Snapdragon

Has anyone else started Love is Blind: Sweden? My husband and I are halfway through episode 2 and already Sergio is the worst!

Maybe she was with her husband (or whoever) when he died in a drunk driving accident and the Beatles were playing on the radio? That would be a good explanation. I've never watched any of the other seasons of this show but I'm a big Jodie Foster fan (glad she's acting again) so I decided to check it out. Wasn't expecting all the supernatural stuff but I don't mind it. Does give the show a very different feel than a regular detective show though. So far, I like everything about this except for the CGI animals. They just take me completely out of it.

I think a palms up shoulder shrug with head tilt would have also worked. Or she could have leaned really hard into it and smiled while flipping him the bird. That would have actually been hilarious.

In regards to Jo Koy, I do think there were a few things working against him. First there was the only having ten days to prepare. Even an experienced host would find that difficult. Second, as funny as I find most of Jo Koy's comedy, I'm not sure he's the right type of comedian for a hosting gig. Most of his comedy (the best bits, at least) has to do with his family, not quips about celebrities. That being said, as much as I enjoy her music, Taylor Swift really needs to get a sense of humor about herself. Jo Koy saying that they'll be less footage of her from the Golden Globes than at an NFL game is not something to get upset about. Like, lighten up.

It's been awhile since I watched this but I'm pretty sure Any was out running errands and left June in the car for a minute while she popped into a store. Danny had followed her and planned on setting the car on fire while she was inside. The switching between that scene and the therapy was just to show the audience what both main characters had been up to since the last episode.

Pretty sure this is the last show of the year. Schools got out this week and people are starting to travel for the holidays, so most shows are wrapping it up this week.

Did Billy Porter raid Whoopi's closet? Because that is totally a Whoopi-esque outfit he has on!

Today is actually the day my husband proposed to me fifteen years ago. So yeah, I guess tis the season! LOL.

I thought Ana's dog should have won. I loved her little dance and was impressed that she'd been trained to jump into her carrier. That said, I thought it was funny that everyone but Sunny basically had the same dog. LOL. I always forget that Sunny has such big dogs because she doesn't really give off "big dog" energy to me. Sarah I can see having big dogs (which is ironic as I believe her dogs were chihuahuas, weren't they?) but Sunny always strikes me as someone who would have small to medium dogs.

Tidying up the house today so I have this on in the background since it's perfect background noise. The only thing I can say is that I do relate to Khloe saying it's taking her longer to bond with her second baby. With each of my kids (I have three), I found that it took me longer to bond with each one. With my first, it was immediate. With the second, it took a few months. I think that's because 1) With your first, that's all you know so you feel that your first baby is full of personality and when you have your second, you're used to having a kid who's way more developed and interactive, so you're not as "wowed" by everything your new baby is doing and 2) I feel that the post-birth hormones don't hit you as hard. With my first, I couldn't be away for her for very long or I'd freak out but I could be away from my second for much longer. I feel that this isn't something that people talk about as much (and may not be true for everybody, I can only go off my own experience) but I do like that they brought it up on the show.

According to my very brief internet research (meaning I think this is all correct but I could be off on a few things), Diana and Dodi only dated for about a month or two. They started in July 1997 and died at the end of August. Seeing as how Diana had just ended her two year relationship with Dr. Khan (and according to everything I've read, it looks like Diana was actually the one to break things off, I think because he just wasn't feeling a life with a lack of privacy, though she was probably pretty broken up about it since she's quoted as referring to him as the "love of her life"), I would assume that the Fayed relationship was probably a rebound/summer fling type of thing. I think because so much media attention was given to Fayed at the time of their deaths, it made their relationship seem way more serious than it was. I was fifteen at the time and remember thinking that he had been her long term boyfriend.

So on all the Thanksgiving topics discussed today. I'll admit, if I had to do it again, I would have skipped some family Thanksgivings between the ages of 23-27. I was recently out of college and things weren't going stellar both career and relationship wise and just as Alyssa said, all my uncles and aunts had to ask me about it (some of them even making fun comments along the way!). It didn't help that I was the oldest of all the grandkids, so the rest of my cousins were still in college, so there was no one else to ask but me. I had run the idea of skipping to my mom and she guilted me into going about three years in a row. So yeah, I think if you need to skip a year every now and then, that's understandable. As for politics at Thanksgiving, why? And no, Joy, people do not need to be "educated" about why their political views are wrong. That strategy isn't going to change anyone's mind. If you want to have a polite, calm conversation where people with differing view points talk about why they hold the positions they do, then great, but usually, it just devolves into, "I'm right, you're wrong, so there!" Personally, I don't need that kind of stress added to my holidays. On a side note, I liked Whoopi's hair today. She looked perky!

So I'm going to need to see pictures of Sarah's ex-boyfriends because she said when it came to men, she preferred dark to light but while her husband has dark hair and a somewhat olive complexion, in no world would I describe him as "dark". So was she only referring to hair color or is her husband lighter than she usually went for?

This was one of the few Bachelor seasons I watched and I called that Jason should pick Molly when they showed him on some radio show and the DJ asked who the best kisser was and he said "Molly". That's a big tell right there. Also thought the same thing during Rachel Lindsey's season when she let her now husband kiss the heck out of her on the first night. I thought, "She must really be feelin' that guy if she let him do all that after knowing him for five minutes. He'll probably win." Also, the entire concept of the Fantasy Suites icks me out. I cannot for the life of me imagine sleeping with someone knowing that he had either just come from or was on his way to sleeping with someone else.

