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I'm fine, thank you. Oh, wait. Let me guess...you don't actually care, right?

I am accustomed to the tradition here, and it has nothing to do with a cutural tradition anymore and more to do with a socially-sanctified way to make MORE money. I think this goes deeper into the extravagance and display of wealth that weddings have become today. One should not aspire to rake in the money at a reception…

Again with this idea that these sweet, fun events can't happen without a dollar dance. Little girls and boys can dance with the bride and groom without paying for it at most weddings. At my best friend's wedding, she forbid a dollar dance, and then made sure everyone knew that the bride and groom were more than okay with…

Key was in lieu of gifts. In this area, guests are expected to help with the bridal shower, bring a gift, and then do the dollar dance. How much does a new couple need? o.O

No one is being forced, and I acknowledged that. I also pointed out that every reason people have given for having one, is easily acheived via non-monetary means. Other than the idea of making more money, either for honeymoon or other...

I didn't realize that everyone is incapable of dancing with the bride and/or groom throughout the rest of the reception and can only make contact for 30 secs during the dollar dance. Why doesn't the happy new couple make the rounds of the reception and dance?

Well, what do you expect to reap from a DOLLAR dance, if not money?

So, what are the gifts for, if not a sign of support and goodwill towards the newlyweds? When did a hug and kind words in the receiving line stop being support?

No one is being forced to participate, no. Unfortunately, for the guests that don't have the money, ability, or interest to engage in the flaunting for greed, they sit in the chairs and and amuse themselves while the bride panders for more money.

I'm failing to see the connection between sharing time with the guests and them having to pay money to be honored with time spent with bride and/or groom. Greed spans many cultures, but that doesn't make it a good thing, imho.

I've seen Dollar Dances at two weddings, and I thought they were horribly tacky and boring. I am sure they were great for the drunks that kept it going for 15 minutes, but for the rest of the crowd that was sober, we sat around and waited for the dance to go on. I also had the displeasure of listening to the bride complain…

I'd like to point out that sometimes people assume they are being hated on for their size (whatever size that may be) when really, they're hated on because they have a crap attitude.

We all get hated on. I get hated on for my goal size being a 12. Seriously, someone wrote that anyone willing to stop at a double-digit size is "settling" and "less than committed". Skinny people get hated on for what they wear, how they act. I haven't seen a skinny girl be told no one wanted to see her rolls...and I…

I think the "Why McDonalds is horrible and not cheap" thread is down that hall <

How about all the members that have "I have an ED (be it anorexia, bulimia, or morbid food addiction) and have no interest in getting fat/getting skinny. Nothing wrong with having an ED, leave me alone!" on their page? People in remission from either end of the spectrum, sure, makes sense to be here. People intent on…

So I am academically curious how you know for a fact that grains were gathered only for animal feed, and not for human consumption, during the prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies. You know, the time before written history. I would also like to know how you would explain the clay jugs and pots they are finding in ancient…

Thanks everyone, for both the information and the encouragement! :flowerforyou: After digging more into it, I think I'll train using the Virgin Warrior guideline that Andiwho offered. Knowing that I am not the first "big person" to go for it helps too! I don't know if I will be able to afford it this year, but even if I…

It took me awhile, but I finally have accepted this belief, and oh, is it true for me. :D An ex-partner went crazy and blew up at me. Obviously we called it quits, and she blocked me everywhere, *****ed about me to everyone, just acted really miserable. I kept going on with my life. I didn't block her, I didn't talk about…

This may sound hilariously naive, but what is a burpee? All I can think of is the German WWII guns or seed company...

I think I am very glad that I don't know that song. It sounds crapalicious. Unfortunately, I still have My Darkest Days in my head from last night...DH kept repeating lines to embed the earworm in my brain. :grumble:

I loved this. Like sunshine after a bad storm. Maybe now I won't believe myself when I think everyone at the gym laughs at me. :)

Well, since MFP removes my swearing, just assume my body and I have a very long rant at each other. I'm getting better, as in I don't want to punch the mirror each time I see myself naked anymore. Lately my most frequent thought is "I'm losing weight, getting more firm, and still, I won't look decent until I have surgery.…

"Y'know, the girl with quesitonable tastes." or "Y'know, the fat girl with the really tall skinny guy."

We don't eat at buffets very often because I don't eat enough to be cost-effective with the price. The rare times I do eat at one, I usually eat a salad or soup before hand, give it time to settle, and then take a little bit of what looks good. I don't eat the fried stuff (that much grease usually gives me an upset…

Like I've said before, it could be argued, through the dictionary, that many "fat" women are more curvy than "skinny" women. After all, those rolls are curves. But really, do you really need to care about a word that isn't being used the way you want it used? Women, of all shapes, sizes, colors, ages...we are all…

Lol, I have no clue if it is "healthy" or not, but I try to get the unprocessed (raw) honey from a local apiary in exchange for labor or something. I love honey! I like to eat in drizzled in my oatmeal, or in my yogurt, or even in a peanut butter sandwich instead of jelly. On-top of a bagel or english muffin, or fruit…

Lol! Do you force feed him Coors light down there? *Edited to remove some wayward lols.

I don't know why everyone is complaining that the OP is being mis-understood. He doesn't seem to be in a hurry to come clear things up! And having loved the hell out of Jonathan Swift and similar essayists, I can safely say that while this may have been in sarcastic jest, it doesn't succeed at it very well. Now if you…

Soooo....if I go to the bar dressed in gym clothes, stinking like the sweat I raised while mucking out a chicken coop, wearing my beat-to-hell tennies with the manure still stuck to 'em, ask for low-sugar orange juice in my drink, or a diet sprite with my booze, and whip out my food journal while flashing my big bosoms, I…

My children have all been very thin and very, VERY active. They all weaned themselves at 1 year, and they have been on whole milk since. It is perfect for calcium, fat, protein, all sorts of useful nutrition packed into one yummy cup. To the person who asked how prehistoric people fed their kids before the domestication of…