*Image is of Swedish Crown Princess at a wildlife sanctuary. Via Kristian Dowling/Getty.

I had this one! I was 18 and only ended up with a cell phone because my little brother wanted one and wouldn't his old-enough-to-sign-a-contract sister pleeeeease do it for him?

That. is. an awesome story. I totally would have done that too. I usually end up gravitating to the little girls shoes to escape the sky high heels. YES I'm sub-5', but NO I don't need scary heels. I have back problems, and I don't have (much of) a complex surrounding my height. Baby's First Heels (TM) are a…

It's funny, those failures make you a better sewer though, and provide you with some great stories. I don't know how many terrible sewing-machine related stories we have among my group of seamstresses (and those who tolerate the sewing in their presence). Many of them involve throwing half-finished items across the…

4'10" here. If work ever gets less crazy, I will eventually make the transition from sewing costumes to sewing work clothes, so I can have a whole wardrobe of Mad Men dresses.

*waves* Hi again, body-sister! 4'10" and totally wearing little girls' shoes right now — the ones I bought to be in a wedding earlier this summer. I'm lucky in that my personal style tends to swing just a little bit girly, and children's shoes are sometimes a lot cheaper.

Thanks for the warning. o.O I'm married to a Russian, and I'm...um....overblessed in the cushy chin rest department. Going to that region this summer, good to know I won't be buying clothes. ^^;

As much as it's cliche to recommend such a major retail chain, we really had a lot of luck with David's Bridal for my best friend's wedding this summer. We ranged from the brides size 0 sister all the way up to a size 24 And if you have until next year, even better, because I *highly* recommend watching their sale…

Thiiiiiis. A lot of my weight is right smack dab in the OMG I HAVE A CHIN REST. If I wear a dress, it is by default a mullet dress. So when my alterations to my maid of honor dress for a wedding (I shortened it by tacking it up to the belt so I can have the length back later) resulted in a mullet dress by design, I…

Can my world be one of those awesome little exoplanets I keep hearing about? Pleeeeeeease? Because then I can make it utterly free of this kind of bullshit. Seriously, everytime I hear something like this I go back to my friend who had to deal with "Do Physics like a MAN" at a conference...and I'm like Fuck This,…

This. So much this that it hurts.

Me three.

It's hardly sustained elation. The best we've ever gotten out of drugs is functional. And if he has to stay on those for the rest of his life so that we can live our life, well, good.

Thank you. I'm on the other half of this equation (my husband is the one on the antidepressants), and you've stated everything so wonderfully. I feel like a drug like this could be so beneficial for taking clearing away so much of what piles up in a marriage and allowing two people to actually see each other again.

I'd take it in a heartbeat. As a caregiver to a spouse with a mental illness (whose drugs are necessary just to get to a baseline of being able to get out of bed most - but not all - days), I find that I could use some assistance too. Because no matter how wonderful he is, there are aspects of being a caregiver and…

Same here — I'd rather be cheap! Plus I go through enough of the stuff sometimes that it just feels wrong to pay so much for it.

Oh and don't get me started on the Antihistimine-D formulations that cost an arm and a leg because of the pseudoephedrine. When they all went generic I switched to buying the two parts separately — way more cost-effective now that it's no longer covered by insurance. I finally got my doctor to write me a…

Thanks. I went through a lot of confusion and cross-talk with my european in-laws over this many years ago. The clarification is very much appreciated. :)

You would not believe how long that took me to figure out 10 or so years ago, when dealing with my european in-laws.

Agreed. I'm the master of the cough-and-cold cocktail. I'd rather just mix and match what I've got than buy a box of specialized "cold" medicine that I'll probably use for a few days and then not need until its expired.