Usually, I politely ask when they are going to do something about the thing they are having trouble with. Tired of working that crappy minimum wage job? What are you doing to change it? Still getting in arguments with your in-laws? What can you do to change that relationship for the better? (and this may include…

I have found over the years that the majority of people just want to vent. They don’t want actual advice and definitely not tough love advice. I like being honest, but I also do not like drama and it is a rare day that I give people personal advice. Usually I just listen. Because of this, my advice has become a rare…

You just listed all of my favorite junk foods. I imagine that if you listed all of your favorites, I would probably not like them. Except cheap chocolate, because really, I didn’t think you were actually supposed to eat that stuff.

Thank you. Every year, someone somewhere bashes on my beloved candy corn and circus peanuts end up in the mix too. I love both. Of course, being in my thirties, I also try not to eat too much of it, but if you bought me a big bag of candy corn I could probably eat it all within a few days. Delicious. Unhealthily…

I definitely never learned that lesson.

That is ridiculous. Silent farts. Pshaw. Also, I am a female and am one of the fartiest people I know although to be fair I have some real medical problems and food allergies that make it so. I can’t can’t help it, can’t control it, and would look absolutely ridiculous if I went running for the bathroom every time I…

When I was a teenager, we were attending a church Halloween event. This was about as far as my extremely conservative Evangelical parents allowed in the way of Devil’s Night celebrations. As part of the event there was a hayride that would take us through a nearby park. Of course, this park was used to doing “scary”…

Just realized how drama this sounded.

At this point I am over drama and feeling guilty about anything. If someone brings drama into my life that is stupid teenager shit, I remove them from my friends list. I don’t have time for you to be angry about how I asked a personal question in front of someone else. Don’t answer it. I don’t give a shit, I was just…

I figure it is the aura coming off of my paleness that makes them not bring me the spicy food I requested. Although, one waiter/owner told me it is because people often waste food when he brings it to them too spicy so he would rather bring them less spicy food and them eat it all then waste food. That makes sense,…

This is fantastic news. I love my food hot and spicy. I have had arguments with waiters at Indian and Thai restaurants when I order my food “Indian hot” or “a 5”. They always try to convince me that it is hot enough, then they say sure they will make it hot, and it never is. Never. The only time it is hot enough is…

If I get even a whiff of a conversation/argument starting like this in my family, I go find the nearest baby/child and take them outside to play. Nope nope. I refuse to go there with my family. About anything. I am related to these people and we will see each other often so I want to get along with them.

I used to work at a bookstore and our regular customers had a tendency to think there was something more between us. One guy was persistent in the date asking and one day said something like, “I know you like me because you are always nice to me.” I looked at him and told him in the most deadpan voice I could muster,…

Of course, when I think of Gingers and comedy, I always start humming this song.

You’re welcome. I should add that doing our budget really stresses me out, which is why this method works so well. We only revisit the big budget whenever a change needs to be made to it or we need to remember what is the next thing to pay off (once something has been paid off). But at least we know where our money is…

We started by listing out our entire budget in a spreadsheet. We determined how much money we had afterward and that money would then be divided up between savings and various debts. We put all our debts along with their totals and APR into the spreadsheet and began paying off the debt with the highest interest rates…

My husband and I both have student loan debt. We also had some credit card debt, but it was reasonable. (was because it is all paid off now) The key for us was being open and honest about it and then coming up with a solid budget plan. We will not be paying on student loans until we die because we came up with an…

My husband does that too. I made the mistake early in our marriage of shutting him down once after we talked for 2 freaking hours about the computer he wanted to build. “I love you, but I really really don’t care and I don’t understand how you think I can help you with this decision making process.” Talk about hurt…

My little things are stuff like not lifting the toilet seat when he pees (a product of growing up with all boys and never sharing a bathroom with his mother). “If you want it up, why don’t you put it up when you are done?” he asks. Or how OUR office is so full of his crap that I hate going in there. I mean, I work as…

I am that odd female who absolutely loves cold and loathes the fact that most women are freezing. I am endlessly fascinated by the women wearing scarves and sweaters at work, while I have my desk fan blasting on high. Of course, I need the fan because my mostly female always cold co-workers control the thermostat.…