worse punishments. Por ejemplo: I was being a little shit and my mother told me I could no longer go to my friends pool birthday party. BUT, she still made me walk up to the door, ring the bell, give her a gift, explain…

Regarding that bullshit 2013 requirement that a woman has to hear the fetus' heartbeat before the provider can perform an abortion procedure:

My husband is allergic to tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, etc.), but not legumes (peanuts). This causes issues ALL THE TIME at restaurants because he will order a salad sans walnuts, for example, and then will order some dessert involving peanuts and the server will get super eye-rolly and then we have to…

I noticed a cute guy up at the bar with some of his friends. He ordered a whiskey ginger and as soon as the bartender delivered it, I swooped in and grabbed it, turning to the guy and saying, "how did you know this was my favorite drink?" We talked, he got my number, and a week we went on one (mediocre) date after…

Re: Guiliana - Literally no one thought you were literate/smart enough to write your own jokes, don't worry. But just because someone put it on a cue card for you doesn't mean you had to say it.

"In the family way" is my favorite phrase of all time. Bless you for using it.

This is an awesome point, which I will be sure to use next time. ;)

I had a conversation with a conservative member of my family many moons ago where he told me (upon finding out that I regularly contribute money to Planned Parenthood, which I told him proudly) that my feelings on abortion would drastically change when I got pregnant.

Omg that cutie!!

My dog is part shih-tzu (he's half poodle, so he's a shih-poo; I also feel the need to tell you that he was a shelter rescue), so I must have some authority to say that that dog is hella ugly.

Well, duh. I'm mostly asking the author if she makes an exception for pregnant women. (Since both a mom and a baby technically get the nutrients.)

What of pregnant women?

Tipping etiquette question, non food related: I went to see an aesthetician who is the sole proprietor of a small business. Do I tip her? (I did after the first visit since I err on the side of being generous, but curious for follow-up appointments.)