Suit of the Week: Hobbs London

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  1. Pls tell me that that is a nickname (or otherwise, they must be confident that this kiddo, while adorbs, will never be king).

    Manning family fans perhaps?

    1. It’s pretty unlikely he’ll be king, but if he is, he can just take a regnal name.

      1. Yeah, for this to happen, Will, George, Charlotte, Louis (and any of their future children), and Harry ALL have to disappear. Meghan married the equivalent of Princess Margaret. Pretty safe bet that their kids will not see the throne.

      1. No, it’s his full legal first name, per the official announcement. I don’t care for it, but it’s their kid.

        1. I wanted to see what the baby looked like, but Harry kept him pretty well covered. Has any one seen pictures of the baby? Is he cute? His parent’s are cute, so he can’t be too homeley.

    2. Apparently it’s quite common in the UK to give babies nickname-names as legal names. None of it is my taste…but it’s not my kid.

      1. I think that is right — I know a Maisie and think that that is technically a nickname.

        OTOH, in the US, if your name is “Joe” not Joseph, you are likely thought to come from poor and poorly-educated parents.

        1. I have a coworker from Texas who always thought his birth certificate said “Daniel”, but found out it actually says “Danny”.

          He goes by Dan.

        2. What?? Who thinks that you come from poor or poorly educated parents if your name is Joe or the like?

          1. This is a pretty common perception, or at least a great people have. Example: Johnny Reid Edwards changing his name to John for the sake of his professional career.

      2. I actually really like this practice. I (admittedly have strong, annoying opinions lol) think it’s dumb when people give their kid a proper name with the full intention of referring to it by its nickname.

        just name it the nickname then. why hide the ball?

        1. Because the parents only get to determine what the child is called when the child is a child. A grown-arse adult may want to be known as Katherine, Alexandra, or Jessica, as is her prerogative.

          1. I think that nicknames happen organically — Buddy, Bud, Sissy, Frannie, Nan, Steffi, Kat, Will, Tim-Tom.

            Some Elizabeths just aren’t Lizzys or Betseys or Libbys or Beths or Elizas or Lizzes. They become what they become as you see who they are.

            I like to have something with dignity but want to allow for terms of endearment to evolve.

            Can’t wait until Archie is in Kindergarten and announces “But I go by Christophe”

          2. I know someone who has “Jessy” (with unique spelling) as her given name and she desperately wishes that the had an actual name as her name and not as her nickname. She is a grownup, not 10. At least it’s not an obvs str*pper name, which I have also seen.

            Usually girls bear the burden of bad parental name choices, so empathy to Archie (who won’t ever worry that HR will pester him about needing his “real” first name so they can make travel reservations that match what is on his drivers license).

          3. But it’s also the prerogative of the parents to name the kid what they want that kid to be called. My name is not privy to nicknames so I don’t have a choice unless I want to legally change my name.

            I rejected several names for my son because I didn’t like what they inevitably get shortened to.

          4. +1 to this. As someone whose name looks like it MUST be the diminutive form of another name, I really wish I had another option for my business cards, name plate, court filings. I have contemplated legally changing my name to the name you would think my actual name is short for, but haven’t actually done it.

    3. I’m a leetle underwhelmed by it, but it’s a cute name and he’s a cute kid. I’m a little confused at the original tease that his name would unite the US and UK, though. I don’t see anything particularly American or British about either name? Am I missing something?

      1. Yes you’re missing that was a made up tabloid headline with no basis in truth

    4. I don’t get it at all and really wish they had some sort of explanation… any explanation! Their baby, their choice but, yeah, not a fan.

      1. I’ve got a name that is a NAME, but I’ve got an explanation that makes it all make sense.

        Not “I was conceived there” or “mom liked this name from a soap opera”. Like “this is Dad’s BFF who was KIA and since they had a girl this is how they honored his memory.”

        Story! Story!

        Harrison is from Dexter, no? Otherwise, are they trying to Russify the name? Maybe they are fans of The Americans?

        1. He’s literally Harry’s son = Harrison.
          I’m not saying they MEANT to do that (I have a friend who had NO IDEA that her kid’s name + her husband’s last name = slightly well-known funny name) but that is what it is…

          1. Which is in itself hilarious since Harry’s actual name is Henry!

    5. I think Archie is cute for a little boy, but I wish it were short for something so he had more options for when he grows up.

