You can actually turn that off through your setting; it will just become a silent response. I don’t mind his casualness, but could do without the snark! Maybe my British SIL tells him how to respond, since he himself would get slapped if he took that tone with me, his MIL! 
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The Washington Post has COMPLETELY messed up their crossword puzzles!!! There no longer is an archive of puzzles should you need to go back and do one later, printing a daily puzzle now takes 2 sheets of paper and printing a Sunday puzzle takes THREE SHEETS!!
There is still a link to the Merle Reagle Sunday puzzle but it no longer works. Since Bezos went over to the dark side, the crossword puzzles are one of the few things keeping me subscribed–that may change.
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This annoys me often - people who drop off their passengers at a store and then park directly in front of the store blocking the cross walk while waiting for them to come out again!!! If you can’t find a convenient parking spot that allows visibility to the exit, then park further down the “no parking here” curb and don’t block the entrance/exit for the rest of us!
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Bugs that continually bounce off my shaved head or fly into my face while I walk our dog around the neighborhood.
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I’m doing this! I’m going to have a British male Siri! I always wanted my very own butler!
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Something quite different happens around here. At four way stops, even if you arrive at the intersection first, if the other person has a more expensive car, they go first.
Of course I realize this isn’t the law, but it is how things work around here. When my DH moved to the area, he didn’t believe me at first, but he quickly learned. And our kids all know to be careful at four way stops - because we’re not the ones with the pricey cars.
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Perhaps time to get dash cameras, in order to make it easier to prove that the expensive car driver was at fault for a crash when they failed to yield as required.
People that drive with temporary plates that expired years ago annoy me. The police either don’t bother the ticket them or they find it cheaper to pay for a ticket than get legal plates. Plus you know if they don’t have proper plates they also don’t have insurance.
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The butthole who spit on the bumper of my car in the grocery store parking lot today was really annoying.
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One of D’s friend’s wedding registry consisted of cash donations to help pay for various wedding events (including the honeymoon!) Tacky is too nice of a word here. Don’t have a wedding that you can’t afford and then expect guests to contribute to it!
Many of the Millennial weddings we’ve been to lately have had honeymoon experience items on their registry (in addition to tangible gift items), such as “couples massage”, “romantic dinner for two under the stars”, “jeep tour”, etc. that guests can donate to. I don’t love that either, but I guess that generation is more comfortable with asking for what they want, and the experiences are more important to them than a crystal stemware.
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I’ll be the odd one out here. I have no problem giving money for a specific purpose ( or none at all). All of the millennial couples I know were already living together and had the “ things” they needed. Many lived in small places in cities and simply did not have space for “stuff”. None were interested in fancy place settings or things like that. I have happily contributed to honeymoon funds, dinners, etc.
I happen to be a minimalist myself so I get it. And I realize that while that wasn’t done back in the day, younger people do not consider it tacky. Times have changed.
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It’s a sign of old age when so many things annoy us. We are not chill any more.
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I freely admit that I’m a curmudgeon about all things wedding.
I think bridal showers are outdated if the couple marrying don’t need anything. I really don’t like destination weddings and one of my kids had one.
It’s a me thing, and not necessarily an everyone thing
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I’m pretty sure they don’t have to use that money for actual experiences, the company takes their cut and the couple gets the rest.
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I think bridal showers are annoying and outdated period ( also sexist).Very few people are setting up their first home at that time.
I would like to see “ first place” showers instead. Held for young people ( any gender) setting up a first place ( outside of college housing).
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Some people do have house-warming parties, and some expect gifts and some don’t. I am fine with either in this case, but not for each house, only the “first” or maybe then and when someone buys a home.
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I think this is a great idea!
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I lived in my own for 5 years after college before getting married, my husband had 3 roommates. He moved in with me about 8 months before we got married (2 room apartment), and then we moved to a 300 year old home as caretakers for a couple of years before buying a home (one kid and another on the way). Everything we owned was from dead relatives, garage sales, thrift shops. We only do gifts at showers, not weddings, so not that much stuff, but it was great to have nice and new.
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People playing TVs really loudly in hotels after 11pm. Luckily hotels usually seem quite responsive when you call reception to address the matter.
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I get annoyed when people stand in line for a long time and are then unprepared when it’s their turn.
I was at a concert recently and was standing in a long line to get a drink. A woman in front of me was with 4 teenagers. She got all the way up to the order window and then asked the kids what they wanted! She had 45 minutes to do that!
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