That's an excellent suggestion. Respecting or channeling a culture =/= skimpy versions of traditional outfits.

Those are so, SO not the same thing as dressing up as caricatures of black people with exaggerations of their body parts. If you dress up in blackface without knowing that blackface is racist (literally always racist, always), it's still racist. Your intent doesn't matter nearly as much as you think it does.

Because the big lips, big butt, and big boobs thing is a stereotype that is often used to mock black women's bodies and explain why they are "less attractive." Don't be proud of your ignorance.

Appreciating a culture means you observe it and leave it be. You do not emulate or mock it. So there is no "bullshit" when it comes to cultural appropriation.

YOU GUISE let's invade Poland.

Yes! That poor cat. My kitties would hate me forever if I dragged them out of the house, let alone made them fly around the country.

I personally like the phrase "bumping uglies". Much agreed on the distaste for "intimacy" and "making love."

I just want to hug your students. Middle schoolers: not always awful!

I'm seriously hoping for a Daenerys coming-of-age sort of thing that ends up being less coming-of-age and more conquering the world with blood and fire.

Are you seriously trying to compare a gorgeous woman in her mid-20s to these old guys. Srsly wut.

I think that "don't put registry info in the invites omg" is so dumb. Then it puts the onus on your guests to call/test/FB message someone OTHER than you (and they may not know your family, so extra irritating) to ask where you were registered. It's a bit inane.

Newsflash: if the guests don't want to pay for a vacation, they don't have to. Woo!

That's a really good point. We had some expensive pan sets on our registry, and a ton of people just donated money so we could buy the $300 pan set (obviously no one wants to buy you $300 worth of pans). We got about 50/50 gifts/cash.

Do the Honeyfund. If she raises the issue again, end the discussion. It has been decided, and it's not up for debate. If she throws a fit, leave. Do not engage the psychosis.

I bet you're a blast at parties.

You know what makes me rage? FAKE POCKETS. Why would you sew fake bloody pockets into womens' professional attire? Whyyyy would you even do that to me?

Yup.

I've never been more excited to turn 30. IDGAF, here I come (in a few years)!

Yup. The fact that he's married to a woman doesn't mean he isn't bi.

And she did. You'll note that the only thing her texts show is that once she realized what the club wanted she backed off and was not interested. It was the promoter who kept bothering her.