I was going to say this but I was afraid I'd get accused of being a troll. Thank you for putting it much better than I would have. It's sad for their family, but I hope she takes it as a sign from her body that it's time to stop.
Oh, fuck! I broke my tailbone when I was 13, but they totally didn't tell me this. Do you know if it was just your case, or is that pretty much a sure thing with a vaginal birth if you've broken your tailbone in the past? And yeah, plane seats are the worst. It never quite goes away.
I'm in the DC suburbs and there are about 10 Starbucks for every independent coffeehouse around here. I wish we had a good local chain like Peet's in the Pacific Northwest, but we don't. I don't even think Starbucks coffee is especially good, but it's hard to go elsewhere when it's the only reasonable option.
It bummed me out, because despite the fact that she was kind of evil, she was also interesting and cunning, and I always liked her character for that reason. In the fourth book, she's just evil and stupid. There is so much penis envy in those chapters I think even Freud would have been like, "Whoa, take it down a notch, man." As well as some weird, male-gaze-appeasing lesbian action. Nothing against that in principle, but like pretty much every other sex scene George R.R. Martin writes, it's vaguely rapey and definitely disturbing.
Don't count on it - Martin completely ruins Cersei with the POV chapters in the fourth book. It's really awful, actually, since I initially thought she was one of the better-written female characters.
I worked at a video store all through college and was never bothered by the people who paid in quarters, although granted, these were $4 and $5 purchases - I think I would have been more than a little irritated if someone tried to pay a $40 bill in change. What did bug me was the one customer who insisted on paying for his XXX rental in PENNIES. 425 of them, to be precise. All of which I had to count. Anyway, I think it just depends on the sheer volume of coins involved.
I was seriously about to leave this same comment. I'm a little horrified by the idea of the producers of a reality TV show arranging a marriage. I'm sure it's obvious that I am also incredibly naive. At least there are two of us!
Okay, phew, I'm nowhere near Oklahoma anyway. I also have no plans to have a child anytime soon, but you know, better safe than sorry. Also, I'm really impressed with your mom - I'm pretty sure if I'd just given birth I would be in no condition to tell one newborn from another.
I am a size 2/4 and I own one of their size LARGE swimsuits that is TOO SMALL for me. There is something really and truly fucked about downsizing that much. I know I always feel like shit about my weight after trying on their clothes, and I feel like that's the effect they're trying to achieve.
That's what I think too. Most of it is make-up and weight loss, but she's definitely done something to her nose and the lower lip looks noticeably bigger.
Also, as a former anorexic, I recognize the beginning-stages-of-starvation face, and she has it. I am worried for her.