What about just excluding relatives who you, frankly, don’t care about? I’m not even engaged at the moment but it’s something I’ve thought about. I’ve never been close to my extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles), they’re conservative and religious and we’ve always lived far away anyway so we see them maybe…

I’ve never been much of a runner but I’m trying to get back into it.. (it’s free, it’s easy, it’s convenient). At this point I can physically run 3 miles - and I could probably run farther - but I have trouble getting into the mental zone where I can zone out and stop thinking about how much farther I have to go. When…

I can’t run to audiobooks/podcasts but I did have the same problem with the 4 minute increments. What I found that works awesome is mashups that blend together, from one song to the next (like the annual best of bootie compilations, free to download online). They’re way more upbeat and just seamlessly transition from…

Also vouching for Couch to 5k. There’s lots of different apps, find one that works for you (some of the ones I tried, you had to pay for it after the first couple weeks), and get going. It really did get me up and running, and I didnt have to do any of the thinking.

...you do know they’re not like, going out in a rowboat on a pond a peaceful summer day, right?

I had no idea Adam Brody and Leighton Meester were even a couple. If this was 10 years ago my head would be exploding from two separate universes crossing.

I actually do know someone who had a baby (a little young..) and gave it the middle name ‘Danger.’ I don’t want to dox them but it is the middle name in between two very proper English names. It’s amazing.

I’m more worried about the black hairs that seem to pop up everywhere now :/

Get it on DVD! I’ve got all the seasons, still bust em out on a rainy day.

I always felt like one of my girl chips was missing or something because I’ve never understood the point of engagement rings - you get something really expensive that you have to wear everyday that someone else picked out for you, and you wear it for a little while, and then you get ANOTHER ring so you either have to…

Thanks for clarifying! I went the IRA route myself so that’s why I quoted $5500, I forget that they’re not interchangeable.

I am!

THANK YOU. I am not religious and I don’t evangelize or proselytize about anything except SAVING MONEY. I am watching my friends who are all “weee we have actual money for the first time!” blow it all on ubers, cocktails, actual non-Ikea furniture, apartments in the trendy part of town, etc. It pains me to watch. If…

Huh, I’m 5’1 and 155 pounds, I had no idea I was fat. Guess I will have to re-evaluate myself.

Meh, to me women trashing other women is the status quo. Not here for that.

I feel like if this girl is so upset by one fart that she is writing in to an advice column.. dude should run the other way.

I studied abroad in South Africa (University of Cape Town) in 2007, my junior year. Somewhat near Stellenbosch. I lived with several other American girls and remarkably, while we made some poor decisions (like walking home alone drunk at night) we made it out of there fine. We did live in a dangerous neighborhood…