Cracked Plates & Broken Dreams

How very unfortunate! For our bridal shower, Aaron's sister bought us a great set of really nice plates. The were a cream/gold/honey color, with a crackled design and a black finish on the bottom. Very cute! Using some of the credit that we received from bringing back "doubles" we went online and ordered the Turquoise set as well. So that we would have two colors that compliment each other and we were fulfilling a compromise. Well, after ordering the plates ... I was reading the reviews online about them and they were basically horrible. Alot of talk about how the black had chipped off ... and a few uses in the dishwasher caused the color to fade to nearly white. So Aaron and I decided that we would just wash them by hand.

Well, today ... while I was sleeping (because I was preparing myself for the Harry Potter festivities tonight) Aaron was hand washing some of the plates. One of our Salad plates broke! It has a chip in it and it's cracked!! How very upsetting, right?

So, I called Target up and told them all about it. I figured that I might have to get a little pushy because I had heard that Target wasn't very friendly when you tried to return things. But it was no big deal. The lady on the phone told me that I just needed to return them to the store and if the store gave me any problems tell them to call the customer service number and they would work it all out for us.

But, now ... we don't have any plates anymore! Aaron's sister says that we should go and check out Dillard's or Macy's for plates and we can just tell Aaron's grandfather about them and he will probably get us all the place settings that we need. He gave Loren and Shaw all of their fine China and we didn't register for any fine China because there is no way that we are ever going to use it.

I'm glad that we didn't immediately go and bring all of our old plates to Good Will! Otherwise we wouldn't have anything to eat on anymore. And that my friends ... would suck.

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Squabble, Fight, Bicker

After an amazing wedding shower where I was literally "showered" (I'm guessing that is what the whole term means ...) with gifts, not only did Aaron and I receive a lot of things for the kitchen, but we also received "Scene It Squabble." A game that I have literally been dying to play for a while now.
Battles of the Sexes are always fun ... especially since I am basically a guy or something. No really ... I knew more of the guy questions than the girl questions when we played tonight ... but that's besides the point. -Read below ... for "The Point"-

I was thoroughly disappointed in the "bicker" cards that Aaron and I used while we were playing tonight.
You see ... the game has these cards. Depending on what section that the dice lands on it is very possible that you will have to pull a bicker card. On these cards are instances that apparently occur in relationships (???) and then the outcome for the male or female player. One that we got tonight read this:

While in a fit of passion, your girlfriend calls out another guy's name

Female: Move back one space for making the mistake, and another for getting mad because your man didn't care.
Male: Move forward two spaces ... because who cares, you are still getting action.

Now, normally I'm not usually bothered by crude comments, etc etc. But this kind of pissed me off. I mean honestly ... if the guy isn't going to be upset about the girl calling out another person's name ... this must not be a very serious relationship. I can guarantee that Aaron would be pretty upset about it if I did it to him!!

Or how about this one:

Your man comes home with flowers and candy "just because"

Woman: Move back two spaces because you immediately think that it's because he did something stupid.
Men: Move back two spaces because the truth is ... you did.

Um. Seriously? First off: Women ... if your man comes home with flowers and candy just because ... be grateful that you have a man that is spontaneous and romantic. Why would you immediately think that there was something wrong? If that is what you think then you have some serious relationship/esteem issues that need to be worked out before you get into another committed relationship. Second: What the hell "Game" there are guys out there that DO do amazing things for their women ... including randomly bringing home flowers, sending them flowers at work, bringing home some candy or whatever.

Why is today's society ... and today's board games so cynical?

Now, don't get me wrong ... the game is fun and all ... but seriously some horrible people with rotten relationships must write the cards. It's kind of depressing.