He should be able to get a few bucks for those teeth, although he may have a hard time finding anyone with a mouth to fit them.

Bracing doesn't do anything after growth has stopped, so by age 16 your girlfriend was probably not getting much out of the brace anyway. It can't "cure" scoliosis, but it can help keep it from getting into surgery territory if you happen to be one of the unlucky ones who are destined to progress to a more serious…

I have scoliosis as does my sister. Neither case warranted surgery, but I did wear a brace as an adolescent. (My sister wasn't diagnosed until after she had stopped growing.) The curve does worsen somewhat during pregnancy but not permanently. She's had two kids, I've had one, and neither of us had any complications…

That's also why your feet usually grow a half size. The hormones cause all the ligaments in your body to loosen.

I have no doubt that she probably already wears them. At least Poise pads. There is no way she is not seriously messed up by now.

I don't know when it became a "thing" to bring a gift to the reception, but the way I was raised, it's not done because it creates a logistical nightmare for the bride and her family. Not to mention needing security to watch the gift table, etc. In my family we always sent the gift directly to the bride's home before…

I question whether those are even veneers. They look like full-on dentures like my grandfather used to wear.

No, do not let Marie take Holly! I hate Marie.

I have a friend and neighbor (we often watch BB together) who also hates Junior! Just never liked him. Can't explain it. I think I would have the least trouble with Marie dying. I can't stand her character, for one thing, plus I have zero emotional investment in her. Even with the villains I have more invested, except…

Absolutely agreed. I say this all the time.

Also this I loved:

Yes! I commented on someone else's thread, but this is the artwork I remember, Louise Fitzhugh's own drawings. This one and the sequel, The Long Secret, had a huge effect on me. I read Harriet with my daughter a couple of times, and I cried both times, just remembering my childhood and how much I adored this book, and…

Yes! And the one about the mysterious stranger. They were written in - what? - the '40s or something? They go waayyy back. I think my grandmother had the mysterious stranger book. I can't remember where I got the red trailer mystery. I loved them both and read them several times.

I remember trying to tell my mom about it after I finished reading it as a kid, and I was so overcome. I didn't want her to see me cry about a book so I just stopped talking. I read it with my daughter a few years ago and just bawled.

I read everything by Zilpha Keatley Snyder I could get my hands on. I cried my eyes out reading The Changeling with my daughter when I introduced her to it. I loved The Headless Cupid. The Witches of Worm was almost too scary for me.

When I introduced this to my daughter, after having loved it myself, I could not stop crying when I read it to her. A couple of years later we read it again, and same thing, the waterworks all over the place. I love love LOVED this book as a kid and I will never forget it. The original illustrations (also by Louise…

I'm just replying to you so I can tell you how fucking brill your handle is.

Ya, I don't think this is a joke. I tried to find a rental in Santa Monica once.