That's my point though. Why didn't she believe him? I get as a kid not believing him but as an adult? It had never occurred to her that people can cut their foot and get an infection? She'd never heard of gangrene? She'd never seen a picture of someone with a foot infection? It's common sense and common knowledge, so the fact that she had to ask a doctor about it (in her thirties, no less) is beyond me.

Okay, I'm really not trying to pick on Sunny but she keeps on saying the most random things. Yes, you can get an infection in your foot...if you get a cut on it. Just like you can get an infection from a cut anywhere on your body. That's why, if you get a cut, you wash it and put a band aid on. Just walking around barefoot will not lead to a foot infection, but that is why people tend to not walk around barefoot on surfaces that could cut their feet (ie, rocks, wood chips, a barn with rusty nails lying around...). I mean, I'm assuming she walks around barefoot on the beach and if she cut her foot on a shell, she'd treat it. Don't know why she'd need to consult her doctor husband about it.

I think when Sunny was new to the show, she was on her best behavior and as she's gotten more comfortable, more of her real personality has come out. And to your second point, I do think because Meghan was so volatile and loud, it caused everyone else on the panel to tone it down and be a lot more measured with their responses, just because she sucked a lot of the air out of the room. Now that Meghan's gone, there's a lot more room for everyone else's crazy.

I used to like Sunny but she's become a whole mess of contradictions. A couple weeks ago, she was saying that she wanted more kids, but Manny said "no more" after they had two. Then earlier this week, when discussing the "perfect number" of kids, Sunny says that she only had two because she didn't want to be outnumbered. So which one is it? Then (also last week or the week before) she says that she preaches abstinence to her kids but when Yvonne Orji says she's a virgin in her 30s, Sunny doesn't seem to believe her and questions whether or not she's a "technical virgin". Then she says that she doesn't want her kids getting married until they're 30. So, she wants her kids to be abstinent until they're 30 but doesn't believe someone when they claim to be just that? Okay then....

I think this depends on your social circle. I'm a millennial and the majority of people I know (within the same age range) have kids and own homes. Everyone I know who doesn't have kids just didn't want them. It had nothing to do with finances. Not having say, six kids could have come down to finances but again, most have 2-3 kids. Same with home ownership. I know a few people who rent but that's due to life choices (living in an expensive area, choosing to stay in a lower paying job, etc), not because it was unattainable. And they really should differentiate between Millennials and Gen Z. Millennials are 27-42, while Gen Z is 11-26. So yes, right now there are a large number of Gen Z living with their parents because the majority (even the adult ones) are still at a stage of life where they're either in school or just starting out. Also, the pandemic set people back, especially if you were just starting college or a career. One thing no one ever brings up in these discussions is how there's a good number of Baby Boomers who have a hard time passing the torch (looking at you, Congress) or letting their kids grow through failure. Everyone I know who's in a failure to launch situation (or whose parents still pay a lot of their bills), have parents who keep stepping in and "rescuing" their adult children, instead of letting them tough it out for a few years or learn from their mistakes. It's like there's a generational savior complex going on and I'm not sure why. Maybe because the WWII generation was hard on them so they swung hard the opposite way and over help?

Watching the 20/20 episode right now and after the cultists showed up with the baby (supposedly one of them was the birth mom), the adoptive parents contacted a lawyer who handled the adoption. So it was basically a private adoption and a notice was put in the paper announcing that there was going to be an adoption hearing for an abandoned baby. Also, it was the 80s, not the 70s (though 1981, so almost the 70s. Just bigger hair. LOL)

I found that story rather confusing. When the cult ladies showed up with the baby, weren't the authorities called? I mean, if someone randomly just showed up at my door and handed me a baby, I'd be calling the police. Maybe it was treated as an abandoned baby case and the adopted dad was given temporary custody until the adoption went through? And was Holly given away before her parents were killed or after? And is this cult still going on? They didn't really go into any details. Guess I'll have to watch the 20/20 episode if I want to know more (Could also read the book...but I don't feel like it).

That conversation about the nipple bra was giving Emperor's New Clothes vibes. I felt like I was watching an SNL sketch, with them fawning over this ridiculous idea. It's a dumb idea and I can't believe that no one said just how dumb it was!

That was the weirdest discussion about abortion that I've ever seen. No one was making any sense and everyone seemed to be talking about something different. As for what they were supposed to be discussing, yeah, I think most people would say that if you're in a committed relationship and accidentally get pregnant, that the couple should discuss what to do but ultimately, it's the woman's choice since she's the one that has to carry the baby and, if we're being real, there are dudes out there who will say they want the baby, but then disappear once the baby is born. And while accidents do happen, if you're not married, you need to be using both a condom and some kind of female birth control because while both of those have a possibility of failing, the odds of both of them failing during the same encounter aren't high. And I don't know why people are coming for Justin because while I think he's probably a jerk overall, he was right that neither he nor Britney needed to be parents at 19. There. Was able to cover both abortion and Britney without brining up masturbation or how many kids married folks agree to have (which were both so off topic, it was laughable).

Yes, I guess my public education served me better than Sunny's private one because we learned about the troubles in the Middle East when I was in high school (and I'm fifteen years younger than Sunny, so it was certainly within her lifetime). Honestly, I feel that Sunny's one of those people that doesn't see nuance. Everything's very black and white to her and she needs to have a "side" to be on, so in a case such as Israel/Palestine, she's not sure what to do.

This is what I was wondering. I'm hoping that her daughter is middle aged and that this wedding is her second and taking place at a courthouse. If her daughter is only in her mid-thirties and this is her first marriage and it's the fancy ceremony with the big reception, then that's pretty f-ed up of Sondra (Sandra?) to miss it.