Good for you, but my parents’ life and financial advice spanned ‘not helpful’ to ‘actually making things worse.’ Enjoy having smart parents who were able to give you good advice. Plenty of us have parents suggesting absolute garbage, and it’s absolutely fine to dismiss terrible advice regardless of its origin.

You. You get it.

Boomer politicians. 

Aside from the obvious points everyone else is amply covering, since when is TWO YEARS considered a short relationship?

Bump for question 3!

Try sleeves and hats? I just hide from the sun and so far, so good.

That’s good to know, but I need everyday protection for daily dog walks/life. Also, I’m getting bit where my skin is bare, and in hot, low-desert summer temps, I’m not willing to wear full-length clothing every time I leave the house. Thanks though!!

I’m a mosquito magnet - what’s the best defense that isn’t deet that actually works? I don’t want to spray something toxic on me every single day/multiple times a day.

I can buy a townhouse/condo in an area that I find acceptable for about 1.6x-2x my salary (not including my bonus). Those mortgages are cheaper than renting a comparable apartment, even with the HOA fees, and rent just keeps going up as developers deliver nothing but luxury apartment complexes to the market, which is…

This is the best advice - squeeze it in before your job turns you to mush.

Try being a responsible pet owner instead of a moron- if you don’t have solid voice control over your dog to where they will RELIABLY come back to you on command the first time you call, leash your dog. This keeps your dog safe from other dogs who might be fearful of other dogs as well as people who are afraid of…

Probably not by job description, but being able to roll in somewhere and already be close/in the parking lot before the lift starts turning is going to be your best shot at getting fresh turns in if you’re chasing big storms. Also helpful for other camping/sports trips: I miss being able to sleep in my 4runner, even…

Can confirm - spent a summer in Mongolia (which is largely dirt roads outside of the capital city) a while back and, aside from those badass little Russian vans, Land Cruisers were king.

Right? I can’t imagine how these idiots get anything done when they spend so much of their mental energy pissing their pants over shit that isn’t happening.

“I know civilians with PTSD like symptoms due to an abusive employer.”

Yes, it’s a shame your employer couldn’t cross-train better to keep things going when you were out! I’m in a very cushy spot, and it’s a shame that I need to basically have hit the job jackpot to have this kind of basic decency at my disposal. Everyone deserves this kind of respect and space for their health.

Or do what I do whether it’s mental or physical health, simply email/text/whatever the boss, “I’m not feeling well and need to take today off. I expect that I’ll be back tomorrow but will update you if things take a turn for the worse.” Granted I only have PTO, so no difference between ‘where’ that time off comes…

My stylist teaches at a training school, and I believe tuition for a full program is like, $25k. Yes, that’s cheaper than a lot of college degrees these days, but the ~1900 hours of education they require for licensing (in my state, at least) is actually more hardcore than my education (I work in corporate marketing…

What makes a balding head look so jarring in the mirror isn’t that you automatically look bad without hair (quite the opposite for many, though not all, men). The problem is the contrast! Just be honest with them. Say that you’re unhappy with your usual style thanks to your evolving hairline, and ask if a shorter cut…

I personally don’t think milking a cow is intrinsically cruel, but there are all sorts of unpleasantries that plague the reality of modern dairy farming conditions. There’s also ethical concerns regarding artificial insemination and general exploitation of animals, in addition to environmental problems with animal…