Won't somebody think of the children?
Feed the children to the pets? 
Just got home from dinner party. Thought it'd be dinner at sushi place for a few hours. It turned into dinner, desert, let's all go back to my place and have drinks. And then it was 1:30. Cool. Great conversations. Work. Life. and everything in between. Found out one of the wives works on the tv show CHUCK.  Pretty cool.
	
 
		
		
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. It was just a bad dream. 
Laga, have you found a new home for your kitty after she has to leave your parents'?
	
 
		
		
Gah!  This thread is not breakfast friendly.  
	
 
		
		
Surgery~ma Drew. Mom had that sugery recently and it was a very easy surgery. 
	
 
		
		
So, at a wedding, when the groom chooses a female attendant, which is a better way to refer to her:  groomsmaid or groomswoman? Just curious as it came up in another forum, and I can't make up my mind which I like better.
	
 
		
		
Our wedding had mixed attendants, and IIRC we just called them attendants (except for the matron of honor and best man, and I think we may have called my brother's husband, the only boy on the bride's side, the stud). 
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But of the choices on offer, I'd prefer groomswoman, as 
woman
is a nice neutral descriptor for a grown-up female person, whereas 
maid
is a little less neutral and has more ick potential.
	
 
		
		
I was my sister's Best Woman. Which was nice. She also had bridesmaids, though. 
	
 
		
		
Back in the late '80s, I had a coworker who had her best (male) friend as her main attendee; they called him the Dude of Honor.
	
 
		
		
Wait, what are the male attendants called, traditionally (on the groom's side)? My mind has gone totally blank.