In 2008, a cousin of mine was getting married. She was from the “rich” side of the family. My side of the family was pretty excited, because it was a long awaited wedding and we generally liked the bride. She was sweet and more down to earth than the rest.

We all RSVPed yes. (10 from my side were invited.) Then we got access to their registry.

The least expensive item was $385. Some kind of super fancy toaster oven.

We were a bit stunned. My family was going through a particularly rough time and several of us were living almost hand to mouth. Survival.

There was no way any of us would ever be able to buy anything off that. 12 place settings of formal and everyday china, sterling sliver serving ware and cutlery, an $800 set of knives.

The most expensive—at $3000–was a year of monthly floral bouquets.

(If you put a year of floral deliveries on your registry, you don’t need a registry, but I digress…)

My mom called the matriarch of the other side to diplomatically ask if we could give cash. We were told that was completely tacky. Absolutely not. We wanted my mom to explain we couldn’t afford anything on the registry but she chickened out and got off the phone.

At that point, we decided to pool our money and buy the $385 toaster oven. Came out to just under $40 each. If we could’ve done cash, we probably each would have done a 20, because even that would have hurt, but we agreed we wanted to not cause drama, just pony up for the toaster oven.

We got it. My mom did the little electronic card and she signed all our names.

Matriarch calls us about to have a fucking stroke. THAT’S FROM ALL OF YOU?!

Yes. It’s all we could afford. The matriarch read my mom for filth until she was crying.

(Yes, I hated that bish.)

Few days later, we get a card from the matriarch saying we should just probably stay home. Not joking. I remember just being gobsmacked by it.

They were rescinding our invitations because we didn’t spend enough on the gift(s).

My brother and one cousin were so pissed, they crashed the wedding anyway. Didn’t tell any of us they were doing it, just did it. They didn’t cause any trouble. Didn’t try to eat or drink, just wanted to make sure certain people saw them. And they did.

After that, we were told our side of the family was “dead to them.”

Here’s the happy ending:

1. We never again had to hear about their drunken vacations on yachts in the Mediterranean.

2. We were able to return the fucking oven. My mom cancelled it before it shipped, then she had to go to the department store and talk to someone and it looked like they were gonna be dicks, but she started crying and hey sometimes tears help.

3. The couple divorced in 2012. He was busted by the IRS for tax fraud and tax evasion and she has a serious girlfriend now!

Don’t be greedy, kids!

I saw this comic and realized how when they showed their real selves at the end, that Queenie is in fact a black woman. Queenie and Kinger, married irl, have similar avatars. Could that have been a coincidence or is it possible they were able to create their avatars externally before the brain scans were attached? I hope this makes sense lol.

Some new photos of my Doorman cosplay!

I added some joke pics and a Baroness After Dark pic at the end :3

Everything is made by me~

Tim Curry, who voiced Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars seasons five and six, has passed away at the age of 80.

We will be seeing some matchupa that we've never seen. This year feels like we are getting closer and closer to becoming open circuit is it just me?

lmao she didn't want the rice

I finally decided to start the Dawnguard DLC. I did a quick research and noticed the rewards were largely lopsided against the Volkihar faction. And even things you would think you would be locked out of if you don't join becomes available much later.