SarahBird

Really I feel like she's getting too much hate. She seems very aware that she's basically rich by a lot of people's standards and I didn't get the sense that she feels sorry for herself or anything.

One of my cozy bedtime routines is lying awake at night worrying about getting dementia due to lying awake at night.

@areyoukidding So the way you read it they were still talking about the $3200 at that point? I couldn't tell if they were saying that would be the alternative to $3200/month or the alternative to $3444/month.

#1 is the type of story that daughter will someday be telling in therapy.

@StephieAye He may be a good dude in a lot of ways, but I can't help thinking someone oblivious and/or self-centered enough that he "still doesn't get it" should maybe not be dating right now.

For me it's not even so much the price as the *change* in price over such a short time. You'd practically need a steady 10% raise every year to keep up with that, when in reality you're lucky if you're keeping up with inflation.

Possibly a stupid question, but I'm not quite understanding the fee structure. Is it $11k to move out even if it's at the end of the scheduled lease, or is the rent hike going into effect before she renews, or what? If it doesn't go into effect early, why would you leave early?

Yeah, I went to some massively crowded and often underfunded public schools; I can't imagine my teachers didn't get overwhelmed. If they needed extra time to finish grading something, they'd just tell us that. As long as it doesn't result in our being expected to complete the next… Read More

@singtress Again, *if you are giving the customer the same volume of liquid* -- i.e. filling up the glass to the same point -- that you otherwise would have, you *must* be replacing the alcohol with something. Where else do you think that volume comes from? And again, that's not… Read More

@Lacuna Thanks, I appreciate the clarification. I got a lot more pushback on that sentiment than I expected, so I interpreted what you said along the same lines. I apologize.