Why do dudes suck so much at buying Christmas presents? Santa Claus is a man, and he’s amazing at the gift game. The fact is, women are left to handle the vast majority of Christmas shopping alone, and it’s flagrantly unfair. Some men simply assume they’ll do...
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...
As your relationship flourishes, so should your penchant for giving exceptional gifts. Unfortunately, though, some of us are just plain terrible at choosing suitable presents, no matter how much thought and effort we put into them. For anyone who falls into this category and needs help picking...
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 weird lady who’s somehow lumped into the bunch, too. Which has...
“Nunchuck skills… bow-hunting skills… computer hacking skills… Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.” Such is the wisdom of Napoleon Dynamite, all-time champion of all high-school nerds, and who, if he were a real-life person who’d graduated in the mid-2000s, would surely by now have mastered...
Question: Would you pay more to send your kid to preschool or to college? Don’t laugh! Preschool — the land of finger painting, naptime and jelly sandwiches with the crust cut off — really can be more expensive than college. Nationally, it runs from $6,000 to $19,000...
Even in an age where it’s more accepted for guys to be open about their feelings, for many of us, there’s still that part of our brains that says it’s not manly to be vulnerable. And if someone hurts your feelings — especially one of your buddies...
Moving across town sucks — no matter how sweet your new digs are, packing up your belongings, cramming them in a clunky truck and potentially tumbling down a flight of stairs while lugging your couch is a huge pain, sometimes literally. Moving to a new state, however, is a...
On a recent trip to the doctor’s office, I was brutally reminded of where I stand in my girlfriend’s life. The moment — which hit me like a middle-of-the-night spider bite that you don’t feel until the morning — occurred when the doctor’s secretary asked her who...
Parenting a pet, no matter what kind, can be a frustrating and bewildering experience. Animals can’t tell you what they want and need (directly, at least), so we’re here to help you answer any questions you have about your favorite companion — whether they be furry, slimy,...
I have, to my knowledge, made at least two people so upset that I’ve reduced them to tears in the workplace. The first of these occasions was when I was working for a property maintenance organization, and my boss ordered me to tell this guy with whom...
In a perfect world, everyone would just split the check evenly and be done with it. After all, we’ve all eaten our dinner and now it’s time to get out of there, so why belabor the process? But the world isn’t perfect, and in this imperfect world...
