When I was a child, we lived in an apartment with no kids allowed, and my parents had mainly childless friends. I received praise and reward for being undemanding, unseen, and silent. making an impact on my environment was a negative.

I am part of the 6%, and people always tell me I would make a great parent. Here's the thing. I would be different if I had kids. I'd be sleep-deprived, resentful, and bored. Repetitive tasks make me crazy. I seem like I'd be a good parent because I always have my wits about me, take great care of myself, and am…

This is why I tend to work as a free-lancer or as a consultant, where I set my rates and people decide if that as palatable sometimes before they know my gender. My time is too valuable and my skills are too good to waste on someone who thinks there's something wrong with me for working in order to have a nice…

I use email because I have older people I need to communicate with. On the other hand, the improv team I'm on the sub list for lets its openings be known by email, and I am essentially always the first to respond, so I basically get all the advantages of being in the group with none of the responsibilities.

I here ed in Bakersfield from the time I was 8 until til I finished high school. There are teachers and doctors advertising arnever got a. s other professionals there but unemployment is also very high, and most of the jobs available are not good. Brain scholarship to in is an issue. The vast majority of people I…

Just seeing this...got a new tablet today so I am looking up old lifehacker articles. People work so differently now, "productive" looks really different and involves different tasks for each individual.

So if I like opera, rock, and country, I have a split personality?

It sounds like, to me, the carrying thing is if you need to move somebody fast from a very immediately dangerous situation. Like if you were near something that was about to blow up or collapse, or is someone was in the middle of the road and could get run over by a truck. In which case, the risks of carrying someone…

Actually my life was saved when I was 12 by someone doing the Heimlich on me, at Thanksgiving. I did not suffer any internal injuries, I just coughed up what I was choking on and also puked. Maybe back blows are better, but the Heimlich beats the hell out of people just standing there watching you die and asking if…

So, not to be a downer, but my husband and I are orphans. We already descend upon his cousins every year at Christmas Eve and ...we won't talk about my remaining relatives....so we go to London. Yeah, I know if you are halfway savvy you can figure out who we are and where we live, but we also have two neighbors who…

Damn. I thought the wig was going to be able to sense humidity and wind and adjust itself to maintain a set curl or straightness accordingly.

My husband and I have a "truth in advertising" agreement. He is cute but was a big guy when I met him. His parents were both obese. He has several cousins who struggle with obesity. This was not a secret from me. However, when I met him he owned a 2-bedroom condo in NYC which he was successfully paying for on his own,…

Yes. This is why Jennifer Lawrence has to tell stories in public about shitting herself in order to keep a fan base. This is why when I am hanging out with my performing arts friends and they've just finished complimenting me on my teen-ager figure and recent audition success, when they say, "So what did you do last…

I am a size zero, and spent a good deal of my 20s being insanely jealous of the appearance of a woman who had to weigh at least 200 pounds. She was always immaculately dressed and coiffed, had the most gorgeous skin and eyes, and ...this sounds nuts, but whenever she wore anything that exposed a shoulder I thought of…

A woman after my own heart. My feeling is, if my husband really would rather go be with another woman, I want him to make that decision sooner rather than later, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Oh...and my lawyer will be calling about half our NYC condo and alimony payments.

#3 is great to know! I always assumed dead leaf tips meant I wasn't watering them enough! So I would water them more and they would die, and I assumed it was because I got to them too late. That information is a game-changer for me, The Black Thumb.

OK, I do not get how people do not use a clean washcloth each time they wash. And I am white (see the gawker post). Like, do you use your sponge or whatever to clean everything including your crotch and then rub that same sponge all over you every day? Do you do something with your hands? I use a fresh washcloth each…

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like the Level 4 stuff is more important than the Level 3 stuff to them? I don't think I could make and keep friends without being able to be respectful and be respected, and having some confidence. I also think that without work-appropriate clothes, I would get fired pretty…

I don't think luxuries have to be defined solely as consumer items. Ultimate luxury for me would be having the time and resources to be a puppy raiser for seeing eye dogs. I'd need to be able to make more money with fewer work hours, though, or have more passive income — OR have my husband get a great enough…

For fat smelly sweating guy:
Bring a scarf or a gaiter that you can pull up over your mouth & nose, and bring strong minty gum or mints.It won't help woth the crowding but you can drown out the smell.