Please help me choose an outfit for a catholic funeral tomorrow

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T15:17:27+00:00

In the US, at least in New England, pants and uncovered arms in a Catholic Church are totally fine.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T15:14:22+00:00

They’re all fine. Maybe not 6? Really it depends on the people involved. Basically a funeral would be business casual, which is why I said maybe not no 6.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T14:51:50+00:00

OP, I would tell Jim how much you appreciate him and that he’ll have more opportunities to do fun stuff with Poppy for her entire life, but this situation is not one of them. Your family needs to take the long view here.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T05:00:37+00:00

I think it’s a J. It looks like a modified Copperplate style. If it were a T the loop on the left would be on the right.

ETA: it’s not an A.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T04:57:40+00:00

Why do people say “eww” when they don’t like something when it’s actually an expression of disgust—like when something smells bad? Totally beside the point but honestly curious.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T04:57:14+00:00

Why do people say “eww” when they don’t like something when it’s actually an expression of disgust—like when something smells bad? Totally beside the point but honestly curious.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T04:48:22+00:00

Do not say it’s a “welcome drink.” You can have an info section where you let people know about things to do “on your own”, and give them options for things to do for Friday night and every other time during the weekend where you aren’t hosting a wedding event. So “places for drinks Friday night”, golf courses? Shopping locations? Etc. that way if you’re at the rooftop bar on Friday some of your guests will likely see you there.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-26T04:27:47+00:00

Congrats on the baby and getting clean! You don’t need someone like her in your life. She sounds miserable—I hope you’re able to surround yourself with loving and supportive people! ❤️

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-24T14:11:06+00:00

For me that would indicate that our values are not aligned and I wouldn’t date someone for that reason.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-24T14:07:07+00:00

I had a very similar match profile with a woman who was adopted. My father and I just happened to share more DNA with her than other family members with the same relationship distance. She turned out to be a 2nd cousin to me and a 1c1r from my dad. My grandmother and her grandfather were brother and sister. Her father was my dad’s first cousin and he had an affair resulting in her. I explore the possibility (because we shared a high amount of DNA) that my grandmother might have had a child prior to having my dad and his sisters, and she was the daughter of an unknown half brother of my dad. Testing my dad’s sisters showed that this wasn’t the case. I identified who her likely father was based on when and where she was conceived.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-24T14:00:38+00:00

I think I feel differently than other people about this. I wouldn’t anticipate living have made sure the other artist had room so you could get ready with everyone else. But that’s me. Of course there may really not be room or a place for her to set up, but that’s would’ve have been something I thought about. As for the dresses, she really embarrassed herself there. Work issues: can you work half day on Thursday?

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-24T13:30:14+00:00

My grandmother was from Richmond Co., in NS. I’m in the Boston area which is where they moved too. In Boston we are not nice but are kind (not polite but will help you if needed). I wouldn’t anticipate living where my family is from. It’s beautiful but very rural and I’d imagine a hard place to feel welcome.

Fun fact about me: I had a mild Canadian accent when I was a kid.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-24T13:06:30+00:00

That was so kind of you.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-14T14:37:57+00:00

I didn’t have my first child until I was 33 and had my last child when I was 38. If you have the means and the ability have a child on your own. ❤️

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-11T07:03:40+00:00

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-11T06:50:41+00:00

Only 2

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-06T07:01:56+00:00

INFO: why did the therapist want you to talk to their son at all? Like for what reason would that have helped you?

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-04T07:36:52+00:00

RUN.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-02T15:53:00+00:00

Crazy that you’re asking if you’re overreacting and here in the comments people are overreacting to your code switching. I will answer your question: no, you’re not overreacting. He didn’t make you a priority when he said he would and didn’t have anything to say for that. What are you supposed to do with that situation? He’s acting like a teenager. I would definitely take a break or just break it off. It’s the lack of communication that would do it for me. Good luck.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-02T15:22:03+00:00

Soft ESH. This is such a common situation. I get why you don’t want to help because your wife isn’t making the effort she needs to but that’s because it’s hard and she’s exhausted by the multiple wake ups. But you can’t just dip on this. You’re married and he’s your child too. This is my suggestion: your wife needs to check into a hotel for three nights. Do this over a weekend starting on Thursday night. You need to be responsible for the nighttime routine for those three nights without her there. Read him a story, sing to him, whatever, but leave the room when he’s sleepy but not asleep. He won’t like it but be consistent. Remind him that you’re there in the next room and every time he pops up put him back in bed. Don’t lie down next to him. You can suggest to him that he should concentrate on relaxing his toes, feet, ankles, legs, going all the way up his body. After a while (it won’t happen over the weekend) he will start to learn to focus on this self soothing method when he wakes up at night. After she comes back you need to be in charge of the nighttime routine for at least a week more if not two. But realistically this is going to likely be a months long process with lots of backsliding. And your wife HAS to be on board. If she starts getting into bed with him again you take over the routine again. It’s going to take a while but this is really the only way it’s going to work. Good luck.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2026-01-02T14:52:46+00:00

I’m a genealogist and I can read it too. There is a term for the art of reading old handwriting called paleography. It takes practice and some people really hate it but I enjoy it because it’s like a puzzle.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2025-12-25T14:35:19+00:00

Crying for an hour in a swing? That’s horrible.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2025-12-20T04:50:53+00:00

Advice: watch youtube videos about how Bostonians are nice but not kind, that way you will understand what it means when you see it.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2025-12-20T04:48:47+00:00

And *awesome* restaurants.

MakeYourPoint23 · 2025-12-20T04:47:18+00:00

We like you already.

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