this seems to be the place for requests: tips for the lazy/cheap/sensitive skinned. those of us who don't use beauty products or tools often don't do so because the money and effort spent often turns out unpleasantly (e.g. most beauty product fragrances make me sneeze). if i could do stuff easily for very little money…

inre formaldehyde/formalin (the variant actually used in nail hardeners):

never compliment someone's tan. either you're accidentally saying things that are racially weird or you're praising people for getting unhealthy amounts of sun. saying "your eventual skin cancer looks fab!" is awkward as hell.

A lot of people have been replying about their much simpler kids' parties. My siblings and I, too, had much simpler birthday celebrations either at my house or something like a YMCA. However, unlike a lot of commenters who claim that how birthday parties are done only matters to the parents. What it was, who showed…

I'm in the "depends on the people involved" camp. My husband and I didn't invite children because we're not related to any and know very very few. My youngest relative is 25 and my husband's is 21. We only invited five couples who have children. Of those five, four had recently had birthed their first children and…