I once dated a guy who was homeschooled and an only child, and he was only slightly awkward during the early stages of dating, but 1) was terrible at communicating his goals and desires at a meaningful level and 2) didn’t seem to realize that getting serious meant working together on the relationship, not him working…

Um, I was taught most of those things at my public schools. Each school had its own library, and we had specific projects that took us into the library for special instruction on how to search the resources in it, etc. I also had a class on basic life skills that went over what interest means with credit cards and how…

OK, you know that’s not fair, right? That someone’s mastery of English alone doesn’t make them intelligent or stupid? That because she can’t handle deeper conversations in English doesn’t mean she’s never capable of them?

I was sitting in a bar once during a huge snowstorm - power was out all over the place, roads were closed, but the mexican place a block away from me was open & serving booze, hurrah! - and at the table next to me, 2 very young women were bitching about the fact that they were serving a very limited menu and ran out…

I had movers totally scratch up an Ikea bookcase - I mean, visibly scar it all along one of the visible sides so it looked like I had a tiger clawing at it - and while I know it wasn’t an antique, it was new. So I said to the guys, look, this was new - and it’s from Ikea, so it wouldn’t take a lot out of the cost of…

I definitely do not want friends on yelp, or to post my actual face. I decided this the day I read reviews for a local salon & saw the personal stuff being shared about waxing preferences & became terrified I would recognize these people on the street & know too much about them.

The heat! That’s the biggest reason I get worse sleep with my significant other than by myself - he is like a furnace, and I get to sleep much easier when I feel at least a little bit cool.

Dear lord, how hard is it to find a good but not wallet-crushing dress shirt that will tuck into my pants & stay there? I haven’t bought a suit since my size changed because I’m dreading that process, too...

I am so grateful that cocktail length can be formal most of the time, at least with the crowds I run in. My friend asked us to get floor-length dresses as her bridesmaids and my 5'11" size 14 self was not happy.... never again I say.

I’m an inch and a half shorter, and looked healthy at a size 8. When I’m a 14, I’m at the outer limits of a normal BMI for my height. Leslie is much more fit than I and I can totally buy 8 or 10 more than 14

Thank you for starting this conversation! I’m also on the lookout for under-skirt shorts for the summer, since my one pair is amazing but a dark grey and kind of long for some of my dresses. I got it from Roots a couple years ago when I was on a trip to Canada, and it fits like leggings, just... short. And the…

at least magic gardens has personality and was created by an actual weirdo instead of hipsters pretending to be. i’m more annoyed by how high geno’s is on the list of most instagrammed places in philly...

we had a noodle like that for a hot minute, but it went away thank goodness (philly)

You’d think, but the compromise the article talked about is kind of how I already live my life. My kitchen is kept scrupulously clean - dirty dishes on the counter ick me out, and I wipe down after each time I cook. But my bedroom’s a mess, with clothes all over the floor, dust collecting more often than I’d like to…

I liked Sally Hansen when I was first starting out doing my own nails because it dries quickly and peels off easily after it’s dry. Plus, you can get it on sale often at drug stores. Now I get OPI when it’s on sale.

I had blood drawn for a couple tests for a while because of medication, but only needed to fast for the cholesterol part. This would have been a huge boon - I could get the test done any time of day instead of in the morning.

I’m all for white Gap t-shirts, but they’ve had a serious tendency towards sheer-ness in recent years. I still go with black & navy t-shirts, but stay away from the white ones.

I’m all for white Gap t-shirts, but they’ve had a serious tendency towards sheer-ness in recent years. I still go…

You made the right choice - our high school swim team came back from spring break missing their eyebrows because the chlorine/pH levels in the school pool were off and burned off any hair not protected by a swim cap.

I had the same thought when I saw it was on the Road to Hana - windy, skinny roads around cliffs with a bunch of tourists driving on them? Something has to be really, really fishy to have a murder charge come out of a crash there.

You’re lucky - I used to have a GP who could handle gynecological exams and birth control prescriptions, but I found her to be the exception to the rule. It does seem silly, doesn’t it? It’s hard for me to judge women who decide not to go to OB/GYNs for preventative care if their lifestyle and family history is…