On On Second Chances
@datalass Yeah, I think he might just want redemption? Justification being, If she takes him back, he couldn't have really been a bad guy, right? But once she washes him clean of his sins by taking him back, she'll stop being a fantasy and will be a reality...and if the reality doesn't match his fantasy, this could end badly for both of them.
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On On Second Chances
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On On Second Chances
@iceberg WHOA RED FLAG. He sounds like a real Pete Campbell.
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On On Second Chances
@atipofthehat I've given a second chance - in fact, I married him after we resolved the issues that led to the demise of the first chance. And I'm so, so glad I gave him a second chance. So, it can happen! But obvs YMMV.
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On Friday Bargain Bin: This Stuff Might Still Get to Your Mom in Time?
Give them the gift they really want...GRANDCHILDREN.
Sure mom! I'll get right on that...
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On Friday Bargain Bin: This Stuff Might Still Get to Your Mom in Time?
@hotdog Are you my sister? Add in outrageously expensive kitchen gadgets and anything that she can use on her horse, and that's every gift I've ever gotten my mom, ever.
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On Moral MASH: Philosopher, Judge, Angel, Teacher, Enforcer, or Guardian?
@cherrispryte Me too! represent!
I agree with the verdict, too - I'm likely to break any rule that doesn't make ethical/moral/logical sense to me. But I don't think I'm as nice as they say I am, either...hmmm.
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On The Reproductive Quadratic Equation
@JG3 Ayup. I'm in an even weirder place now - in my wild and reckless 20's, I said, "I'm too poor to have kids - I want to wait until I'm financially stable." So, I job hopped until I got a fabulous job. Now I'm financially stable and just hit 30, but don't see how I can take any time off from my career in the next 5 years - especially if I wanted to have 2 kids. Taking off 6 months twice over the next 4 years now seems crazy and undoable..and even in that case, I'd need someone to watch a 6-month infant from 9-5 every day and I worry I'd feel like a terrible, uninvolved mom.
Sigh -maybe I can have kids once I'm retired? Does that work?
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On Quiz: Are You Being Insane About Choosing Your Bridesmaids' Dresses?
Oooh I hope I don't get in trouble for this, but I have an "insane bridesmaid's outfit" story.
For a family member's wedding, she decided at the start that her bridesmaid's dresses would be:
- Less than $70 each
- Patterned
- Not tea length
To be fair, she wanted to buy the bridesmaid's dresses and wanted a non-trad wedding, so I could sort of understand wanting a low price point. However, she didn't really understand that fabric varies - some fabric is much better for photos and bodies than other fabrics. Instead, she fixated only on price point, trying to find the best deal possible on dresses that met her criteria. I should add that from the get-go, we all said we wouldn’t mind buying our own dresses so that she could pick out “the one” instead of just “the cheapest one”. But, this fell on deaf ears.
Which led us to the first dress - a 50/50 spandex/jersey blend, floor-length, brown giraffe-print halter top available only in junior's sizes (we bridesmaids were decidedly not all junior-sized). "It's perfect!" she said. It looked...really, really bad. I looked like I was going to give birth to a baby giraffe through the stretchy, clingy fabric - it was sort of like what the Jersey Shore cast might wear to a midscale buffet. Eventually, she changed her mind and decided to buy another option. This one was a miniskirt-length, one-shoulder blue-and-brown snakeprint number made from 100% rayon that she found as a lot on ebay. It was meant to be diaphanous and floaty. In practice, it looked exactly like a caveman costume. We modeled it, and kept the editorializing to ourselves, but the resemblance was undeniable.
At this point, she had spent enough on multiple dresses to have gotten much nicer dresses in the first place (none of the ones she bought were returnable). A few weeks before the wedding, she capitulated and let us purchase plain brown, cotton, A-line knee-length dresses from Target, which were actually really cute. She wouldn't budge on her other unusual bridesmaid outfit choice, though - acid green, snake-print, 6-inch strapless peep-toe plastic stiletto heels for each of us. For an outdoor wedding in the grass. Luckily we had some sturdy groomsmen arms to tiptoe along with, and so no one took a tumble.
If anyone has anything to top that, I am dying to hear it.
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On On Second Chances
@WaityKatie EXACTLY! Yay I was worried that reference would go unloved :D Like my favorite line in the whole episode - summed up his character so well, imo.