Tom Savini is absolutely a celebrity.

I don’t have a “Worst Celebrity Encounter” story, but I met George Clinton and he’s the nicest person. I used to drive for a limo service and he was in town for a singer/songwriter concert series that they have in my city. He insisted that he hated riding in the back seat and sat next to me the entire way to his…

My uncle was a limo driver in the 70’s-80’s and they didn’t have cells back then of course, so when he was late picking up a job at the airport, the person called my grandma’s house to see where he was, my uncle was living with her. She told they guy my uncle had left already and would be there shortly. Aparently the…

Damn I wish I wasn’t so late now I think this won’t be seen but oh well! We had our dog Bullwinkle be part of our ceremony and stay for the party. We thought he would just chill next to the bridesmaids but he wanted to be front and center for our vows. Our wedding was in the backyard of my in laws so that made it…

When I first got engaged, everyone and their mother - and especially my mother! - liked to ask me how I “envision [my] wedding.” I hate attention and photos (and spending money I don’t have). I love other people’s parties and weddings, but have just never liked being the center of attention and never had a bridal…

Sadly I don’t think it exists in photo.

She wore a tie and greeted the florist.

Yes, my dog will be at my wedding (if/when) because she hates children and I can deliberately make the whole event child-free and blame it on her.

Sort of. We have two cats. Big, old girls. I grew up in the south, where groom’s cakes are a thing (they’re usually funny or about the guy’s interests) and often at the rehearsal dinner. My parents had two cakes made for the rehearsal dinner that were life sized renderings of our cats. It was amazing. A little…

My dog wasn’t a part of our ceremony but came to the reception! He wore a little doggie tuxedo that matched what my husband wore.

We would only consider venues that would allow our bulldog, and good thing as our human ring bearer had an absolute meltdown moments before walking down the aisle- my mom tied the ring pillow to our pup’s collar and he behaved perfectly for once in his life. DOGS>CHILDREN ALL DAY EVERY DAY

Kind of. We had a comic artist make our ketubah, and he inked our dog into the border:

Hi, welcome to BCO! We have fun here.

“How dare you mock the guy for not knowing what the beach is? Some people make it to age 50 without visiting the beach and somehow completely missing the ever-present representations of beaches in popular culture. Besides, many people suffer from Glorpman’s Syndrome, which is an inability to understand the…

My mom was amazing. She was in an abusive relationship (Domestic violence) with my biological father since the day they got married. She stayed with him because of cultural reasons and I think she was scared to leave (I’ve been angry at times about this, wishing she left when I was younger but I know she was making…

Sad that I am joining this so late so it’ll probably die in the grays but here goes:

For the longest time during my childhood, my mother worked as a manager in all but name at a local gas station in a small community alongside a major and busy highway. This isn’t the only ‘My mom met a celebrity’ story I have, but this is my absolute favorite.

One day, this huge ass tour bus pulls into the station…

file this under Every Mom Has Her Secrets. my mom was the quintessential neurotic, overprotective, pollyannaish jewish mother from the 70s in a marge simpson beehive and hibiscus muumuu, a SAHM who fluttered around making soggy tuna fish lunch sandwiches and checking us constantly for signs of cancer. however, she was…

My mother had a tough life, right from the start. Her mother put her and her sister in foster care because they were getting in the way of her partying. Had a baby at 16, gave it up(it was the 50’s) pregnant, then married at 18, pregnant and divorced at 20. Worked 2 factory jobs for a couple years then married my…

(phone rings in the middle of the night.)