    6. I actually really like it. I know some grown up Archies (two of them are Brits) and no grown up Archibalds so I think everyone can chill about him not having a “real” name as an adult.

      1. I thought it was possibly a cute comment on the combining of their characteristics – his red hair, her freckles – would look like comic book Archie. It sounds like something they called the baby in utero.

  2. Is anyone knowledgeable about jewelry? I have a ring that belonged to my great-grandmother. It’s a rectangular emerald bordered by small diamonds all around it. It’s…big as a ring, and not really my style, but the emerald itself is pretty. Any suggestions of something I could make out of it that would be more modern? Maybe a pendant? I don’t wear much jewelry but would like to find a way to honor her memory by wearing it. I don’t think it’s particularly valuable but it has sentimental value.

    1. Necklace? Or a brooch, if you wear them. I absolutely do not but I could see this working. Or could it be set into a really delicate bracelet with the focus as the emerald?

    2. Try to find a jewelry artist or custom jewelry maker to take it to. They are creative and can find a way to use the materials to build something to your own taste.

      1. Yes! I didn’t like my mother’s wedding ring setting at all. I took it to my local jeweler (who is wonderful) and they put it in a beautiful bezel that makes it look bigger than it is. My mother also had a pendant designed for me from a gold ring with one opal left, when I turned 16. It’s really lovely and totally custom.

    3. I would do the emerald as a simple necklace (maybe with the rectangle oriented horizontally for a more modern look). If there are enough little diamonds, those might be good candidates for pave-style earrings? Or a delicate right-hand ring?

    4. Specifically, I’d go to David Klass and send him a picture of the ring and see what he could come up with. A simple milgrain pendant in yellow gold would be beautiful. Make sure whoever he has working on it is experienced with emeralds, they’re very fragile stones. Also have him look at the setting. Sometimes it’s risky to remove an emerald from a setting without damaging both the stone and (most certainly) the setting. So you may have less flexibility than you think.

    5. Thank you all for your suggestions! I like the simple pendant idea and will try to find a good jeweler in my area to do this.

      1. I am going to disagree that it is not valuable – per carat an emerald is more expensive than a similar quality diamond.

        My thoughts are
        – pendant
        – pearl enhancer
        – clasp for a bracelet
        – remade ring

        I have a great bench jeweler but you are probably not in Berkeley. However, if you can find a great local jeweler with a bench, they will come up with lots of ideas for your design. How fun!

        1. Not the OP, but who is your bench jeweler rec in Berkeley? I am in the South Bay but have a few pieces I would love to have remade in the near future…

    6. I inherited my grandmother’s engagement ring that is massive – I’m taking 5 karats. It’s an old lady ring, no doubt. So I took it to a jeweler and asked them to modernize it. They did a fantastic job!! It’s still the same ring, just more modern and I love it. I know my grandmother would be really pleased that the integrity and design of the ring is in tact, and I get tons of compliments whenever I wear it (which isn’t that often b/c it’s 5 karats!) I would suggest that you take it to a few jewelers and see what they come back with. Mine sent me digital mock-ups of what it would look like before any work was done. Good luck!

  3. x-posting from the mom’s site: I am a Biglaw associate going on parental leave starting in October, and my firm does not add firm holidays to our standard leave benefits. Can other attorneys at law firms let me know what your firm’s policy is regarding firm holidays that happen while you are out on parental leave? I’m trying to get a sense of if this is specific to my law firm or the status quo.

    1. Status quo — BigLaw

      I was on leave once 10/30 –> some time after 1/1 and I couldn’t double-dip on the days off

      Other time included 7/4 but may not have included Labor Day.

    2. Isn’t BigLaw standard now 4 months? It seems so petty to argue about a day here and a day there.

      1. No, 4 months is not standard in Biglaw — 14 weeks for my firm. Also, it is not just a day here or there depending on how long the person plans on taking.

        1. I’d argue about this given the 14 weeks. That’s on the low end for biglaw. That said not crediting holidays is pretty standard at places that have PTO concepts.

      2. I agree that arguing about this may come across as petty. You are still getting the same amount of time to recover and spend with your baby, regardless of the holiday.

    3. I was fully paid for my leave, but I didn’t get extra days to account for the fact that my leave ran across holidays the firm was “closed” (ie, support staff get to stay home and lawyers work as needed).

