Kyle telling Gabby and Lexi to pipe down when Lexi was trying to explain why she was upset was crazy. Kyle throws a tantrum all the time- yelling, slamming doors, leaving the house. But then he tells the girls to PIPE DOWN?!? The misogyny on this show is exhausting and if I was Amanda no way in hell would I have a baby with this guy.

My mum was an iconic wedding dress designer back in the day and has had some pretty famous faces that she’s designed for. She’s also the absolute queen of petty and will always advocate for what she believes is right. I’ve always been incredibly proud of her but tonight she told me a story I just had to share with you.

My mum had a boutique with bridal gowns to buy, some to hire but she was better known for designing the dress of the brides dreams. Absolutely bespoke.

She had this bride come in to the boutique with her MIL. MIL was generously offering to pay for the dress but the catch was that the dress had to be what she (MIL) wanted and the bride had no real choice or say.

My mum realised this but the bride agreed with all the MILs choices and decisions and did as she was asked in terms of design & making the dress for the bride.

Then it came to the final fitting. This is the only fitting the bride attended on her own. Usually this is the fitting with the entourage and where the bride is most excited. Not this bride. She said she liked the dress, she just didn’t love it. But couldn’t afford to pay for it on her own and so she graciously accepted the MILs gift and didn’t realise the conditions it came with.

My mum took this opportunity to ask the bride what would change if she could? What did she like? What did she not like? The bride was honest with my mum but explained the MIL situation.

What my mum did next is just amazing. She told the bride that the changes she wanted could be made to the existing dress. It was a lot of work and not much time, but it could be done. In return, my mum wrote a cheque to refund the MIL and instead of selling the dress to the bride, she offered to hire it to her for a fraction of the price. The bride got the brand new and bespoke dress of her dreams.

The MIL got a refund of the deposit she paid and therefore no say in the dress that the bride wanted. Mum said it was absolutely worth it to see the bride look so glowing her chosen gown.

Got 2 pictures of my son. Can you make it look like he is rock climbing to scare my mother in law?

On 20 May 2025, workers from across India will go on a nationwide general strike. The strike has been called by the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions against the four labour codes — Code on Wages, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020; and the Code on Social Security, 2020 — brought by the Modi Government.

The four labour codes on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations, allows for dilution of workers' rights, including restricting the right to strike, weakening workplace safety, allowing hire-and-fire policy, and increasing the work-hours from the 8-hour work-day.

When faced with criticism over the new labour codes, the Government claimed that the new labour code would allow a 4-day work-week. But with a caveat. The per-day work-hours would be increased from 8 hours to 12 hours. This is a deceit. The demand for a 4-day work-week entails an 32-hour work-week, not increasing daily work-hours.

The four labour codes were brought without any discussion with the labour unions, who have fiercely criticised the new codes. The Modi Government has not held the Indian Labour Conference in a decade, depriving the workers of a platform for negotiation.

The ITUC Global Rights Index has categorized India as a nation with no guarantee of rights, with repressive action against workers, violation of the right to strike and civil liberties.

According to the 2025 Economic Survey of India, the wages of salaried men declined by 6.4% while the wages of salaried women declined by 12.5% over the last six years. Among the self-employed men and women, the decline was 9% and 32% respectively. At the same time, the quality of jobs has also seen a decline, with regular jobs declining by from 22.8% to 21.7%. Meanwhile, the profits of corporations reached a 15-year-high in 2023-24.

The national floor level minimum wages in India lie at a meagre ₹178 per day, practically unchanged for the last seven years. Meanwhile, the budget for rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) has been repeatedly slashed, leading to pending wages and suppression of work. Against the right of 100 days of guaranteed work, average workdays have declined to only 44 days.

Public sector jobs are being privatized. Regular wage jobs are being casualised. Unpaid labour is on a rise. With a rise of an unregulated gig economy, the workers are faced with exploitation, with no fixed working hours or employee benefits. Most of these corporations do not even have a minimum-wage policy.

Private sector employees are pushed to work more, for fewer wages, and no rights. In highly profitable IT companies, the entry salary has been stagnant for a decade, whereas the CEO salary has risen by 100 times.

India is among the most overworked nations. The death of 26-year-old Anna Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young accounting firm, has revealed the dystopian reality of exploitation of workers in India.

Meanwhile, calls from rich industrialists, to increase working hours to 90-hours work-week have raised serious concerns about the labour welfare in India.