You might not get good terms, though. If you get a special offer, sure, but otherwise, cash advances on credit cards start earning interest immediately, and it can be 16% or more.

Uh, no. Sometimes for house repairs, e.g., smaller contractors and repairpersons do not accept credit card payment. You’d be stuck with the price of someone who did.

Never leave yourself with no or very little cash, although you can often put a big expense right back on the credit card if it happens. Still, not a good plan, imo. What I would do is refinance the credit card debt at 0% — there are a lot of cards offering 0% on transfers for a year and a half with a one-time fee of…

French press is my favorite method, if you want strong flavor. It’s also possible your coffee is either stale or picking up odors/flavors from being stored in the fridge or freezer. If that’s the case, try storing it in canning jars.

Is it your water?

You left out bad sex as a downside.

I usually carry a small handbag. When I travel internationally, I either carry a big handbag that is empty except for the small one, or buy a big handbag when I get there. Then I stuff any purchases plus the small handbag into it for the trip home. You have to be judicious and not pick a ginormous bag, tho. If you…

Well, you know, Canada, honor system, goodwill towards their government, at least more than in the U.S. toward our govt.

It’s shame projected outward.

Neat freaks are seldom happy people, in my experience. She’s blaming the dog at this point, but there may always be something. I had a bf who was a neat freak. Very controlling and stressed out over things not being perfect. He complained, e.g., about not being able to clean inside the holes in a colander. OTOH, I’ve…

Fried peaches are pretty yummy, and it’s a good way to use those mealy peaches that look perfect in the store but are dry and disappointing on the tongue. Frying them in butter makes them all juicy again.

I was attacked by a dog, two, and I got over it. I was motivated by my love of dogs, but also by my understanding that dogs are individuals. Would you accept a woman who was attacked by a man avoiding all men forever? No, we’d all suggest therapy for her.

That’s not really a good example, because she’s not asking him to tolerate the actual dog that attacked him. He’s just projecting his fears onto completely different dogs, and his SO happens to love them.

It’s even more bullshit when it’s a cat. Cats are not exactly time-consuming compared to dogs.

A kid phobia. A lot of that going around.

Troll. Don’t feed it.

Man, unbelievable how easy it is to consider the worst view of Mia. She would have to be quite an unusual monster to fake something like that and plant such horrific memories. Whereas, Woody being guilty would be no surprise at all. Something that happens every day. And still, still, people try to cast doubt on Mia.…

If that was my daughter he molested, I would have lied my ass off in the custody case to keep her away from him. Anything but let that evil prick have her alone again.

Any woman who does anything has to be ten times as tough as a man doing the equivalent thing. We all deserve cozy sweaters.

Chili on a bed of corn chips with cheese on them, topped with tater tots and more cheese, olives and jalapeno rings. Or stuffed jalapenos.