All my family came from Germany, too.

I envision myself walking out, per the first move, and falling flat on my face, there to remain....

Correction: If you actually *can* do these workouts, you can do them any time.

I hear you--we drove to Canada for a four-week stay, and I figured--hey, we have an apartment—-but storing the ginormous suitcases was less than ideal....I do only carryons for month long stays overseas, and frankly, that also works for driving—unless I can pack all the underwear I’d need without having to wash any…

Um...I am large for a woman--5'10"--and in Germany, I can probably buy clothes and shoes to fit, but in France or Italy, it could be a challenge. I also have super-sensitive skin, and while I have discovered that vaseline works in a pinch, packing my own toiletries is self-preservation....

I have gone to Germany for five weeks with a carry-on only, but in Ulm, where we stay, unless our lodgings have laundry facilities, it seems that there are no laundromats there. I pack stuff I can wash by hand and hope it isn’t too damp to dry in in a couple of days....summers can be foggy there....

Nah, the first week in January, most years, is viciously cold and kills my tender plants, because we have gone to Kiawah for the week and I can’t cover them. We have to run the water in the rental so the pipes won’t freeze, and sometimes they do anyway, and the next week, it’s shorts weather again....

so they change it to a cartoon--still, the ho the navy guy cheated with though--

Seriously--he’s not ever going to pay you. He’s bad with money. He mooches off people to make ends meet--current needs are always going to trump what he owes you. Shake his dust from your feet....

None of the things you cite preclude introversion. Introverts are ultimately drained by people, while extroverts get energy from being around them. Extroverts are not likely to be comfortable being by themselves for long—introverts are. Introverts aren’t anti-social, necessarily. They can be gregarious, even—I am.…

I think she’s the ho the navy guy cheated with, actually.

You cannot “teach this guy a little grown up responsibility.” As my friend, the child protection lawyer says, “You can’t raise grownups.” Don’t hold your breath on the money...

Carolyn Hax is always talking about how hard it is to make friends as an adult. You are obviously an introvert, unlike your wife. She’s having a tough time adjusting. Poke around the Carolyn Hax archives on the Washington Post website and see if you can’t come up with some ideas for her.

I used their top-rated Keys Soap Sunscreen years back when my face got super-sensitive with menopausal hormone changes. It may be safe to eat, but the citrus extracts are not good for sensitive skins.....I go with Beautypedia picks...

Do you live in a dry place or a humid one? I live in major humidity in South Carolina, and I have not found any long-sleeved clothing that is tolerable to exercise in (I mean even walking). I think of it as jungle vs. desert. Jungle-dwellers traditionally wear very little clothing, while traditional desert dwellers…

Indeed!

The British show had a lot of wit and style--this was unrelentingly dark and dreary. I quit midway through episode 5 this season. Who needs this when there’s the real news?

How jolly!

Yup, just what I was going to say. Having passed age 50, I currently give zero fucks about anything I say that is not (inadvertently, of course) objectively offensive (racist, sexist, classist, etc.). I try to be careful of peoples’ feelings, and believe I succeed for the most part. How I come across otherwise—-I’m…

Thanks for clearing that up. I have taken guff from folks who think I am some sort of anti-science oven Luddite because I eschew micro-tea...