You jest, but if it weren't a work night, I would totally eat two dinners, probably a 6:00pm reservation and an 8:30...cause I'm a little piggy like that!

Ok, i'll sate your curiosity - it's Afghanistan. But first-cousin marriage is common in a lot of countries. And it will never ever not ick me out, but maybe that's cause all my first cousins are le gross.

Seriously, I just went on a Seamless and Yelp spree to try to find a restaurant in my area that has that dish on the menu! (Found two that are close enough, I have reservations for 7pm).

hahahahaha, no, much more ethnic than that!

I went to visit family I'd never met before in my parent's home country when I was 21, straight out of college. My entire dad's side is still living there, and I met all of my first cousins on his side for the first time, and of course all of my aunts and uncles, etc. It was really great, and I felt like I had a whole…

Ok, so I went through a period of severe heartburn and acid reflux a couple of years ago, and nothing I did made any sort of lasting difference — I changed my diet, my antacids, my sleeping positions, stopped drinking alcohol — and still, I'd be in pain the next day. Then I tried an apple cider vinegar home remedy,…

TOTALLY. I'm lactose intolerant but I will go out and buy a $6 1/2 gallon of the organic lactose free milk (this is real milk with the lactase enzyme added so that those of us plagued by lactose-intolerance can digest it) just to dunk my cookies into (cookies that contain butter and will thus give me tummy troubles,…

Disgusting and horrifying, and I hope he gets the maximum sentence, which still won't be enough. Any details on whether the porn sites are being charged with anything? They were receiving submissions that documented rape — do they have any sort of obligation to report any content they receive that shows a crime being…

With you, totally. I'm pretty sure my little heart broke as surely as if I was going through the breakup myself.

This is such a good point. It is mind-numbingly difficult to find a healthcare professional that you can trust, has time to see you, and accepts your insurance, if you are lucky enough to have it. It is absolutely necessary to address this as one of the causes of movements like the anti-vaccine movement — many people…

my bf does this too, with Sriracha on his thai spicy noodles dish. after he dumps half a bottle on his dish, he then looks at me innocently and says, "oh, i'm sorry, did you want some?" jerk.

Yeah, there's a weird kind of woman in existence that thinks this is okay behavior. This kind of woman needs to be SHUT the fuck DOWN. If I ever saw or heard of anyone doing this to my niece, who just turned 11, I would tear that person a new asshole. That's not a threat, it's a promise.

I say it all the time, and i'm people, so wish granted!

Are we related??? My mom did the same thing! Also, when I first began to develop booblets (like boobs, but tinier), she would poke my nips if she could see a hint of them through the shirt and tell me that I was being slutty. At age 11. In front of people. I wanted to die.

I think it depends on the amount of time you spend there, how much you like to drink, and what city you're in. I've spent anywhere from $80 to $400 (bachelorette party I organized for my friend at Hunk-O-Mania in NYC).

Crafty/art stuff is usually a win no matter who the child — my niece loved the hell out of her rainbow loom when she was younger, and you know what, so did her little brother. Legos are also great for kids. And if you're really not sure, a $20 - $25 gift card to Amazon would be great too...

I don't have Photoshop, can you please please please paste her into this one???

That's absolutely brilliant. I shall now do this, and maybe someday, I'll have someone else's dream come true!

Yeah, your point about educating people doesn't really stand here — this wasn't some well-meaning bystander who made a mistake — Alessandra Stanley is a well-educated, well-paid New York Times critic who, at the bare minimum, should be held up to at least a baseline standard of accuracy. A quick Google search could…

My new standby: WWBWD?