There’s a reason December 26th is one of the busiest shopping days of the year: Everyone’s taking back all the weird stuff they unwrapped on December 25th. Even with tags and gift receipts, returning gifts can be a relational (and retail) minefield. So how can you get through...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
The time has finally come: This Christmas will be the first I’ll be spending with my partner’s family, and not only her close family — every last aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandma, grandpa and that one lady who’s somehow lumped into the bunch, too. Which has presented me with...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
White elephant. Yankee swap. Dirty Santa. Whatever you want to call it, there’s a decent chance you’ll be attending some variation of a gag gift exchange in the next couple of weeks — an event that can be oddly stressful and strangely competitive. All eyes are locked on a...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
The snip promises sterilization, but that’s not all: A recent survey conducted by researchers at Frankfurt University in Germany found that men who’d gotten vasectomies also report improved sexual satisfaction. Per the report, “The vasectomized men had significantly better results than the healthy historical comparison group in...
In this installment of our “What Makes Me a…” column, we asked five people what they think makes someone a good gift-giver. In the end, it really does seem that it’s the thought that counts… unless you’re staff writer Tracy Moore, in which case it’s asking her...
If you pee through your penis and you’re not a virgin, chances are you’ve participated in a game of post-coital pee Russian roulette. Like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, in this game, you never know what you’re going to get: Will it burn? Will it spray? Will...
On the sole of your foot, right in the center of the heel. According to the ancient practice of reflexology, that’s the zone of the foot that corresponds to the genitals. Further forward, in the arch of your foot, right before the ball, is the zone that...
So you’ve got your apartment reasonably clean, snacks on hand and a spare toothbrush ready to go? Congratulations, you’re most of the way to doing a good job of entertaining a lady at home. But there’s still one key area that should give you pause: your bed....
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...