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On 4/15/2022 at 2:50 AM, bybrandy said:
Yep, I'd say even ones who don't have terribly traditional values. I was surprised that my nephew's wife took his name. But I'd say more people I know than not who have gotten married in the last year have changed their names
But it isn't unusual either for people I know to not change their names, or to do some kind of hybrid, to hyphenate or to take a whole new name all together. It also is more uncommon but not terribly unheard of in my circle for men to change their name to a new family name.
Some of my doctor friends legally changed their names but seem to use their maiden names professionally. Not sure if they changed them when they got married or once they had kids..some parents don't seem to want to have a different last name from their kids. I got married 25 years ago and never changed mine, and I've been surprised when my husband and I have been questioned by some people when it came to identity- how can we be married when we don't even have the same name? Idiots.
I only know of one couple who combined their names, and I don't know any men who took their wife's name. I've read enough advice columns to see that it's still a big deal to some people. If my husband had tried to insist on my changing my name that would have been a big red flag...
3 hours ago, MBayGal said:But no Merlot!!!
(referring to movie Sideways, for those who are confused)
No effing merlot to be more precise!
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3 hours ago, MBayGal said:
How is that even possible? I don't see how anyone would have enough hours in the day to walk that much, unless you don't have to work, or your job involves walking. Anyway, yeah you!
I've heard that people with certain jobs, like warehouse workers, can get in 15-20 miles a day. I've been wfh since the pandemic and don't even get a mile in during my workday. I have to plan two walks into my schedule to get to 10,000 steps. It's a struggle.
15 miles a day is 3-5 hours of walking depending on your pace. Impressive.
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What is wrong with me that I was rooting for Kate and Toby in the few nice moments they had last night? I don't even like Kate and I know how the relationship ends. I feel very manipulated. Possibly because I am in a long-term marriage that has gone through many challenges and at times we bicker the way they do and I am rooting for myself? Hearing someone else snipe at each other is really tough. I think the writing was really strong in those scenes.
I don't buy the Phillip transformation or that relationship either. I think it added nothing.
I was so happy for Toby when he met the parfait woman. Also when he found another house. Between the depressing office and depressing house I was feeling terrible for him. He gave up the great job and gorgeous SF apartment for nothing in the end. But apparently his life does get better. It's pretty realistic with divorce- the same income now has to support two households, and something's gotta give.
Bobba Fett in the toilet- oh no! Love it. Little Jack is the best.
Next week looks like it's gonna be rough. Unhappy that it's yet another Kate centered episode, but looked like we'll be getting a lot of Rebecca and Miguel too. I still remember how hostile the kids seemed to Miguel in the beginning and it never made sense based on the timeline. It would be one thing if they cheated while Jack was alive but there was a significant gap. Who wouldn't want their widowed mom to find someone who makes her happy? And from everything we have seen thus far he has been an absolutely stellar husband to Rebecca. The kids are lucky they got together.
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8 hours ago, Eliot said:
Did I hallucinate, or was there a flash forward many, many seasons ago that showed Toby in bed in a dark room sobbing? Or did that already happen and I just missed it?
That was when Rebecca was presumably on her deathbed. IIRC Toby was alone in bed sans wedding ring. But he was apparently happily married to the yogurt woman for a while. Maybe she dies later.
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On 4/6/2022 at 4:56 PM, txhorns79 said:
There has not been another flash forward when he spoke about it. I have to think someone must have told him at some point what happened that day to cause his scar. Though obviously it is pure Pearson to keep around some highly symbolic reminder of trauma.
How odd. I was under the impression that term was only used for first time mothers 35 and older. I wasn't aware of it ever being used for first time mothers under 30, and Google indicates that the average age for a first time married mother in the early 80s was about 26.
"Advanced maternal age(AMA)" was 35 when my son was born 19 years ago. He was born three weeks before I turned 35, so I narrowly escaped the label. Pretty ridiculous as most of my friends had their kids in their 30s and 40s and did just fine.
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We are shown a preview where someone(Randall?) is calling Toby - the impression is that Rebecca is near the end - and Toby says something like "Does she really want me there?". So I can't imagine Katoby gets back together.
We haven't established that Kate predeceased Rebecca? Why is that in my head?
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42 minutes ago, Crs97 said:
Maybe if Kate had actually listened to the woman they hired when they brought Jack home from the hospital, they would be in a better place with a better understanding of how to parent Jack.
Yep I remember that too. Kate didn't want Jack to have any limitations. Which is a great thought when it comes to school and careers, not so great with any toddler, sighted or not.
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I thought the Kate and Toby fighting was very realistic. When things in a marriage are bad you find a way to blame the other person for everything whether it's their fault or not. It's all the anger you're carrying around just waiting for a chance to escape. I felt so badly for Toby with the big 3 ganging up on him like Kate was the victim.
