I didn't negotiate the rent initially, but after one year my landlord imposed a $100/month increase (on an apartment that was already too expensive). I offered to pay an extra $50/month as a compromise. I sent him links to similar apartments in the area to show that our apartment was already well above-average for…

There's Venmo which is a super great app to quickly transfer money to friends. It's great for the cash-averse among us.

As a wee toddler of 4 years old, I was viciously bitten by a swan that I was feeding. DOWN WITH SWANS!

I'm all for renting dresses - I use Rent the Runway ALL the time for cocktail parties and work events. But what are the chances that a wedding dress rental won't need ANY alterations? Honest question here - who here bought a wedding gown that fit off the rack without alterations?

Can we also talk about how ridiculously NICE this "retirement village" is? My great-grandmother was in 3 different nursing homes/assisted living places and nothing was even close to this!

I worked at the J. Crew call center during my senior year in high school. The retail industry is much different from telecom and my experience was so far from those described here. I was authorized to accept returns (on items many, many seasons old), give free shipping, etc. as needed to make customers happy. Working…

My family is definitely old school, and I can see a similar problem arising. But at the same time, there's nothing I can put on a registry that I need. Like I can go to Macy's and put some towels and dishes that I like on the registry and I'd get those instead of towels/dishes that I didn't pick out. Either way, I…

It's not that I don't need ANYTHING. I just don't need typical wedding registry gifts. I've got plenty of bedding, dishes, pots/pans, appliances, etc. I don't need housewares. But I could use some more suits/professional clothes for work, a new laptop, tuition for a post-grad certificate program, etc. etc. All things…

and I would be very happy with that!

although I really don't like it when high school/college friends/acquantances don't leave their maiden names in. "Ashley Brown?? Who the hell is that?? Ohhh Ashely Maidenname...."

This is very reassuring! I intend to keep my last name, but it does nottt hyphenate well with my SO's last name (not to mention it would be like 17 letters long — why can't I just have a monosyllabic last name!). I feel really conflicted about what name to give the children, but I'm glad to hear your situation has…

BRB going to write a LifeHacker article on our ingenious new method.

Maybe if I only put those TWO things on a registry (and maybe a cashmere blanket), people will just think I'm insane and give me money out of spite?

Very true. Much more tactful.

By the time my bf and I get married, we'll have lived together for several years (this is all technically hypothetical). We will not need anything for our home (except for a Vitamix, because how else am I going to get a $400 blender??) and I want to ask for cash. I figured I could just do that by not registering for…

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I feel so conflicted about this! I am determined to keep my last name when I marry. I think the moment I truly knew that my bf was going to be my future husband is when I asked him, hypothetically (after dating less than a year), what he thought of me keeping my last name if we got married and he said "of course. why…

It's misleading to discuss this as being about "veganism." Only one part of her VERY restrictive diet and resulting health issues involved veganism. Gluten, sauces, dressings, oil, sugar are all part of a normal vegan diet.

eeeewww rough. my roomies boyfriend also punched a hole in a wall, so that was part of the charges. God knows what else there was going on in their room...

I should also add that she had a wedding dress and an engagement ring before she even had a boyfriend. Part of the hoarding but also her obsession with getting married. She's now married to the guy that moved in with us and they're expecting their first child. I fear for that poor kid.