    4. Wait so you have to use parental leave days on firm holidays? Over Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year’s, that’s like a week of time!

      This reminds me of my first job – no PTO the first year, only one week after year 1, and you had to work a full day the day before a holiday in order to get paid for the holiday.

    5. Thanks for the data, everyone! My firm does 18 weeks, so I am not going to push it. It is really the fact that if I got those extra 5-6 days, I wouldn’t have to do COBRA for extending my unpaid leave, but I’m willing to eat the cost for the extra time.

  4. What do you do when you are so burned out on work and depressed that you can barely function at work? Getting in to the office every day feels like a battle and every single task, no matter how basic, feels impossible. I took a few days off and the only result is that I am more behind at work. Taking more time off or going away are not options, unfortunately. I’ve been taking walks outside at lunch and drinking extra water and that hasn’t really helped either.

    1. I wish I could tell you the answer because I’m in the same position! I was literally thinking today about how irritated I am with myself because I would love to be uber frugal so I can retire early or just take some time off work, but because I’m so miserable in my job, I keep spending money on vacations, clothes, etc. to make myself feel better.

      I think taking walks outside and drinking extra water is pretty impressive considering how you’re feeling – are there any slightly rule bending things you can do during the summer that you could have to look forward to? In an old job, I used to take hour long lunches during the summer and go to the pool for like 20 minutes. It barely interrupted my day, but I felt like I was getting away with something and that made the weeks at least a little more enjoyable. Do you have any co-worker friends that you could organize early happy hours or lunchtime hangs with?

    2. I find that anything that throws me off (not enough sleep, not enough exercise, skipping meals, etc.) creates utter chaos when I am depressed and losing it. So what you are doing – walks, extra water, etc. – is helpful.

      If your job is making you depressed, apply to a certain number (3-5) jobs every day. I find it helps to be proactive about the situation. If you feel like you cannot do that for some reason, post about it here and someone will have a good script for future employers or ideas for alternate employment that do not leave you depressed.

    3. Lean as far out as you possibly can after work. I know this isn’t an option for everyone, but for awhile I deleted email from my phone entirely and didn’t log on after I left. Find an activity- any activity- that centers you and doesn’t give you time to think about work when you’re not there. For me it’s hour or even two hour walks with the dog while listening to an audiobook. The exercise helps and the focus on the book doesn’t leave me room to stress.

      Take a quick depression screener and also set a time to talk to your doctor. Some of the burnout I felt was actually terrible depression and once that got better work seemed less overwhelming.

    4. I had to double check that I hadn’t written this post. I am you in that I have taken lunches daily, gotten up every hour for water and kept up with exercise. I took a week off and then had a weekend going to some concerts but each set just made going back to reality worse. The only thing that actually helps is applying for jobs, for every job I apply to I feel less frantic. Here’s hoping we both make it through this.

  5. I know there was a comment recently about photo books, but now I can’t find it. I just recently got a book from Shutterfly (vacation) and I really do like it, quality seems pretty great, but if I look at it very, very closely, I feel like I can see the printer lines in the photographs. (My husband thinks I’m a little nuts, and basically was like, well yes the photos are printed, so there is microscopic evidence of printing, who cares?) I know no one would ever look that closely at anything ever, but now I want to order a wedding album and wanted to ask – is there a better brand to go with? I see ads for Artifact Uprising and some others, so not sure if any of these would be better for a wedding album quality-wise, or if I should just stick with Shutterfly.

    1. I would not recommend Artifact Uprising – I used them for my parent albums and the pictures came out much darker than they did when I used Shutterfly for my own album. Someone online said it has to do with their internal editing process, but I don’t need mine edited because my photographers did that already. I got the most expensive shutterfly album for my wedding one and it was really nice – but I don’t know if I have the same eye for detail for the photo lines as you (or if they just didn’t show up on the lay flat vs. the the photo book).

    2. I ordered a wedding album from Artifact Uprising and love it. It was a lot more expensive than anything I’ve ever ordered from Shutterfly, and so I was very pleased that the quality was correspondingly superior. They are beautiful, contemporary looking albums with gorgeous photo quality. No printing lines that I could see.

      Additionally, the building/ordering process was so much more pleasant than Shutterfly’s – I didn’t have to click through a thousand pages trying to sell me photo mugs/keychains/mousepads/toilet paper, or deal with the more scrapbook-style graphics that Shutterfly pushes.