Love drunk Rebecca! And she looked absolutely gorgeous. Yeah they should have punished the kids- totally unacceptable. But I can see why Rebecca found a positive spin there, being loaded and all.
Toddler Jack is so freaking cute. I was melting over his voice.
Not sure I can handle another Kate and Toby fighting episode. They're spending a disproportionate amount of time on that relationship with not many episodes left...
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I liked this episode more than I expected to. Overall sappy but sweet. The Randall as senator seems farfetched until I remember we have a football coach in the senate now so who knows.
I'm biased with this episode by the fact that I have what feels like a similar relationship with my college-age son who I truly believe can accomplish anything. He's my only child so at least no claims of favoritism can be made. But seriously he's awesome.
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Gah this episode was so frustrating! Toby's weekend plan sounded amazing- I would have been all up for that. I thought his investigating housing prices and all that was reasonable so he could approach Kate with almost a fait accompli. His not telling Kate about the offer in LA was a dick move though.
I thought their argument about old Toby was really good. Kate talks about the goofiness and laughter but as he said it was all really a coping mechanism.
All the coworkers were very sweet and welcoming to Kate. And all the complaints about the work calls..I was totally on his side. He's making money for the kids' future and still managing to stay very involved.
Agree that Jack is very young and would adapt. Does she think he will never leave that house? They both should have been researching schools for Jack and job opportunities for Kate before now. SF makes much more sense with Toby's line of work. Interesting that no one talks about remote work though. My son's in school out there and when we've taken CalTrain to SF recently it's been almost a ghost town with SO many people working from home. Maybe that's changing now though.
I wonder if the company is paying for the apartment? That's got to cost a fortune. Typically such arrangements are temporary but if they love Toby and have the cash, maybe they're footing the bill.
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I forgot the cringiest part of the episode- Kevin saying TWICE "Celebrities, they're just like us, right?" Yikes. Agree that it didn't even look like first class. Agree it was insane for Kevin to try to take two babies on the flight. I've raised three kids and am really good with babies and I wouldn't attempt it. And would be very unhappy if anyone on one of my flights did.
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36 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
Do people who can’t sleep at night really go out and drive their car around! I’ve seen it on tv plenty of times, but I’ve never known of anyone IRL who actually does that.
I can't even imagine. I've heard of people driving their babies around to get them to fall asleep though.
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Really solid episode. Love Kevin's veteran construction company idea. The flashbacks all tied in so well to the present day situation. My favorite episode of the season so far.
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5 hours ago, bros402 said:
Maybe part of the severance was that they got insurance paid for for x months? they might also qualify for charity care at the hospital - and it looks like in CA, if they earn under 36k a year, they'd all get california's version of medicaid and, well, with Kate being a classroom aide, that isn't a full time job, even if it is, that's 25-30k if they are lucky
Yep some companies do that. When I was let go I would have gotten six months of insurance at my employee rate. Thankfully I found another job right away though.
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4 hours ago, CrystalBlue said:
Didn't shows have summer reruns? Rebecca could have caught the "encore presentation" but by then everyone in town and on the phone would've been talking about what happened on Dynasty so the initial surprise would have been ruined. Jack was truly a dolt to have taped a stupid ball game over his wife's once-a-week TV treat.
Kids watching that episode would have been so confused! It was such a huge deal then to watch things live, not like now where people DVR everything. Jack was a real jerk about it.
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10 hours ago, MBayGal said:
I haven't read anything from the showrunners, so I'm just speculating, but my guess is that they are sending malik off to harvard because he is leaving the show. then deja can have a new problem next season.
It never made sense to have him looking at ivy league schools in the first place. If he wants to be a chef he should be looking at something like the CIA.
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17 hours ago, ItCouldBeWorse said:
And has a wife! Who needs stockings!
It seemed like the wedding coordinator got the girls' sizes and purchased the dresses without their input at all (I know, seems unlikely that they would fit so well-more likely the dresses would have been purchased in PA and brought to the wedding) and this was the first time Tess saw it.I just realized that Tess would have seen (and tried on/had altered) her bridesmaid dress in California in the time between the bachelorette party and the wedding.
So, never mind Deja, what's Malik going to do about his baby? Sometimes you have to make sacrifices when you have a child.
It would almost definitely be a full ride, with extra money for books and incidentals. Right now, Harvard is free if your family makes less than $65,000, and "for families who earn between $65,000 and $150,000, the expected contribution is between zero and ten percent of your annual income." https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordability#:~:text=If your family's income is,less than a public university. The school would also take into account the expenses his parents have for his daughter, but even if Malik's parents made $80,000 per year and he had to borrow $8,000 per year to attend (which I doubt he would) it would probably be an excellent investment.
