My post was not about the Tibet issue, which may or may not be legit.

If the Ancient One character was written exactly as she/he was for Tilda, there would have been no problematic stereotypes if they’d cast an Asian actor. I cannot recall anything that character did or said that would have seemed stereotypical if performed by an Asian actor. If you’re talking about the trope of…

My post was not about the Tibet issue, which may or may not be legit.

And if the filmmakers were really trying *that* hard, they could’ve found a way to do that role without it being a stereotypical mess. Ah, well.

Yep. Family is as white as it gets and lives in Wisconsin and this song = Christmas to me and always has. My dad refuses to listen to anything recorded after 1975 because that’s about when it “all went to hell,” according to him, so “This Christmas” was always mixed in with the other classics we listened to during The…

Now THAT is a cake worth having.

The place we went with priced cupcakes the same no matter what. We ended up paying extra because we wanted them to come and set them all up (because no way was I setting up cupcakes on my wedding day). But the cupcakes were priced based on volume, no matter what the event.

Genius. Paper-plates were MADE for Thanksgiving.

As does any vintage store that sells keys. Seriously, what is with all the “old-fashioned-key” decor I am seeing at weddings?

Splendid! I’m so getting that one!

You are an evil genius. I need you on my shoulder to advise me at all times.

I have a feeling that, if we do buy a home, my mother’s set of china and my MIL’s two sets will be thrust upon us. They will probably do a drive-by and leave it in our yard.

We just had a relative get married, and my mom was talking about going rogue and getting her “china, or maybe crystal, I don’t know why she didn’t register for anything nice.” And I was like “Mom, no. They live in a one BR apartment. People gave us that stuff too, and now it’s at Goodwill. Save her the drive to…

Your comment made me LOL. Admittedly, I get all the feelings when my mom whips out her china at Thanksgiving, as it reminds me of all the Thanksgivings that came before, and all my loved ones who ate off that china and are now dead (RIP, Grandma).

Yes! Rubber rings. We are looking into getting those for daily wear and travel.

Ah, yes, the apartment parties, where everyone sits on the floor and everyone is fine with it because it’s not like their place is any bigger.

Many vestigial parts of the wedding industry hate millennials.

Exactly, you can give your kids gifts without over-doing it. We got ONE gift from Mom & Dad and ONE from “santa.” And my parents encouraged us to think really hard about what we wanted because we had to make it count. If we asked for something too big (like a pony), they’d be like, “That’s too much, think of something…

When I was a kid, I was SUPER unenthused about travel. It was a thing my parents made me do. I’d have rather gotten a book or art kit under the tree.

Yes! The giraffe pictured was in the Okavango Delta. Then we went to Chobe National Park (Savuti and Chobe River area). Were you in Chobe as well?