    3. Adorama. Although I use shutterfly often too and have been pleased with the quality. Maybe you got a bad run or something? You might see if they will reprint it for you.

    4. Have you asked your photographer for advice? I have used a local photographer for your stereotypical family photos in Central Park and she gave me good advice for where I could get the photos printed. I would imagine a professional (or serious amateur) photographer would also be knowledgeable about photobooks.

  6. My birthday is on Memorial Day this year, and my fiance and I planned to go camping to have a chill, disengaged-with-technology long weekend before our wedding in June.

    His brother/best man texted him yesterday to ask if they could do the bachelor party that weekend. (Why no, future BIL is not the best at advance planning.) It appears that Memorial Day weekend is the only weekend before the wedding that will work for all of the groomsmen’s availability.

    My fiance asked if I would mind cancelling our plans. I answered that I would prefer to keep them–camping would be harder to sub a buddy in for, than something like skipping a group dinner. My fiance said he understood and that they’ll do something once we got back from our honeymoon instead. But I’ve been going back and forth all day about whether I’m being a total self-centered b*tch! My birthday happens every year, and we should only be getting married once. But it’s also not my fault that nobody on his side seized the planning reins from the best man, either, and it doesn’t feel fair to cancel my birthday trip because of their failure to plan.

    Someone tell me to either 1) stop freaking out, or 2) that I need to walk this back and tell them to proceed with the bachelor party.

    1. Walk this back, and let them have the bachelor party on Memorial Day. You can celebrate your birthday with girlfriends in a low-key way, or take a friend camping.

      1. Yup. Pick your battles, sister. Your BIL is late to the game but he is trying and if the other groomsman are free, then just let them go for it.

    2. IDK — it is a future BIL, so you’ll be dealing with him forever. I’d let them have their party. One after the wedding won’t be quite the same. You’ll have more birthdays and camping. And if you find yourself in this situation again, you can easily say it’s his turn to fall on his sword over the bad-planning thing. The more important thing — the fiance. He is generally a stand-up guy who backs you up? In this case, I’d let this go. But if he isn’t, I feel like if you don’t stand your ground now, you’ll be a pushover forever (but who wants to go into that sort of a scenario?).

      I’m sort of torn, but in my life, I say YES where I can b/c sometimes I have to say NO and want people to understand that I yield 99% of the time so the 1% when I say NO, it has to be respected and generally that means that stuff is mellow and no-drama and people don’t hate me.

      If you can be gracious about it, and not passive-aggressive or notably bitter, I’d let this go.

      1. See, I feel like I’m usually happy to be super flexible and mellow—changing plans doesn’t bother me, and I don’t have to be attached to my man at all times. Which is why I’m so conflicted, because my immediate emotional response was “nope” and usually I wouldn’t mind. Like in your example, this is my 1%.

        But yes, my fiancé is a great guy. I know he was really excited when they started talking about what they were going to do.

        1. If this is your 1%, I’m stumped! Get used to the idea that women plan in advance, men don’t! There will be many more days in between now and your wedding to go camping! I think you should chill, sister!

          TBH, you are not just sticking to your guns with your camping plans & creating a fuss just with your BIL, but in reality, you are not letting your Fiance have his day and messing his relationship with his buddies. This will impact him. And your relationship with the guys.

        2. Is there a part of you that isn’t comfortable with the bachelor party planning or its potential contents?

          I didn’t want a bachelorette party, and didn’t want my husband to have a bachelor party, because I hated the attitude of “well, better go enjoy yourself because after this everything will suck!” … if we’ve been together a billion years, either it already sucks or it isn’t going to. Also, to be extremely honest, one of his good ol’ friends who would almost definitely be included is someone I do. not. trust. So that, too, would make me opposed to the idea. (Conveniently for me no one even floated the idea of a bachelor party!) [and I’m not trying to derail here with an argument about whether bachelor/ette parties can be fine. I would be more amenable to him having one now, actually, as I’ve mellowed and become more confident]…

          Anyway, I’m asking because if I had some of those feelings, being asked to swap couple-alone-time for a bachelor party could feel like “nope nope nope!”

    3. It sounds like both you and your fiance are being perfectly reasonable (though I’m a little disappointed in him that he even asked you rather than just shutting it down with BIL on his own). Memorial Day is in 2.5 weeks. The BIL can suffer the natural consequences of his own planning failure.