Many people don't realize that although the Ivy League schools don't have merit scholarships, for people of limited or even middle class means, some of them are less expensive than state universities. Here is Princeton's average aid: https://admission.princeton.edu/cost-aid/how-princetons-aid-program-works and U Penn is similar. The trick, of course, it to obtain admission.
My son is starting Stanford in the fall, and I was pleasantly surprised to be getting any aid. If you make under 150K you pay room and board only, but over that there's some formula. The FAFSA told us we could afford over 100K a year for our son's college costs, but Stanford and the ivies use a different methodology. Which is nice because I would like to be able to, you know, pay my mortgage and eat.
On the dress thing, in these days of covid a lot of stuff is done virtually. I know a seamstress who requests detailed measurements from people and does alterations based on that. So it's possible this was the first time they saw the dresses, which I personally thought were cute. Tessa needed to suck it up for the day. It had nothing to do with her sexual orientation. If she were transgender that would be a different story.
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On 11/18/2020 at 9:33 AM, RedDelicious said:
Where is this Malik's family is poor coming from? His dad has a busy garage and his mom has a job where she wears business attire to work. I never got the impression that they were poor, just that both parents worked and they had to coordinate their busy schedules to help their teenage son care for his baby daughter. They don't have money like Beth and Randall, but they seem to be comfortable.
I was thinking more of the fact that Malik is the father and he is a teenage student.
In terms of college though there's a good chance he'd get a lot of aid. My son is a HS senior so we're going through the process now. Annual room and board at an Ivy is in the 75k range.
1 hour ago, DarkHorse said:I'm sure having a great body takes the sting out of it. It will probably make him appear more human to his constituents and his popularity will go through the roof.
Agreed! If he had a flabby belly he might not have taken it as well. I'm impressed with anyone who hasn't put on weight during this pandemic.
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7 hours ago, ByaNose said:
Now, I know why I’m single and don’t have kids. I didn’t notice Kate’s kit not being a pregnancy test. Who knew? LOL!!!
As someone wwho conceived with the help of ovulation test kits, I noticed right away 🙂
I was in a bad relationship in my 20s where I actually was kind of sad when I didn't get pregnant(I wasn't actively trying to and used BC but nothing is 100%)because I was trying to hold on to the relationship. I'm ashamed to even remember that now. Kate is an insecure teenager, so the storyline makes sense but it's heartbreaking.
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15 minutes ago, bybrandy said:
I wonder, if teen Kate is trying to get pregnant, it isn't as much about trapping Marc as it is about doing something that would make her family have to accept him. Obviously, he's horrible and this is going to backfire, but right now it isn't just that they've broken up it is also that her family loathes him. She can't bring him back around. But if she's pregnant then they have to accept him.... or at least in her sadly messed up head they do.
I can absolutely see Rebecca believing Kate about doing whatever with her one friend exactly because Rebecca so wants it to be true that Kate has a close friend.
I like that adult Kate is still taking in what Randall said to her in the opening it, that she's still evaluating and coming to terms with her part in it.
I'm not sure that the Ivy League is the way to go if is his dream is hotel/restaurant management.. And less so if his goal is being a 3 star Michelin chef. But google tells me Cornell has the best hospitality program in the country, so maybe I'm wrong there. Also, if he changes his focus that Ivy education puts him in contact with the right people in whatever field it is he ends up going in.His whole dream made no sense no offense. You don't go to an Ivy for a business degree. And he wants to get a Bachelor's and then go to culinary school? If he wants to be a chef he needs to already be working in restaurants and focusing on that. And to be prepared for years of struggle and a probable eventual failure.
If he gets into an Ivy I'm sure he would get tons of financial aid. I think pretty much if your family income is under 100k it should be free for him, and the presence of a daughter will help him. Who's watching her while he gets his degree? I guess if he went to Penn he could keep living at home.
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9 hours ago, ams1001 said:
I know babies go through a lot of clothes, but does he really need to do her laundry every morning, too?
She may not have a lot of clothes - I understand money is tight but he should check out thrift shops where you can baby clothes for next to nothing. I would think they qualify for assistance but perhaps they don't want to take it?
My son wore cloth diapers for about a year. Separate liners and diapers and I washed them every night because they were crazy expensive and he went through a lot.
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2 hours ago, ams1001 said:
I hadn't really thought about it but now that you mention it, it made me think of something like the Petfinder website. Ick.
Yes exactly!
My local news show used to have a segment called "Thursday's Child" where they featured kids available for fostering or adoptions and it always made me feel squicky.
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This is too depressing. I'm out.
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Now she lost the email??? Come on!!!
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S06.E13: The Day of the Wedding
in This Is Us
Thank you for saving me a search- knew I'd seen her on something recently.