My family always had advent calendars growing up, and I am looking for suggestions for good advent calendars to purchase now. I am open to reusable or non-reusable ones.
There is also one particular advent calendar …

My husband and I are at an impasse with holiday hosting plans, and I’m hoping you might be able to make a ruling for us.
For each of the last several years, about half of my …

Happy American Thanksgiving, Nation. I’m thankful for all of you, and your hilarity, generosity, and insight. The Vine is off on Friday as I recover from my annual date with poultry, but if you have …

One of my very best friends is getting married in April (yay!) and she has asked me to be one of her bridesmaids (double yay!). She sent the link to buy the bridesmaids’ dresses, and …

Husband and I have a vacation home that we are able to visit every couple of weeks. We have a 73-year-old neighbor who waters our lawn and generally looks out for our house.
His wife of …

I’m in need of some advice and I don’t feel comfortable sharing this with anyone in my personal life.
My parents have been married for almost 40 years, and as far as I can tell it’s …

I live in a large apartment building that has two washers and two dryers downstairs in the laundry room. Today, one of the washing machines ate my quarters and jammed without starting up the load. …

I’m so excited to finally have a Vine question! This seemed perfectly suited for you due to your work with Donors Choose and apparent love of teachers in general.
I graduated from college nearly a decade …

My husband and I have a casual friend who is a musician in Eastern Europe. We are not very close and don’t keep in touch regularly; we met several years ago at a folk-dancing event …

My daughter told me today that she really, really, really does not want to participate in her upcoming high-school graduation ceremony. I think I’m okay with this, but…
On the one hand I am thrilled to …