      1. I’m the anon who posted below. I do agree that both sides are being super reasonable, but I want to point out that the BIL isn’t the one suffering the consequences, it will be her fiance that doesn’t get a party. For that reason, I would re-schedule the camping.

        1. Yes, I really get this perspective. And I don’t think there’s all that much my fiancé could have done to avoid it, other than deputizing another groomsman to ride herd—BIL is kind of the screw-up of the family and my fiancé has talked to me about how he does his best to be the one totally non-judgmental person in the family.

      2. It’s not the BILs bachelor party though, it’s her fiancés. Personally I’d tell him to go for it.

    4. If it was me, I would let them do the bachelor party and go camping another time. He won’t have this chance again, and it isn’t his fault that his groomsmen are bad at planning. I think he’s so sweet (of course, this is why you’re marrying him!) for agreeing not to cancel and just do something after, but it isn’t the same, and I would want him to get the full “experience” of the bachelor party.

      1. I think I agree with this, as long as you can discern that your fiance actually wants it. If he’s really indifferent, your choice is perfectly defensible and you don’t need to guilt yourself for it. My husband is indifferent about a LOT of things that I would not be indifferent about, and after asking him three hundred times “are you SURE you don’t have an opinion on this and you’ll actually be fine with whatever I choose???” I’ve had to just take him at his word, do the thing I had in mind, and not feel guilty. If he b*tches about your choice afterward, that’s another story. But as long as you give him the chance to express an opinion and you trust him to be honest in his response that he has none, full steam ahead.

        1. Also, if he wants the party before the wedding, that will suck and you are totally in the right to be surprised/a little slighted. I would consider making sure fiance told BIL to be extra nice to you.

        2. Oh yeah. We definitely have that dynamic—I care a lot about so many things, and he is much more “eh it’s all good.”

      2. Yeah, I think I agree with this too. It isn’t your fiance’s fault that BIL is bad at planning and he shouldn’t not get to have his bachelor party because of it. You two can go camping another time. Besides, aren’t most places super crowded memorial day weekend?

    5. I can understand your feelings, but I would advise you to cancel your plans and tell them to proceed with the bachelor party. I know, it’s not fair, and I would be irritated as well, but I think the person ultimately paying the heavier price here is your fiance, and that’s not fair to him, either. Sometimes it’s not about being fair, it’s about wanting to see the other person be happy, even when it cost you something.

    6. I can see both sides but think you are being totally fair in wanting to keep your current plans. I think you are entitled to feel sad that your plans are/might be disrupted by poor planning on someone else’s part (I would feel slighted, FWIW). But this might be the time to give if it’s upsetting to your fiance. I’d ask him how he feels about it and what he would prefer to do. It may be that you can quit feeling guilty because he’d rather keep your current plans, too! Or, if he’d prefer to do the bachelor party, it might be worth it for you to make alternate Memorial Day plans and do the camping trip another time. I don’t think you are at ALL obligated to, though. I also think your current plans are a really great way for the two of you to connect with each other one on one before the wedding.

      1. I mean, it sounds like he would prefer to do the bparty. Otherwise why would he have asked. Planning a weekend trip for your SO’s birthday and then flaking on them to go party with your bros is… not a good look… which apparently he recognized! But the fact that he asked DESPITE recognizing that it’s not that cool means that he likely really wants to do it.

      2. Yes, that part about connecting before the wedding is what’s really bothering me. I’ve had a really absurd travel schedule for the past few months, and I feel like I’ve barely seen him in 2019…since it also coincided with a busy time for his job. Looking at the last month or so, we’ve spent two weekends in the same place, and one of them was in his home town for a family retirement party. 2.5 if you count one where he ended up having to work 12 hours on Saturday, and then I had a baby shower for half of Sunday. I miss him, damn it!

    7. I think you’re being completely reasonable! It’s your birthday and you already had a trip planned.

      Trying to plan a bachelor party on Memorial Day only 3 weeks before is ridiculous, even if it wasn’t also your birthday.

    8. I’ll go with Option 1. I think it was fair of him to ask, but your post doesn’t make it sound like he was too upset not to do it. I think it may be worth going back to him and saying “hey, just want to follow up on that again – are you really bummed to not get a chance to hang with those guys before the wedding?” and if he is, but he was willing to forgo that because you had already made plans then a) he’s a gem and b) you might want to see if you can do your bday camping hang another weekend, or could you include the guys and maybe some of their partners on the camping trip? I guess whether or not that would be relaxing would depend on the guys, but could maybe be a compromise?

