How to Plan a Wedding in Three Weeks

I have watched many friends get married. Fourth of July get-together? Grandparents 90th birthday party? Any time people are already planning to converge is perfect. This means your anniversary will wind up near an existing holiday: Great! Easy to remember and even easier to celebrate. (If it has none of those things, maybe you should move.) As expected, it worked out. Your closest family members will be there, along with any close friends who are in town....

April 2, 2018 · 2 min · 308 words · Russell Rush

How to Set Up a Threesome

Heres your guide to turning this fantasy into a reality. If youre worried about how your partner might react to this news, explain your reasoning. Its easy to think the worst when someone shares that theyre interested in having a threesome. Make it clear that your partner is the most important person in the triadnot the third person. This is especially crucial if your relationship is monogamous. Your partner may worry that youll end the relationship if you dont get to have a threesome....

April 2, 2018 · 2 min · 411 words · Sean Roberts

Investing Is Risky and Unethical and You Should Do It Anyway

Im unsure if theres a risk of losing my money like with gambling. I dont know if theres a way to invest and avoid feeling responsible for awful capitalist BS. Investing Is Worth the Risk Theres a lot to unpack here, so lets dive in. The short answer is, yes,investing is absolutely a riskthats its defining factor. Youll put money in, and the stock market will go up, and youll have more money....

April 2, 2018 · 2 min · 330 words · Yolanda Buckley

What to Do When You Get Pulled Over In Another Country

Laws are different, customs vary, and you may have to pay a fine on the spot. Some countries require your car to have a spare tire, reflective vest, and traffic cone. Others require you carry anextrapair of prescription glasses if you need them to drive. If youre not sure where to look, start with theU.S. Department of State website, and search for your country. Go there and look for a U....

April 2, 2018 · 2 min · 338 words · Justin Fox

THUMS: California’s Secret Oil Islands

But truth isthey are just a facade camouflaging huge oil-drilling operations in the bay. Disguising industrial infrastructures so that they blend with the environment is nothing new. The city of Toronto has been dressing upelectric substationsinto quiet little houses for more than a century. These fakeries are rarely advertised, instead left to be discovered by curious citizens. The islands were built in 1965 at an estimated cost of $22 million....

March 31, 2018 · 1 min · 163 words · Todd Larson

How Do You Unlearn Your Parents’ Fucked Up Money Habits?

Our parents are our first and, for better or or worse, most influential teachers. Ask Tough Questions If youre reading this, congrats! you better free yourself from your money mindset. Its uncomfortable, which is why it can be so difficult to do, but its ultimately freeing. Questioning the very foundations of your relationship to money will allow you to start over. I would also write a list of the ways it no longer serves me....

March 30, 2018 · 2 min · 295 words · Jacqueline Miller

How to Make Puns Without Making Enemies

It is the perfect form of weaponized silliness for our perfectly dumb modern times. Here are some pro tips for punning in public. To which you’ve got the option to respond, Yeah wait untilfour; castyour opinion then. You risk being immediately christened that guy at the party, and avoided for the remainder of the evening. Hope, Will, Ghan) has heard the puns before, and has grown to hate them all....

March 30, 2018 · 2 min · 328 words · Lori Pena

What to Do When Your Spouse Is Bad With Money

He is a spender, to his (and our) detriment; Im a saver. Im also the only one funding our daughters 529. And no one should be lied to like you have been. But that doesnt make it easier. He should have to work to regain your trust. That could mean working with a financial coach in addition to a therapist, says Conroy. But more likely it means that you will need to take measures that seem paternalistic....

March 30, 2018 · 2 min · 297 words · Tyler Knight

So Your Kid Was Rejected From Their Dream College

The letters are rolling in, andthe celebrations are blowing up the internet. There will be joy, but there will also be lots of disappointment. or Everything happens for a reason, dont. Let the kid mourn. But for a teen who may not have experienced a lot of it yet, it can feel crushing. You should also avoid expressing outrage at the school, saying, How could they not accept you? You are brilliant and clearly they are out of their minds....

March 29, 2018 · 2 min · 310 words · Heather Vasquez

Mail-Order Genetic Tests May Turn Up a Lot of False Positives

The study was done at a genetics lab,Ambry, that does the clinical testing. In a sense, that makes them a competitor to the tests theyre critiquing. Ancestry doesnt report health results at all, and 23andme only reports serious health conditions forcertainFDA-authorizedtests. These are places in your DNA where individuals tend to differ from each other. Some of these variants are associated with cancer susceptibility or other health conditions. But those resultsespecially from a third partyarent as rigorous as a clinical genetics test....

March 28, 2018 · 2 min · 355 words · Keith Green DVM

We're Reductress Founders Beth Newell and Sarah Pappalardo, and This Is How We Work

Very,veryfew sites can make a name for themselves in the funny fake news format. Theres basically the Onion, andReductress. Today were talking to the one with the tagline Womens News. This Beautiful Woman Wont Shut Up and Take the Fucking Compliment. They told Lifehacker about running a small business, and how they choose what stories to write. I never thought writing comedy would involve so much concern for getting sued....

March 28, 2018 · 4 min · 743 words · Kaitlin Kim

What to Teach Kids Instead of 'Stranger Danger'

He blew up a tube of latex, twisted it into a puppy, and handed it to me. I said with glee. Dont talk to strangers, they scolded. I want her to be safe, but I dont want her to preemptively fear people. In online parenting groups, I see the same plea come up often: Help! My child strikes up conversations with every adult she sees at the playground. How can I teach her about stranger danger?...

March 28, 2018 · 2 min · 299 words · Steven Allen

How to Cut Down on Impulsive Spending

When you spend money impulsively, its not necessarily on luxuries. When you buy boring stuff, you may not think twice about it. It doesnt feel special, so you add it to your Amazon cart and go on about your day. Here are five of my favorites. The 10/10 Rule Lets say you find aquality coffee makeron sale $30. You dont need a new one, really. I mean, you do drinkso much coffee....

March 27, 2018 · 3 min · 497 words · Annette Gray