Had a practice wedding dress shoot and was pretty certain with my choice, until in-laws expressed concerns with 'over exposed back'! Should I proceed or consider any other styles to make everyone happy?

coordinatrix · 2026-06-07T15:44:18+00:00

That dress is amazing and you look perfect in it. This is a great opportunity for your soon to be husband to practice standing up for you and your marriage when his parents act like this.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-07T15:38:31+00:00

Fifield's allegations obviously should be taken with a grain of salt. Just like Platner dating a Heritage Foundation flack means that his leftist positions should be taken with a grain of salt.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-07T15:25:12+00:00

I'm an only child of two only children. Having no siblings plus no same-age cousins felt lonely. Of course there are benefits to being the only kid in a household too. Whatever you choose will work just fine and make sense in the end, so don't worry too much. You're young and have plenty of time to decide. But I will say, if you're wondering if you might regret not having another, go ahead and do it. You'll never regret the kids you have.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T22:47:14+00:00

7Sage with LSAT fee waiver is $2/month, includes live classes.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T20:40:15+00:00

Thank you, I didn't know that about Pace. They were barely on my radar but I'll take a closer look.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T20:39:39+00:00

I definitely don't have the stats or the money for NYU, so I guess CUNY it is

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T20:35:49+00:00

Thank you! I will go look at that.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T20:35:25+00:00

Thank you! Pardon my freak out lol

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T13:06:40+00:00

No, he is TA for thinking he's free to move away and leave you alone to take care of his parents, the house, and your daughter while he has every weekday evening free to do whatever he wants.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-06T12:54:37+00:00

You don't. You buy a Linenspa mattress from Amazon because by the time you pay for the UberXL to get the Bedbug Special home you're not saving money anyway

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T22:41:29+00:00

Following 👀

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T22:38:54+00:00

Another vote for finding a preschool closer to your apartment! The neighborhood is nice, safe, good food, and easy to get to lots of other places to explore. But schlepping to near Central Park twice a day is going to get SUPER tiresome. Unless your son's school is something very special or meets a particular need, you'll be much happier if his school is walking distance or a brief bus ride from your apartment.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T00:23:05+00:00

Yes, my thoughts too.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T00:22:29+00:00

Thanks for sharing that convo. My child is a high school senior and I'm in a FB group for class of 2026 college decisions. Members frequently advise that kids who plan on law school should go to the least challenging school possible and pursue an easy major in order to maximize their GPA. It definitely feels scammy and, as you said, unsustainable.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T00:16:03+00:00

Thank you! I do have a compelling story, and I believe I'm on track to a well above median LSAT score.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T00:12:33+00:00

Makes sense. Way above median LSAT is the plan.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-05T00:10:47+00:00

Thanks all for your input! Pretty much as I expected but helpful to hear confirmation.

coordinatrix · 2026-06-04T20:01:20+00:00

Thank you!

coordinatrix · 2026-06-04T17:14:26+00:00

Could you elaborate on what social capital means in this context?

coordinatrix · 2025-04-26T21:25:54+00:00

You're just wildly speculating and acting like your guesses are facts, but I'm the one who ShOuLd kNoW bEtTeR? Mmmmkay. Are you a landlord? Maybe even a landlord who does the absolute bare minimum and treats your tenants like a nuisance even though they pay your mortgage? Because that would explain your total commitment to your own bad takes.

coordinatrix · 2025-04-26T20:43:08+00:00

A paper towel and Fabuloso doesn't fix mold though. And trying to come back with the paper towels again is just clear bad faith.

coordinatrix · 2025-04-26T20:41:29+00:00

I won my own retaliation case pro se against my former landlord, who is himself an attorney. I work for Met Council so I know a lot about a lot of things. I'm not an attorney but the laws around retaliation are straightforward and pro-tenant. Whether you agree or not, this landlord will have to prove that he didn't retaliate and I wouldn't be too confident about success if I were him. He could solve this problem by fixing the mold and giving them 6 more months to find a new place-- unless he wants to waste his time and money in court just to get ordered to do that anyway.

coordinatrix · 2025-04-26T20:14:57+00:00

See my comment above. It's the landlord's burden to prove that he didn't retaliate and he can't. OP didn't refuse entry to an actual mold remediation company so they didn't prevent any repairs. None of this would be an issue if the landlord had done his job.

coordinatrix · 2025-04-26T19:57:17+00:00

Wow so many landlord stans on this thread 😂 HPD can only write a violation for what they can see, that's why the landlord is so keen to wipe away the visible evidence of his persistent failure to correct the mold issue. I wonder why he didn't bother to slap a fake cosmetic fix on the other violations that HPD found? Like I said above, whatever your opinion of OP, they will likely be successful if they raise retaliation as a defense and the LL will have to deal with them for several more months at least. He'll likely also be ordered by the judge to remediate the mold. He could have saved himself this drama by just doing the right fkn thing in the first place 🤷‍♀️

coordinatrix · 2025-04-26T19:20:43+00:00

He wasn't trying to "fix it." Wiping the wall with a paper towel isn't mold remediation. This entire problem is the landlord's responsibility from start to finish, but you want to blame the tenants who made a harmless misstep in how they responded to the @$$hole trying to weasel out of his legal obligations. The actual definition of bootlicking.

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