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I loved my Pegasus plate! My parents still have at least 5 of them.

I’m American and my husband is British so we live in the UK. I’ve been so thankful for free healthcare and paid maternity and paternity leave. My husband was home for nearly a month with both our babies and I was qualified for government maternity allowance for 9 months each time.… Read More

San Francisco! Of course I end up back in my home state.

I wish I had had less bridesmaids. I felt so much pressure to match my husband’s 4 groomsmen that I asked a girl that I thought was a close friend and a girl I had been close to previously. Thing was I was getting married to a man in his home country and I had very little friends… Read More

@ariellej4 🤣 The exact reason I went with a more unique name. I don’t want my little one to have 4 other girls with the same name as her in her class like I did!

@crimsonnclover It comes from the name Sarah meaning “princess, lady” and from the Arabic name Zahra meaning 'blossoming flower, splendor, dawn'. I love the meanings. So special and really describes my little girl so well! There’s still Zara stores in the UK but not sure about the… Read More

Where’d your arms go??? 😱😂💪🏻

I’m an American living in the UK and I get asked if I’m Canadian whenever I meet someone new. I’m convinced it’s because Canadians get offended if they’re asked if they’re American while abroad.

Jamie Dornan creeped me out so much in The Fall that it ruined his other performances like 50 shades of Grey. Nope. Nope. No. Maybe his portrayal in his upcoming movie, Belfast, will be easier to watch?

I named my daughter Zara this year, another AH name. It’s relatively popular in the UK(where I live) but literally nonexistent in the US(where I’m from). My poor parents have to tell people how to pronounce it and explain that it’s actually in the top 50 in the UK! 😅