Yes. This. Late 40s is so much fun, with the mood swings, hot flashes, depression, and weird shit going on with my body I can’t really identify b/c like you I have an IUD and haven’t had a period since the oughts. 

As a fellow pale/red/acne prone sufferer, I’ve had excellent luck with the Eucerin redness reducing line. I use the cleanser, and the night cream as a day cream, because the day cream has green tones in it. No, thank you. YMMV. 

My fortune for a daily moisturizer with SPF that doesn’t leave my face feeling greasy or have my now-clogged pores retaliate by immediately sweating it all off within 5 minutes.

I’ll have to check out those products. I’m also super pale and used to be super red and have so many freckles. Now I just get really red from exercise and cold weather... and really hot weather. I have good luck with origins planscription products, everything I’ve gotten from Biossance, and the goodal green tangerine…

My skin hates the LRP Tolarine moisturizer too. Apparently niacinamide is not my friend either. I use vanicream cleanser and the ordinary’s azelaic acid for acne scars, doesn’t seem to have made a dent yet. I also use differin for acne. Fun times. 

James has become your stand-in for perfection, a state that is hard to envision unless it is shrunk to the dimensions of a person, place, or thing.

I have dry sensitive and acne prone skin which is just a spectacular combination to have. I also live in a very dry climate which means no hyaluronic acid, so stuff like this would be a no-go.

I had an employee like this.

I will never forget the day in college in the early aughts when I found a pair of vintage gap cigarette jeans at the local Salvation Army. The moment I pulled up the side zip on the high rise waist and looked in the mirror, I realized I’d never wear low rise jeans again.

This happened to me about six months ago. To make it worse, it was the first time I’ve felt like having sex in like two years, except the thought of my husband touching my boobs was intolerable. 

Ok Gen Z, when we tried to tell you not to bring back low rise jeans, this is what we were trying to protect you from. Now yall are going to start getting tramp stamps.

One of my favorite pre-COVID moments is hosting a Y2K themed NYE party on 12-31-19. Little did we know how much the world would change in 6 short weeks. Everyone showed up in their favorite Y2K-era fashions, and some folks even dug out some old threads of their own. It was really fun because the guest list spanned…

I remember hating high-waisted pants when they first came into style — which is hilarious, since I don’t think I’ve worn any other type of pants in many years now. The pants I owned in high school had zippers about an inch and a half long and frankly some underwear showing was nearly unavoidable unless you nixed the pa…

I feel incredibly old now.

I don’t have anything to add to this aside from saying that gelato is, in my opinion, superior to froyo.

You should feel zero percent guilt and 100 percent joy and relief. This is exactly how my 3-year-old nephew operates. He moves non-stop the entire time he’s awake and then crashes for three hours in the middle of the day and easily at night. It’s a delight.

This will come as an absolute shock to you, but in countries outside of the US (yes, they do exist), wearing medals without one’s military uniform is quite the norm at certain events (such as parades for veterans, funerals for fellow veterans and soldiers, etc) and not out of the ordinary.. Nor do we think it looks…

My grandfather was pretty proud of wearing his two medals from WWII at military occasions like Veteran’s Day. Frankly, after what he went through (Japanese POW camp), he deserved to.

I have seen many, MANY memes about this mess and this is some top notch work right here.

You can dilute most cleaners by half with water, too, and get the job done.