Yes! Please! How often? Can I wash them on delicate in a little mesh baggie or do I need to hand wash in the sink with Woolite (or something else? I don't know) each time?

I'm surprised they give you a year. At my office they get expect you to take any comp time acquired WITHIN THE SAME PAY PERIOD, thus making it basically impossible to use.

Ha. I think some non-bed based sex is definitely a nice alternative solution!

Oh god I know. I'm very independent, but were my father's body to be taken over by an alien who decided it was his financial priority to buy me an apartment I would DEFINITELY just go with it and hope that everything went through before the Men in Black showed up.

Apartment hunting here is a panic-inducing NIGHTMARE. I am really really lucky, have an apartment that I love and a landlord who paid off the building a zillion years ago and has never raised my rent more than $30 at once. I just re-signed my lease for what will be my 10th year in this apartment and the rent is $105…

Very true. Though in my brother's case I'm know he's done all of his research and is getting something smaller, but well built in a good neighborhood. He made a lot of money straight out of college, has no student loan debt, and has been able to save a lot over the past three years due to both his salary, being good…

Yeah, it's almost doubled since I moved here. I think it was $63 then. It just went up again very recently, and now single-swipe is $2.50. Don't worry though, train service continues to be cut! Gotta love the MTA.

I wouldn't say I struggle to pay rent, but it's high enough that I have to carefully budget the rest of my life to make up for it. I wish my rent was lower, for sure.

Yes, I always try to do this with my friends' kids. Usually something small, but I want the siblings to feel included in all the fuss.

I don't think that there's anything gross about pushing or childbirth. I'm a woman and a nurse and "pushing out a baybay" doesn't even begin to make the list of things I find disgusting. But I don't think that promoting the idea of push presents does anything to increase men's (or other people's) appreciation for…

I work with a population that is incredibly traumatized and has horrible abuse histories, and this story still just slays me. I just can't sometimes.

Yeah, it's a different world. If I had a dollar for every time someone from home (Texas) hears what I pay in rent and then exclaims "OMG that's x-amount of money more than my mortgage!" I might have enough for a downpayment by now.

1. I do not struggle to pay rent now, but I definitely did when I moved to NYC right after college. One paycheck would not cover my rent - I had to save at least $150 from my first paycheck each month in order to cover rent (plus my entire second paycheck).

Haha I saw this earlier today on Reddit. It makes me want to hug my apartment. And also: I really should rent out my second bedroom but Ijustdon'twanna live with someone else!! Waaaah.

Haha, I'd totally forgotten, but when my boyfriend was living with me he did this all the time. He was GREAT about sharing chores (dishes, kitty littler, w/e) but he would definitely point out to me that he'd done it and want me to recognize it. One time was like "seriously dude, do you want a gold star?? Should I…

Exactly.

Yes, all of this!!! IT IS NOT A PRESENT!!! It's called "splitting responsibilities in an adult relationship!"

Exactly.

The term "push present" makes me shudder like nothing else. The first time I heard it I was like WHAAAAA-EWWWWWW-THE-FUCK?!?! I like shiny things as much as the next girl (though I don't like diamonds that much), and hey! to each their own, but I find the idea that "I pushed out your baby, now give me a diamond" to…

Oven thermometer. My oven is regularly off by 25-50 degrees F.