My girlfriend lives with her "bachelor uncle" who spends a lot of time and effort on decadent renovations. They have a walk-in, aromatherapy steam shower/tub with built in speakers: half the bathroom is glassed off, with a huge rainfall shower head, a deep tub, and steam jets that release scented steam around knee…

I'm sort of nervous to ask but I'm 90% sure it's the fact that I hate paper mail (It's so intrusive! Why does it come INTO MY HOME?!?!) and perpetually try to hide it under the fruit bowl so I can pretend it doesn't exist.

Mine too! It instantly makes the room look slovenly. He always tries to insist that he was in too much of a hurry, but I say unless there was a goddamn fire, shut the damn drawers because you should be doing it anyway.

I have been trying to teach Mr Parade to wash out the sink after shaving for SIX YEARS. It's like he just doesn't see it. Grossest gross gross. Ugh. I hate sinks. Kitchen sinks, bathroom sinks, why do they collect all the nasty?

I think it's also how much experience you have cooking. I've worked at a cooking school teaching people how to do it efficiently, so I'm all about organizing and cleaning my cutting board as I go, regardless of who's cleaning. Mr Parade can only cook three things, and the experience of cooking is so frazzling for him…

Mr. Parade always cleans after dinner, which works out pretty evenly because I do 90% of the cooking (and clean as I go because I'm a bit of a neat freak/we have no counter space), and also because dear God, that man can make a huge mess. I'd never known that getting pasta sauce on the wall was possible but it happens…

Agreed. One of the things I love about my husband is his absolute willingness to always be the sink cleaner because touching it makes me gag and cry and pour scalding water over my hands to wash off the gross.

Long skirt + lab coat makes me feel frumpy, short skirt + lab coat makes me look like I forgot to put anything on over my tights. I hate pants :-(

I think it depends on bust size, but also what you're used to. I know a bunch of smaller-busted women who find going braless horrendously uncomfortable, whereas my DDs are often braless. I think it's similar to how my baby sister (who's 18 and has never worn anything but jeggings and t-shirts) thinks that…

Brb, buying anti-itch cream. Can't take allergy meds because I have a paradoxical reaction half the time which is no fun at all :-(

My dark circles are the only thing I have ever seriously considered plastic surgery for. I'm totally okay with my snub nose and lack of cheekbones, but thanks to a hereditary sinus condition I never look not exhausted. I can sleep 12 hours and wake up purple under my eyes. It sucks and it is 90% of the reason I…

Benefit's Erase Paste works great too. It's opaquely pigmented enough to cover them up but is color correcting as well, so it works with a light hand by itself or under foundation. I have chronic sinus infections and unfortunate genetics and it's the only dark circle corrector I have ever re-purchased.

Mr Parade quit by tapering down with one pack over a month (3 a day for a few days, then 2, then 1, then 1 every other day) and by using tea tree oil toothpicks. It sounds silly, but when he'd crave a cigarette he'd pull out a toothpick and chew on it. It helped a lot and the dentist said his gums looked awesome!

When I had an anti-eyebrow piercing (not me but like below) my parents hated it, and my dad's mom said, "Oh honey, I like your new jewelry. On your cheek? It really brings out your pretty eyes."

I love smelling babies! We don't have any yet, and I've tried to explain why I love working with babies to Mr Parade and he thinks I'm insane. I'm all, "They smell nice? Like how puppies smell nice? You smelled Dog Parade 1 and 2 as puppies, right?" and he's like, "No, you are a crazy person."

Exfoliate before shaving! A good salt scrub will remove the dead skin and let you get a closer shave, plus is helps with ingrown hairs. I'm super ingrown prone and have an overly thought-out routine of: exfoliate, shave with conditioner, heavy duty moisturizer, then exfoliate + moisturize the next day.

Four pets is a completely reasonable number of pets because that works out to what, two per person? Mr Parade had four cats when we got together, was down to two when we moved in but I had a dog, and now we have two of each. Our apartment is neither gross nor covered in pee. My theory is that people who can't deal…

As long as the designated carry-on fits in the overhead bin, and the personal item fits under the seat, you're golden. I usually do a duffel bag carry-on and a giant purse/tote bag as my personal item and I can fit a lot of shit with no worries. Don't forget to pack an empty water bottle to refill once you get through…

They really don't check med bottles carefully, in my experience, especially if you're not flying too/from somewhere notorious for prescription trafficking.

A friend taught a (boy) named Beau Peep. BEAU PEEP. I can't decide if it's brilliant or horrible.