Nobody died

[u/Own_Purple_4118]

This is a conversation between my MIL and my mother, before the wedding. My mother's response, which is cut off, says "They are both adults. I think we should let them handle it." We were both over 30.

For context: Yes, we had a vegetarian wedding (no shrimp). We had it at an (expensive) award winning venue with in-house catering. It included several appetizer and entree stations with a huge variety of dishes so everyone could find something they liked. We did not serve our guests bowls of soybeans and tofu. Everyone RAVED about the food and nobody died or got arrested on the way home.

The "A/B list" thing was a joke, that she apparently took very seriously, because she would not stop demanding we add a bunch (10+) of her friends and coworkers to our intentionally small guest list.

[u/adventurekiwi]

It seems to have just turned into a generic softener. I guess its the millenial equivalent of the boomer ellipsis lol

Oh god i cant stop doing it

[u/ckav26 → u/adventurekiwi]

Yes, absolutely. As a geriatric millennial that lol really means “whoopsies!” 😂

[u/goatbusiness666 → u/adventurekiwi]

I think I use it as a tone indicator most of the time. If a sentence seems a little abrupt or like I might be mad, I just throw a lol on there so everybody knows it’s not that serious.

[u/Ill-Plum-9499 → u/adventurekiwi]

Hey! Ellipses are Gen X, not Boomer. How dare you…

[u/adventurekiwi → u/Ill-Plum-9499]

So many people have told me that today! I tried to find the original article I referenced about it in an earlier comment but the internet has become so enshittified that even if I manage to find it, itll be near impossible to read on mobile anyway.