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Long wedding engagements

The longer you are engaged, the more you-centric my life becomes: engagement parties, bachelorette parties, bridal showers, the wedding itself. It's not just the thousands of dollars I have to spend to go to all these events and buy you crap for them, it's that now instead of having delightful conversations about the Holocaust and puppies, we are only allowed to talk about the decisions agonizing you: whether you should change your names, whether the tablecloths should be mauve or a heathery pink, what will happen when Jimmy and Tammy are in the same room at the reception. I mean, it's nice that you found somebody to fuck on a regular basis and all, but why does it have to so inconvenience me?

— Vagina Jones from Aberdeen,WA | Relationships | 11.7.2008 | Comments (3)

Some people have long engagements to save money because they don't have parents who will pay for everything, moron.

— Tila

so don't have a big wedding, duh Tila. Or save money before the engagement. Why do moneyless people think that spending tons of money for a wedding is smart? Spend it on a fucking house. Or on wedding gifts for your other poor ass friends with long engagements.

— Tinky

Amen, Tinky. I see no reason to spend thousands of dollars on a dress I'll wear ONCE. (Well, I see no reason to get married either, but whatever.) Also irksome: when women go out of their way to say "my HUSBAND" as often as possible after they get married.

— Ms. Pants posted 11/10/2008

People who consume multiple french fries per mouthful. » I suppose we should eat them one at a time, with a fork (held ONLY in the left hand...Eurostyle), and pat our mouths after each fry with a napkin? ;-) – Ami 3/12

The non-existance of unpadded bras in cup sizes less than D. Macy's, Victoria's secret, and Bloomingdales do not carry them. unpadded. » I'm a 34GG. Try buying ANY bras from non-specialist shops at this size. – 3/12

Social nicety bullies. » A good response if someone has asked you already that day is, "Oh, about the same as I was an hour ago - how can I help?" – 3/12

Mothers who keep telling me that "I'll change my mind", after I tell them that I don't want kids. » It's more selfish to bring a life into a world none of us are that stoked on, without its prior agreement. – 3/12

Having house guests who sleep really late. » What the hell are you talking about?! Wake the fucker up! – 3/12

People who consume multiple french fries per mouthful. » JM doesn't have an opinion, just an attitude problem, apparently... – 3/12

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