“you could find yourself with a massive tax write-off” — quick correction, donations to the ACLU are not tax-deductible (but you should still give them money because they’re one of the main defenders of our civil liberties!).  

My 2 cents — my partner and I don’t have or want kids, and we got life insurance when we bought a house together. Neither of us can afford the mortgage payments alone, and we wanted to ensure the surviving person wasn’t forced to sell the house (especially in our major city, where the rental market is brutal) if the…

My boy puppy (now over a year old) won’t lift his leg to pee! I’ve raised many puppies but have encountered a problem for the first time. As a result, he often pees on the back of his front leg. We praise him effusively when he sometimes slightly raises a leg (if there is a piece of tall grass, for example), but the…

People have a fundamental right to decide what goes on inside their own bodies.

LW1: My partner is a little bit shorter than me (maybe 5'6" to my 5'9") and I actually never thought much about it, because he didn’t indicate he thought much about it. I’m an attractive, athletic, and independent attorney who has lots of friends and hobbies, and used to have problems with men acting intimidated by…

“I hope it stays buried forever so that those two don’t have to be subjected to another round of beatings.”

Yes! So much better when it was a Sports Club L.A.

I hear you. Every January, I’m tempted to walk through my gym floor every morning yelling “GIVE UP NOW, YOU’RE GOING TO DIE SOON ANYWAY!!!” to discourage them :)

Most important: CROWDING. I hate my super-expensive gym (Equinox) b/c they sell too many memberships and I was having to wait in a line of 10-20 people to take a shower in the morning. Ain’t nobody got time for that! I eventually had to shift my schedule to wake up EVEN EARLIER (and I was already getting up at 5:30…

Yes, the actual professional advice for many people (like me) to address this problem is to go negative: actually think through the worst-case scenario in a detailed way, including by addressing potential solutions, because it helps you realize that (1) even the worst-case scenario isn’t actually that bad and (2) you…

Same. And we do the “window and aisle” trick but lately almost every single flight has someone in the middle. At least they’re always pleasantly surprised when my partner lets them switch to the window or aisle so he can be next to me in the middle.

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Thank you for doing this! I’m 42 and have been a long-distance runner since 9th grade. Is there anything that runners like me should be paying more attention to as they get into their 40s-50s, to avoid injury? I imagine cross-training to focus on core-strengthening in order to protect the back/hips is important (and…

“I have a very active sex life, so I like to get screened regularly for anything on which that might have an effect.”

As someone who quit drinking several years ago, I always figure doctors assume I’m lying when I answer “0" to that question.

If you’re 23 and figure you’re probably immortal anyway and $30 is a decent chunk of your budget? Not very strange to anyone who remembers being 23.

LOL, not sure what part of America you’re visiting if you think people don’t drink! But I remember when I used to drink, most people around me were going out for happy hours a few nights a week and having some wine when they got home, so I always felt like the guidelines were unrealistically low. After I gave up…

For #8 — just don’t take Tylenol/acetaminophen! It’s so risky (especially if you drink alcohol), and there’s really no reason to take it when ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, and other options are available.

Nope... $52.60

Nope... $52.60

As a fellow only child (who is 42), I would gently encourage you to discuss this with a therapist who can help you drawn clear boundaries about your responsibilities. For me, that meant making clear to my parents now — while they are relatively healthy — that they should be planning for their long-term care because…