YES! My mom does things more along these lines, and it's so much better. When we visit her for Christmas it's all about sneaking small present into stockings, eating an awesome brunch on Christmas morning, and playing board games, which pretty much describes my ideal holiday. Also, my 21 year old sister is a master…
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That's a good suggestion. I think there are some good books by Lauren Conrad along the same lines. I might look into those.
To answer your other question, I wish I could find a non-nasty way to suggest to my dad that they teach her about the meaning of money and how average people live, because the economic divide really does make our relationship awkward. (For example, I just can't really put my heart into commiserating with her about the…
Very good advice! I'm sure I can find some fun, makeup related thing that she doesn't know she wants but is still awesome. Maybe if she doesn't appreciate it now, she'll be able to appreciate it later when she's done a little bit of growing up.
I'm probably going to get her a book, even though she's (jokingly?) complained about all of the books I've bought her for birthdays and holidays in the past. I'm a librarian - I can't help it! I would get her a gift card, but I just got her an iTunes gift card for her birthday last month, so I was hoping to get…
It's Christmas and I'm in present-buying hell. I have four younger siblings, two from my dad's second marriage (ages 12 and 16) and two from my mom's second marriage(ages 19 and 21). I just got Christmas wish lists from my dad and stepmom's kids and the 16 year-old's list is. . . insane. It's full of high end makeup…
Yeah, maybe I haven't seen enough penises, but I've never encountered one with PIMPLES. That sounds like a different kind of problem altogether.
Ugh. I'm right there with you. I just got my younger sisters' (from my dad's second marriage) wish lists, and the least expensive thing on the 16-year-old's list is $88. My dear, I love you and I think it's awesome that you want to learn French, but I'm not buying you the Rosetta Stone French series. You're in high…
I think what's rubbing me the wrong way about what you said originally is that I haven't seen anyone saying that all businesses should close. I've only seen people saying it's awful that there are big sales, because big sales mean stores need all hands on deck. All hands on deck means it's no longer a choice for…
What I'm trying to say is that I don't think it's necessarily privilege that leads people to think retail employees should have the option of staying home and celebrating with their families. I'm boycotting shopping because even though I'm salaried now, I've been on the hourly employee's side of things in the not too…
This reminds me of the Thanksgiving when my uncle by marriage, who is a cop, regaled everyone with the HILARIOUS story of stopping and frisking young black men for no reason in his ass-backwards South Carolina town. At least my grandmother had the good grace to look horrified and ask, "But. . . what did they do?" No…
Yikes! I think you're painting those of us who don't plan to go shopping with a pretty broad brush. I don't think anyone is saying you shouldn't have the option of working if you want to. What people seem to be upset about is the situation where your employers says, "Work this holiday shift or lose your job." That was…
Hear, hear! You rock that gorgeous puffy hair, Vanessa!
I know this is tangential, but what did the costume and the whole stage show have to do with the song itself? Pseudo-geishas love someone unconditionally? What?
I'm a mandated reporter. (Actually, in my state all adults are technically mandated reporters, but I work with the public, so I've actually had to call DSS several times.) I second what's been said so far. The dad needs custody NOW, and anything you can do to help that along is good. If for some reason you can't get…
Well, I already belong to that godless institution THE LIBRARY, so the odds are stacked against me from the beginning. I don't want to be stoned to death while emptying the book drop.
I wish I could be shocked, but I've had people get mad at me for shelving the Left Behind books in fiction. The only thing that appeases them is when I explain, "Sometimes fiction can have real things in it, but if any part of it isn't true - like it has a character that doesn't really exist - then we put it in…
Yeah. . . http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/23/set…
This reminds me of the season on Project Runway where the winner's fashion show was inspired by "1930s and '40s German and Russian military uniforms." I still don't understand why no one said to him, "Dude, that's Nazis you're talking about. Tacking on and Russian doesn't really help things."