We let our daughter go to the college of her choice. She got into many state and private schools, some with scholarships. But no breaks at all from the expensive private college she selected. She loves it, and we can afford it, but it means constant sacrifice. She knows this, but it doesn’t stop her…
In Unhitched, couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward. In 2006, Vanessa Hammer and Brendan Hammer were in law school (she at the University of Houston and he at DePaul) and living in different states when they met at a national Hispanic moot court competition. They…
I’ve heard a number of conflicting things on this topic; is removing or waxing all pubic hair entirely from the vagina healthy, unhealthy, or something in between? — Marie Short take Removing pubic hair is a cosmetic choice that may have health consequences for some women. Tell me more Before we get started we need…
The guy with the alligator in his pants never made it to Instagram and neither did the man with Ziploc bags of vodka taped to his thighs. But the supermarket-grade meat slicer someone tried to pack in a carry-on did make a social media appearance (and quickly garnered over 4,100 likes). Though it may not…
When her sixth-grade daughter was sent home from school with a “flour-sack baby” to look after for a week, Hope Edelman was initially skeptical (“Weren’t sixth graders a little young for this kind of thing?” she wondered). But soon she saw the assignment as an opportunity to equip her daughter with the parenting skills her…
Image Julia Roberts enjoying a bath in the 1990 film “Pretty Woman.”CreditTouchstone Pictures, via Everett Collection Call her old-fashioned. “I still write with a fountain pen,” said Katy Klassman, who with her mother owns and runs a fashion boutique in Washington, D.C. “I love to go to bed early with a paper book.” Ms. Klassman…
It’s time to set goals for the new year: Who do you want to be in 2019? Or, failing serious personal transformation, who do you at least want to dress like? Fashion may be largely about fantasy, but looking the part is often the first step (albeit on a long road) to success. Here, four…
Passport to (Fill in the Blank) Au Revoir Passport Holder anthropologie.com $26.00 You might not have the cash to whisk them off to Paris, but studies claim just planning a vacay improves happiness. You guys can save up for the City of Light together.
Have you ever held a grudge for years? (Unrelated but are you a Scorpio by any chance?) Grudges can be good, actually, and we should hold onto some of them, like petty Tamagotchis in our emotional pocket. We don’t often associate the holding of grudges with virtuous people, but 2019 is a new year, new…
Image At the Akiyamas, Marie Kondo dispenses benedictions, not judgments. Can you treat your belongings with respect? Can you be mindful of each other’s weird objects and habits? CreditDenise Crew/Netflix Entropy, that unpleasant byproduct of consumerism, has been a subject of reality TV almost since that genre’s genesis. From “Clean House” to “Hoarders: Buried Alive,”…