Vortex! in answer to a question you asked a while ago, I think you should change your hair for the F2F - you'll enable the traditional Buffista greeting!

I was thinking what Tommy said, but I didn't want to say it for the same reason. Also, if the heels are high, I would imagine that the soles are pretty stiff and I"m not sure how you would bend them to the right angle.

I have gotten heels completely replaced when they were all worn down before. Shoe repair places can do some amazing things. I can't see how you could change the height, really, but changing the type of heel seems likely to be possible, and maybe there's magic that can be dpne with the height.

tommyrot, that's kind of what I was thinking. Which is probably for the best, because I do not need ANY reason to think I could make these boots practical in any way. Because they run about 400 Euros, and I should not covet boots that are that pricey.

But oh gracious, they're pretty.

If anyone deserves those boots, it's you Jilli.

American [people], you know what they have. They don't have families. Well, not that they don't have families, but they're not close.

Ha! My father notwithstanding, that side of the family is very very very close. Hell, we have a whole hill that's just our family's trailers. Mimi and Grandaddy, Samantha (Dad's cousin's daughter), Rita and Bo (Dad's cousin and her husband), Uncle Bobby, Aunt DJ, and Uncle Johnny and Aunt Mingion- and that's not counting the summer trailer Uncle Don and Patti have around the way (that's K's dad). K and I were raised like sisters, and I know all of my dad's cousins and most of their children. I was very close to Grandaddy's brother and his wife, Uncle Acey and Aunt Dorothy. I almost gave a lapdance to a 3rd cousin.

So yeah. We're close.

I'm one of those Americans who is not close with his family. Especially since my Mom died, I can easily go months without talking to my Dad or sister and I'd get angry and confrontational if they expressed opinions about how I should be living my life. And by angry and confrontational, I'd bluntly tell them to fuck off.

In fact, I moved across the country to get away from my family. And they weren't even particularly burdensome or crazy making. I don't have any huge outlying issues with them - we just don't have that much in common. We do all love and support each other and indeed both my Dad and my sister flew cross country for Matilda's baptism.

But it's a weird cultural divide in some ways. JZ's parents are convinced I dislike them because I don't want to see them every weekend. Whereas from my perspective I spend 10x more time seeing them than I do my own family, and that's Quite Enough. Shit I've seen JZ's brothers (who both live in other states) far more often than my own family.

OTOH, I fully expect Emmett to call me weekly when he's in college and I'll undoubtedly have opinions about his and Matilda's life choices.

Hec, you made me laugh. I'm not really close with my family either, for the same reasons you state (we are very different people with VERY different views - not to mention the fact that we live on opposite coasts). However, were I to have children, I could see becoming the annoying mom who always wants you to visit and calls you far too often.

However, were I to have children,

Not to put any pressure on you, but purely for aesthetic reasons I think you should have kids. Also, I think you and GF are a great couple.

You are very sweet. However, GF and I have discussed this in-depth and if we do decide we want kids, we will be adopting, so no genes will be passed on. It would be fun to have a mini me but, hey, that's what the niecey is for!

Well, I'm sure your kids would be stylish no matter what their genetic makeup.