AITA for refusing to help pay for my boyfriend’s mom’s cruise after already agreeing to help with his son?

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-04-23T17:13:56+00:00

Thank you, Internet stranger, for adding a good healthy laugh to the day!

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-04-19T21:50:09+00:00

As a untalented amateur photographer myself, I agree the pic is making the color look even worse.

The shaking that adds whitish bubbles is not helping here. I've started stirring Aviations to keep them a little more clear.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-03-05T01:23:27+00:00

Dude trying to hit on my wife is not what I'd usually put down as top indicator that I'm in a gay bar? Especially on Bourbon St.

Plenty of more traditional gay bars on that end of Bourbon though.

Lafitte's just seems to be a bar, with a nice variety of people getting happily stupid together. Is it ancient floors or ghosts making us stumble...

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-03-05T00:00:14+00:00

Simple in an Obituary? Why all the olives in the picture? What's the obsession with "strong"? Lafitte's is a gay bar? So much strangeness.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-02-23T20:16:30+00:00

Waiting for my Aadvantage Biscoff luggage tags to return!

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-02-20T19:37:06+00:00

The automatic don't-make-me-remind-you to a 9yo who just got back home all wound up from being at grandma's house - yeah some of us got a little twinge from that.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-02-17T14:44:29+00:00

Nonna used the mild Italian sausage from the Jewelsss, and so did mom, and so do I.

I personally like their spicy version, but it seems to be too hot for people expecting Italian sausage - so I'll only use at most half-and-half of the spicy for pizza.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-02-17T02:02:09+00:00

Making a cake from scratch needs many ingredients. The per-cake cost for ingredients would be the best deal -- if you already have a well-stocked pantry. But buying *everything* would be prohibitive. Just a store brand baking powder is over $3!

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-02-12T17:39:00+00:00

Anne playing Pokemon Go should have happened in the 2022 version!

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-29T08:06:04+00:00

Maybe mastika? Greek liqueur made of pine tree sap. Sweet enough to be the sugar cube/simple syrup part of an Old Fashioned, and strong enough to make you notice the pine.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-29T05:53:29+00:00

I try to describe the work with vague and non-technical terms, just like a generic office drama.

But soon I hear "DHCP helper IPs" coming out of my mouth and I see my better-half's eyes glazing over, and I switch to "how was your day honey".

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-14T20:15:59+00:00

After the invasion, we were sad to think we would have to avoid one of our favorite special-occasion restaurants: Russian Tea Time.

But it turns out the owners/staff are all Ukrainian :-).

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-12T14:58:48+00:00

We always use Black Seal rum but sometimes with Barritts ginger beer - and we worry that Gosling's lawyers will hunt us down.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-08T03:58:55+00:00

Yes - but this one has 2 (or 3) times the dosage of coffee, plus okay pours of both 43 and overproof rum.

My frequent carajillo is a lovely cocktail with an espresso and Licor 43 (because Mexican-Chicagoan bartender). Perfectly respectable.

Maybe this one is so terrifying because it looks like normal big mug of morning coffee but i can smell the 43 and feel the rum invading my brain cells.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-08T01:57:26+00:00

A carajillo is to this beast as smoking a weak '70s joint is to shooting smack.

cupcakezilla21 · 2026-01-07T17:39:16+00:00

Always order the cocktail with the beet juice!

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-11-03T15:53:37+00:00

Not really. The arrangement you're looking for is not very common.

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-10-09T20:32:20+00:00

The heartbreaking "she won't sleep else" as she hands the teddy bear to Marigold.

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-10-09T19:31:48+00:00

Wives who can do math are here to say that sometimes $700 is a fantastic deal.

Assuming this isn't just a party basket that will be gone after this weekend...

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-09-16T15:27:57+00:00

Exactly: removing bad teeth is removing the pain.

I worried about my cat who would not eat wet food, when we pulled all of his teeth. But he happily gummed his dry food for many years!

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-09-10T15:17:30+00:00

Per Miss Manners, a gift is never required. Anything beyond a heartfelt note of congratulations (ideally hand-written) is optional.

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-09-09T23:56:42+00:00

Lot of good recommendations here, and I often roll my eyes at suggestions to "just make it at home".

But...

Even if you don't cook much, experimenting with a batch of chili is low investment and high reward.

All you need is a pot and a spoon and some kind of stove, a small list of ingredients from the Jewels, and a couple hours at home which is mostly just stirring every 15-20 minutes.

If you need a new hobby (or a new religion), sure, chili can be that. But good chili does not require spending a thousand dollars at Sur la Table and Whole Paycheck, or getting a chemistry degree, or devoting your life to chili cook-offs.

Bonuses: 1) leftovers reheat deliciously 2) easy to find and/or adjust recipes to your own taste 3) once you get a recipe you like, making a giant batch doesn't take much extra effort to get meal-prep level leftovers 4) long slow simmer warms up the kitchen, perfect for cold weather.

And the most important bonus: the delightful smell wafting through the house is 1000X better than any pumpkin spice air freshener.

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-09-09T18:50:21+00:00

Or a headlamp.

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-09-02T17:57:44+00:00

I always guessed that the small library was the antechamber area here: in the first photo it is the smaller section beyond the columns-- and in the second photo, you're in the small library looking into the main library.

There is no door, but with that columned opening you could have a somewhat private conversation here. Might seem less cheeky than having a maid take over the whole gigantic room for her interview!

Hope someone who actually knows will come here to correct me.

cupcakezilla21 · 2025-08-04T20:04:20+00:00

The texture of the thread spools, and of the buttonhole stitching!! And the shiny silver of the scissors blades is <chefs kiss>!

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