In a post to the parenting site’s Am I Being Unreasonable? (AIBU) forum on November 27, user NamechBge wrote that her “husband’s male friend’s brother” was getting married overseas. As it’s a “small wedding,” her husband is invited, but she and their child are not. Along with her anger over not being invited, the poster is worried about her husband’s single female friends, who are also attending. However, Mumsnet users told her to be more concerned about her husband’s attitude towards her and their baby, and the fact that he is willing to put their family vacation at risk to party abroad without her....

In a popular Mumsnet post shared by user Dawb, she explained finding a box from her favorite shop while cleaning the house. However, she was disappointed with the gifts and referred to them as “expensive tat.” She estimates her husband spent $180 on the goods but she is adamant she wouldn’t “wear or use any of it.” “An easy, creative way to make sure gift preferences are considered, is for both of you to be each other’s Santa and share your wish lists, by providing print-outs, magazine/article clippings, website screenshots, etc....

Besson began writing ““Element’’ when he was 16. Once he’d become the darling of French cinema - and had captivated U.S. audiences with 1991’s ““La Femme Nikita’’ - he managed to persuade Gaumont and Sony to give him nearly free rein in bringing his teenage vision to the screen. Besson let the studios read his original, 400-page script but insisted they fund the movie without approval over the 200-page version he planned to film....

Each time a player goes to the free throw line, he will take only one shot, but the nature of the foul will determine if the foul is worth one, two or three points. Per the G League: Under the new experimental NBA G League rule, one free throw worth one, two or three points will be awarded in the event of any foul that would typically result in one, two or three free throws being shot under standard NBA rules....

The Gabb Watch has been a great way to introduce my 8-year old to the world of texting and calling without having to worry about her getting distracted by the likes of TikTok. And obviously there’s a big peace of mind factor for us parents. Gabb was kind enough to send a watch to test out, but I believe in the product enough actually to—gasp—continue to pay for the service moving forward....

Laundrie, who is sought by police as a “person of interest” in Petito’s death, hasn’t been seen since September 14. His family reported him as missing on September 17. Petito’s body was discovered on September 19. Two days later, the FBI ruled her death a homicide following an autopsy. In a Tuesday press conference, the Petito family’s attorney Richard Stafford said the Petitos don’t expect Laundrie’s family to cooperate with investigators, The New York Daily News reported....

The PalmPilot is still the most popular PDA by far, but Windows CE device manufacturers are trying to close the price/performance gap. Philips unveiled the Nino 200, which is slimmer, cheaper and easier to use than the current model, while NEC (www.nec.com) debuted the MobilePro 770 Handheld PC, a midsize CE device with a screen about half the size of a typical notebook display. But at $799, PDAs like this one are unlikely to win many converts in an era of rapidly plunging laptop prices....

The Barcelona talisman will once again go in search of international honours this summer as football’s global showpiece heads to Russia. Messi has won just about everything it is possible to win at club level, with collective prizes complemented by five Ballons d’Or as a mercurial individual talent. He has graced Copa America and World Cup finals in the past, but Argentina have always come up narrowly short. Gallardo concedes that the Albiceleste will not be among the favourite to go all the way in 2018 and end that drought, but admits Messi will always give them a chance....

The rookie quarterback out of Washington State rallied the team to a 26-24 victory in Denver on Sunday, just his latest heroics since taking over for the injured Nick Foles in the season opener. Just check out how he dodges several pass rushers to keep a play alive before firing a touchdown pass in the third quarter. After the game, Jacksonville running back Leonard Fournette — who had a great afternoon himself with 225 yards rushing — shared a nickname for Jacksonville’s new hero....

Hockey’s worst-kept secret was formally revealed as the NHL board of governors unanimously approved Sin City for the expansion franchise. MORE: Best active NHL players, by number | Veteran Lecavalier retires “We think this is a tremendously exciting opportunity, not only for Las Vegas, but for the league as well,” Bettman said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon as the league convened in Las Vegas for its annual awards ceremony....

The New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed that serial thief Gary Teasley, 65, was arrested on Friday after he was spotted allegedly unzipping a woman’s purse at the popular holiday spot in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Post reported. The woman in question was reportedly a 71-year-old tourist visiting from Massachusetts. Teasley was released without bail the following day and has now racked up 38 arrests for pickpocketing. Teasley allegedly used to maintain a storage locker filled with wallets and other stolen items he had made off with over the years, a source told the Post....

In his letter to the FTC, Biden noted that the price of gas has risen despite the price of unfinished gasoline falling over the last month. The president asked that FTC Chair Lina Khan look into whether Americans are paying more for gas “because of anti-competitive or otherwise potentially illegal conduct.” Noting that the two largest U.S. gas suppliers, ExxonMobil and Chevron, are set to nearly double their net income compared to 2019, Biden requested the FTC begin an “open study investigation” to gather data on how companies set gas prices and how these institutions determine prices at the pumps....

During a Tuesday appearance on The View, host Joy Behar asked the California Democrat about the petition’s organizers, who have denied links to QAnon and other conspiracy groups. Newsom, whose recently launched anti-recall website directly implicates his Republican rivals by referring to the petition as “the Republican recall,” suggested those sorts of groups were directly involved with the campaign. “The chief proponent of this recall petition supports putting microchips into migrants, into immigrants,” Newsom said....

Releasing a statement on Wednesday as the nation’s attention was drawn to the Capitol riots, Newsom said roughly 4 million Californians would receive $600 in state stimulus funds—in addition to the $600 federal relief funds being distributed by the Internal Revenue Service. The Democratic governor also said he would extend state eviction protections and ensure federal rental assistance funds were sent to local families in need. “Through the Golden State Stimulus, Californians who have been impacted by this pandemic will get help to provide for their families and keep a roof over their heads,” Newsom said....

Newsom, a Democrat, has sought to frame the recall as a partisan effort by Republicans, but a major recent poll shows that it’s not just GOP supporters who want Newsom out. Nexstar Media Group, which operates six TV stations in California, conducted a poll in conjunction with Emerson College that showed a stark divide among the state’s residents regardingNewsom’s future. The poll, published on Monday, shows that 38 percent of voters in the state favor a recall, while 42 percent would vote to keep Newsom....

Surviving a 1990 House reprimand for his involvement with a male prostitute, the Massachusetts Democrat has played a key role in lobbying to end the military ban on gays. Cofounded New York’s Lesbian Herstory Archives, the largest and oldest collection of lesbian artifacts. She edits books and teaches courses about lesbian literature at Queens College. A prominent lesbian civilrights attorney and San Francisco supervisor, she was recently nominated as a HUD assistant secretary....

Gays and lesbians in America are free to be out, proud, employed, married, parents, elected to office and serve in a president’s Cabinet. This doesn’t mean that we won’t have issues to confront or fine-tune in the future, but American gays should instead be fighting to decriminalize homosexuality in the 69 countries that can put you in jail for being gay and narrow in on the nine countries that will kill you as a punishment for being gay....

So how did he do? Well enough–not that it was much of a challenge. MySpace and MTV promoted the event, which is the first in a series scheduled to include nearly all of the Democratic and Republican contenders, as a more “up-close” and “all-access” forum than usual. “[I]f you have tough questions or have that one question you always wished someone would ask, now’s your chance!,” they said. Um, not so much....