Ooh, good luck, Dana!!!

oh! I forgot that my new company also has office in Denver.

So Grace got her haircut short today. I hate it. I hate it for reasons that have more to do with my issues than how cute she looks. Her hair reminds me of the second worst haircut my mom made me have when I was going into first grade.

However, her body, her choice.

I still hate it.

Good luck, Dana!

I just got a young worker here to register to vote. Now to make sure he goes and votes in Nov.

I bought a boar bristle hairbrush once and couldn't get it through my hair. Maybe it's best for straight hair.

I need nail polish. I've never said that before. But I have an idea.

I'm more upset about Brexit than I probably seem to be.

Oh man, I think that "I love to embarrass him!" is a terrible reason for someone to throw a surprise birthday party for her boyfriend. (This is a local friend who, when she sent out a group FB message, was asked if the boyfriend likes surprise parties, and she replied "I don't know, but I love to embarrass him!")

I can't decide whether I want to go to watch the slo-mo train wreck this dipshit is setting in motion, or stay home because I can't handle second-hand embarrassment. (It *is* at an Indian restaurant, and I do love me some matar paneer.)

But I mean, really? Maybe you find out how your boyfriend feels about surprise parties before you throw him one? Maybe you don't put "embarrassing him!" at the top of the list of ways to show him you (maybe) love him?

And this is why I celebrated my birthday with a waffle and my husband on the couch last night. Because he would never pull that shit on me.

Ick, Teppy. That's horrible. With 40 coming up for me in 2017, I have reminded TCG that if he throws me a surprise party or allows anyone else to throw me a surprise party, he will die a slow and painful death. Luckily he believes me.

Well, it may depend on the BF. For the DH's 50th, I corralled four people to give speeches about him as a surprise since I knew he would never approve of such a thing. I knew it would embarrass him and it did, but I also knew he'd really love hearing what they said and that it would give him a lot of pleasure, which it did.

Is the BF the kind of person who would be embarrassed at first and then totally dig a delish dinner with friends or is this just going to be an evening of torture (which is also a possibility).

She sounds like she *just* wants to embarrass him. I guess I'd be giving her less of a stinkeye if she hadn't cheerfully said she had no idea if he even *likes* surprise parties. That's (1) a gamble to take and (2) kind of shitty to pull on someone if you don't know how he'll react. I get the feeling she doesn't really care. She kind of treats him as a prop.

t edit I mean, he may love it, and I genuinely hope for his sake that he does. But she's doing this without knowing one way or the other. That's just...thoughtless. Scrappy, you said you knew that J. would love the speeches despite the initial embarrassment. That's totally different. Because you knew how he'd feel. This gal...doesn't seem to really care.