I’m on my way to a Halloween party. Big deal for me, my husbands gone and I have significant social anxiety. So, I did careful makeup and am sporting a new stud. The lipstick is one of revlons lip butters in fig jam. The best. The stud is a rhodalite garnet, a beautiful purplish pink ruby color. I’m in my fifties…

Ireland sounds ideal and it’s good that you’ll have family with you. Finding Autism support is important. My son was diagnosed a couple of years ago through a WASHU study and I was given a dream of resources. I’m not sure what area you are in, but if you contact your local Autism Speaks chapter, they should be able.to…

The problem is I have no idea what I want anymore. WhAt it would take for me to be happy. I love my son so very much, but he is so attached to me and I love that but it’s hard. .... what country do you want to retire to?

It was, a decade ago if I remember correctly. But it was done poorly, as much as it tried to cater to Western tastes and expectations. Nothing much came out if it. Initially, I was very much annoyed. And then I realized how big of a tourist attraction it could be. Even so, it ended up as a failure.

Ho! I got a neutral tan matte lipstick from Clinique that’s pretty gorgeous!

Zombies. I have commented below about the things that DON’T scare me, like aliens or vampires. And I bragged about how I am immune to American lore. Yet, zombies drive me nuts. Whenever I see a zombie movie (and I am a bit of a masochist), I have nightmares for weeks to come. I often wake up my husband at night, just…

Hey, if it’s one thing I don’t believe in it’s vampires. Because I am from Transylvania and there are no vampires here. Thank you, Bram Stoker, you might help Romanian tourism! There are myths and legends and lore, but not that many are vampire related. I do get you though: vampires are kind of fascinating.

I need a face moisturizer recommendation! It snowed here the other day and my face feels dry :(

Meanwhile, a rec of my own: I recently got myself a Dinoplatz Too Cool For School Escalator Mascara (off Sephora’s website) and the packaging is adorable, the gimick (you twist it and it goes from a long thin brush to a…

As I am not American, so American urban legends and myths just fascinate me. They don’t really scare me too much. On the other hand, my ancestors have really creepy stories that were passed out from one generation to the other. And they freak me out even now. Having something jump on your back and telling you that it…

It sounds like you’re having a hard time, and I’m sorry. That sucks. This is hard stuff to deal with no matter what, and that’s especially true when you have additional fatigue.

Ask him to go see a movie or a concert with you. It’s a great way to hang out some more without feeling pressure. It sounds like you’re already friends to me.

RIP Gomez. Damn.

I’m sorry you’re feeling so down.

Saving is freedom. Freedom from anxiety, sudden catastrophe and hard choices.

On the first day of grad school orientation I met a guy and we bonded over having the same undergrad major. We learned we had all our classes together and we’ve sort of stuck together since. We sit next to each other during all our classes, pick each other as partners for assignments, and hang out between classes. We…

Yup. Just inhaled a ton of twizzlers. I want chocolate now though. To go back out or not is the question.

Be the invitor instead of the invitee! We just moved and some girls at work were like “no good trick or treaters come to my house.” Well I find out our new neighborhood is huge for trick or treating so I asked them over for beer and snacks to watch trick or treaters and now 3 women are coming to hang out. I cleaned…

Wow, that sounds cool. There are such random creatures here. I walked past a crew of like 6 or 7 turkeys on my way home from the library a couple weekends ago, just pecking at the nasty puddles on the sidewalk. I don’t know where they came from or where they live/sleep.

I don’t know how much money you have but you need to spend as much time as possible away from these people so if you can’t enroll for some course (sport, art, craft), why not volunteer someplace or even just go hang out a local libraries reading up on everything you’ve ever had an interest in and coffee/tea shops…

It was taunting you with its perfection. What a squirrel thing to do.