      But overall, it sounds like you had a healthy, fairly relaxed convo about this (assuming you didn’t follow up what you typed here with “AND HOW DARE YOU EVEN ASK YOU MONSTER” at him) and I don’t think you were in the wrong.

      1. Good idea. I’ll check in again. And definitely no HOW DARE YOUs were thrown, ha. We’re both pretty even-keeled people.

    9. I don’t think it’s fair of BIL to ask the guest of honor to cancel his plans to accommodate other people (ahem BIL) dragging their feet and then not having to cancel their plans. Like, you know the reason all the other weekends don’t work for people? It’s because they have SO/family/etc. plans. So, what, they don’t have to cancel their plans but the guy they’re throwing the party for has to cancel his? If someone has to clear their schedule then it should be BIL.

    10. Can you compromise and he does Bachelor stuff Friday or Saturday night and you two go camping Saturday to Monday or Sunday to Monday? Just an idea.

    11. I don’t know – don’t your fiancé’s plans matter? What I’m struck by is that Memorial Day is the only day that works for all the groomsmen, but a priori, it already didn’t work for the actual groom. Why don’t they pick a weekend when the groom doesn’t have plans and have the bachelor party with some but not all of the groomsmen? Why are their plans more important than the groom’s? This seems bass-ackwards to me, to be honest.

      1. Yup exactly this. They can pick another day that works for the most people. Frankly I’m shocked that a holiday weekend works for everyone – and I would kind of expect some of them to “remember” longstanding family plans and flake at the last minute.

      2. That is a really good point. After reading the other responses, it’s true that the groom is being punished for the BIL’s cr@ppy planning, so I sympathize. But why is the groom being asked to rearrange his plans rather than a groomsman (or just go forward without the conflicting person!)

      3. You’re so right. Find a time that works for the groom and the maximum number of groomsmen, and go with that. You don’t rearrange a trip for your fiancee’s birthday because Joe can’t make it the next weekend.

      4. I mean, these guys all sound like doofuses (doofi?) but everyone knows you plan around the honoree’s schedule, not the other way around.

      5. While I agree in theory, my caveat would be that maybe with more people in attendance, there are more groomsmen to split the bill (assuming they are paying groom’s way as the honoree).

      6. Yeah, you’re technically correct, but the thing to remember here is that it’s OP’s fiance who loses out if they don’t do it this weekend. So you’re punishing the wrong person. And, frankly, life just isn’t fair sometimes and this probably isn’t the hill OP should die on.

  7. What is everyone’s favorite way to keep track of points and miles from airlines and things? (Does it really matter if we fly only rarely?)

    1. Depends how rarely. Miles do expire (I think 18 months after you last flew that airline) so if you only fly once or twice a year and aren’t loyal to one airline, you’re not going to see a lot of mileage accrual.

    2. Award Wallet – will also keep your loyalty numbers in one place so that if the Hertz rental car people or the Starwood people need that, you can quickly look it up.

  8. Has anyone here traveled to Georgia (the country, not the state)? Was it worth it? Good, bad, other?

    1. My husband just got back. Loved it. The people are super friendly and welcoming. He loved their wine, the supras (their big communal meals), how ancient their culture is. Weather was icky for the whole time he was there, though.

  9. Hi ladies, any good recommendations for travel insurance, specifically for medical care while traveling internationally?

    1. Depending on the type of medical care and where you are going, your primary health insurance may cover you. I had a standard group policy (I live in Texas) when I broke my ankle overseas. They initially declined the claim because I went to an “out of network” ER, after telling me it would be approved. I was not pleased. I called customer service and they told me the only way to fix it was to appeal–again, not happy, WTF happened to it being covered? The “appeal,” however, consisted of a letter from me explaining why I went to an out-of-network facility (uh, really, guys? because I was in Scotland and my ankle was very badly broken…which you know from the records you already have). Anywho, once I wrote the letter, all was very well covered. In retrospect, it was a totally fine interaction, I was just under lots of other stress from said injury.

  10. Does anyone bring their own garment bags to dry cleaners to reduce plastic waste? If so, are there specific style bags that are better than others? Want to approach my dry cleaners this week but not sure which kind of bag to bring.

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