I had a coworker who died the same day as his wife (the impression I got was that he took a bunch of pills after his wife died, unfortunately). All I could think about was how horrible it was for their kids to have to deal with both deaths at once.

I graduated from Hampshire, too! I finished in four years, as did all of my friends.

I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine your pain right now and how you must have felt upon finding out you would not be able to make the funeral. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts.

I didn't visit my grandfather in the hospital right before he died and I still regret it 12 years later. I was going to go, but then I decided I didn't want to deal with my dad (the person I would have been going with), so I decided not to at the last minute. I really didn't think for a second that it was a…

They have both matte and metallic, so something for everyone. I love the metallics, but I have a good number of mattes. I think my favorite mattes are black dahlia, stalker, vintage, and Lydia.

are you using a primer and lip liner? That usually keeps it in place. I use a clear lip liner so it works for all my colors. Also, a little goes a long way, and applying too much will make it bleed. Hope that helps!

It is so worth it. I much prefer their lip tars to their stained gloss, but I love their whole collection. It's the only lip stuff that actually stays on me.

Yeah, Glossy is just the best. Ipsy is okay. It often has bigger sample sizes than Birchbox, but the products are often not as high end. Boxycharm has full-size products, too, but it usually is slightly lower end than Glossybox. I always think about canceling Boxycharm, but they always have one really great thing…

Yeah, I'm a bit of a beauty box addict. I have Birchbox, Glossybox (my favorite), Boxycharm, and Ipsy. Birchbox does have a great points system! I have $50 worth that I need to use. I really want PopSugar MustHave, but it's so expensive. My wife said I could have it if I got rid of two other box subscriptions, so…

Yeah, I have a Pro Picks, too. I have about 20 different lip tars. Black Metal Dahlia is just gorgeous. Definitely one of my favorites out there! I didn't think I would like just plain Black Dahlia all that much (definitely prefer metallic shades — speaking of which, have you tried Manhunter? I've gotten a…

I really love Teadora Nourishing Lip Butter. It gently exfoliates and moisturizes at the same time. They have Rainforest at Dusk (chocolate scented) and Rainforest at Dawn (orange scented) and, I have to say, the Dawn is way better. It's all natural, it smells really good, and feels great on my lips. I think it's…

I am also the palest person ever and have found that I actually look good in OCC Vintage (a deep red), Black Dahlia (deep berry color), and Black Metal Dahlia (deep berry metallic). They also have Anita which is browner, but I don't think I would look so great in that. You should check OCC out if you haven't…

I'm so sorry for your losses.

I was thinking that, too, and was surprised no one else had said anything. Yes, 37 people failed the test, but how many more knew they would be drug tested and didn't bother applying? A hell of a lot people, I'm sure.

I was coming here to say that, too. My wife's dad was killed by a drunk driver when she was 13. He died ten days after his 50th birthday. Those ten days between his birthday and death date are hell for my wife each year. If he had died six months after his birthday, she would be really sad on his birthday and…

I was coming here to say something similar (not similar to your situation, but similar to the anniversaries being on the same day part). My wife's dad was killed by a drunk driver when she was thirteen, ten days after his 50th birthday. Those ten days are beyond rough for her — it's just ten days of thinking of her…

Oh, wow, they couldn't have messed your surgery up more if they tried! I'm so sorry. That is just horrible.

Thanks! Your surgery sounds like it was a nightmare! Glad that is over for you and you have recovered. Have you had Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension your whole life?

Your condition does not sound fun. I didn't realize you could make too much spinal fluid. I've never heard of them giving sympathetic nerve blocks for post-surgical pain, only for chronic pain, so that is strange that they wanted to give you a bunch of nerve blocks for that. I'm sorry. That doesn't seem helpful at…

I had an epidural for one of my surgeries and I hated it so much. The needle part didn't bother me because I was kind of out of it at that point, but I was so mad when I got out of surgery that I couldn't move my legs for hours. The nurses wouldn't let me leave the recovery room until I could move my legs and I just…