Comments on: The Anti-Gift Guide http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Mon, 20 May 2013 00:46:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: j-i-a http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26920 j-i-a Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:26:16 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26920 @ishotferdinand Hahahaha I was in the luxe version of ger life, complete with (flickering) electrical grid: Kyrgyzstan! Did you do PC in Mongolia? Our country directors would always be like, HEY Y'ALL QUIT BITCHING JUST BE GLAD YOU'RE NOT IN MONGOLIA LIVING IN A YURT IN THE SNOW @ishotferdinand Hahahaha I was in the luxe version of ger life, complete with (flickering) electrical grid: Kyrgyzstan! Did you do PC in Mongolia? Our country directors would always be like, HEY Y’ALL QUIT BITCHING JUST BE GLAD YOU’RE NOT IN MONGOLIA LIVING IN A YURT IN THE SNOW

]]> By: ishotferdinand http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26886 ishotferdinand Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:38:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26886 Were you in Mongolia by any chance? Hung-over host mom, space age cartoon maids, mini gift yurts (gers)...sounds damn familiar. Were you in Mongolia by any chance? Hung-over host mom, space age cartoon maids, mini gift yurts (gers)…sounds damn familiar.

]]> By: j-i-a http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26839 j-i-a Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:51:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26839 @jfruh YES. Juniors in general. And you got it exactly correct. Stranger than fiction? @jfruh YES. Juniors in general. And you got it exactly correct. Stranger than fiction?

]]> By: jfruh http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26690 jfruh Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:44:43 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26690 OK, just making sure fully understand this: normally there's some kind ceremony for junior cheerleaders (or maybe just juniors in general) where you get a class ring or something, purchased by your parents, except in the case of C---, instead of a class ring, she got an engagement ring? Of the sort a man traditionally gives a woman when he wants o marry her? Only she got it from her father? And also it cost $30,000? OK, just making sure fully understand this: normally there’s some kind ceremony for junior cheerleaders (or maybe just juniors in general) where you get a class ring or something, purchased by your parents, except in the case of C—, instead of a class ring, she got an engagement ring? Of the sort a man traditionally gives a woman when he wants o marry her? Only she got it from her father? And also it cost $30,000?

]]> By: eemusings@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26614 eemusings@twitter Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:41:51 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26614 Love your writing Jia. Also, I remember those Dear Diary diaries. Oh, how I wanted one. Love your writing Jia. Also, I remember those Dear Diary diaries. Oh, how I wanted one.

]]> By: eemusings@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26613 eemusings@twitter Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:41:21 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26613 @bgprincipessa I know! That made me kinda sick. @bgprincipessa I know! That made me kinda sick.

]]> By: j-i-a http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26604 j-i-a Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:46:31 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26604 @kellyography Oh man, I just got a flashback to some girl's belly button dolphin-chain-whatever getting pulled out--AAHHHH @kellyography Oh man, I just got a flashback to some girl’s belly button dolphin-chain-whatever getting pulled out–AAHHHH

]]> By: tuntastic http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26600 tuntastic Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:15:57 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26600 The last sentence of bullet 4 made me wince. Amazing. The last sentence of bullet 4 made me wince. Amazing.

]]> By: oatmealshrapnel http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26592 oatmealshrapnel Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:36:00 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26592 AUGH, your writing is beautiful. I loved all of this AUGH, your writing is beautiful. I loved all of this

]]> By: Fig. 1 http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/the-anti-gift-guide/#comment-26580 Fig. 1 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:19:09 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=19304#comment-26580 "Aww, you got me nothing! How bolshy of you!" (I love this btw, always excited to see Jia on here) “Aww, you got me nothing! How bolshy of you!”

(I love this btw, always excited to see Jia on here)

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