12 Tattoo Artists Reveal What Tattoos They Were Totally Embarrassed to Do

We’ve all seen a tattoo on a friend, relative, or a stranger and cringed, but what about people who do them every day? Well, according to this thread, they’ve done more than their fair share of cringing, too…

#12. We’ve run out.

“I was in the chair getting part of my sleeve done when one of the dudes came into the back room and told my tattooist that there was a young woman at the desk who wanted some stars tattooing on her arm. He sighed loudly and told the other guy to tell her that sorry but they’d run out of stars so no can do.”

#11. Not a normal ladybug.

“A girl I know got a tattoo of a ladybug.

It wasn’t a normal ladybug. It was a ladybug with a 5 inch long human dick going down her arm.”

#10. Would not recommend.

“I try not to judge but I have a difficult time not doing so sometimes.

The most interesting tattoo I’ve ever done was on a guy who came in wanting the words, “Bridget, I’m sorry. I was wrong. I love you.” I would say it was the most dumb tattoo I’ve ever done, but…well you just have to have the full picture.

The story goes like this: 38-year-old guy was dating and living with his girlfriend of two years. She wanted to get married. He was reluctant because she didn’t fit some ideals he had in his head for his long-term partner. They were all superficial things: she was shorter than he liked, and blonde. He preferred brunettes. So she left him. Two months later he realizes he made a huge mistake. The only problem is that she’s moved on and is dating someone and has made it clear that she’s not interested.

This is when this gentleman comes to get the tattoo that is going to solve all of his problems. He tells me that he’s arranged to have dinner with her in a week. He intends to plead for her to come back to him, and when she inevitably doubts his sincerity, he will reveal his tattoo as a sign of his commitment. I try to talk him out of it, but he’s an adult, sober, and of seemingly sound mind. I do the tattoo.

Cut to that very next day. It’s my off day. I’m at my friend’s subdivision pool and I notice this guy who is remarkably attractive. He’s also playing around with some of the kids there and I lean over to my friend and inquire as to Hotty McHottypant’s identity. She tells me about how he’s the new boyfriend of her pretty blonde neighbor who had just gotten out of a long term relationship. Her name? You guessed it. Bridget. In the flesh.

At this point I’m wriggling with the excitement of seeing this girl in person, and the anxiety of having knowledge of what is about to happen to her without being able to reveal it.

Over the next few days, little billboards start popping up around town. “Bridget, I’m sorry. I was wrong. I love you.”

We all know how this is going to end. Bridget sees the tattoo, freaks the fuck out, and this guy leads the rest of his life with an uncomfortable tattoo.

But that’s not what happened!

He has dinner with Bridget. She sees the tattoo, and she completely changes her mind. She breaks up with her boyfriend, gets back together with her ex. And three months later, they get engaged. They have a destination wedding, and are still married today. I know this because I saw both of them at that same pool three and a half months later and they both came over and Bridget gave me a big hug and thanked me. Also, the billboards earlier that month all over town that said, “Bridget, I love you. Will you marry me?” helped tip me off.

And that’s my story of how the dumbest tattoo I’ve ever done ended up being not dumb at all. I wouldn’t recommend anyone else trying it though.

Edit: typo

Edited to add that I’ve had a few people ask to see my work and since I’m not above shamelessly self promoting, you can see it on my Instagram under the same username as here.”

#9. Holding fee.

“I have two stories.

My boyfriend is the artist so I hear a lot of stories. The two that come up frequently about what tattoos he has judged (at all) are these.

A woman comes in and wants an infinity symbol. Sure. Easy enough. EXCEPT, she wants it made out of other smaller infinity symbols. The artist who did it died a little inside.

This one my boyfriend did (and I was there for this one).

A guy comes in wanting his girlfriends name tattooed on him. Stupid, yet common.

But he wants her name, on his penis.

Her name:

Chastity.

There is a guy walking around with Chastity on his dick.

Also, the shop charges a 100 dollar dick holding fee on top of what the tattoo would normal cost.”

#8. Oh the irony.

“I judged one girl hard when she came in to dads shop. She had just turns 18 the day before, and wanted three tattoos at once. The first was a hand holding a cigarette, the second said something along the lines of “no regrets” in French, and the third was a lip print on her asscheek. The irony was lost on nobody.”

#7. Quite well done.

“I knew a girl in college who had a giant back tattoo of two lions fucking. It was quite well done though.”

#6. No less awesome.

“Rainy Tuesday, I was an apprentice. Only type of day that we would take walk-ins.

Guy comes in and hems and haws over flash. Finally approaches the counter, eyes sparkling: “I want….an olive.”

He got a green manzanilla olive, red pimento and all, the size of a baseball on his bicep. First and only tattoo. We asked why an olive? He said “Welllllllll…I’m dating a woman named Olive. Sorta. But it’s kinda going south. But that’s okay; I really like olives!”

We judged him to be of less than average intelligence. And taste. But no less awesome.”

#5. Young and dumb.

“During my apprenticeship I tattooed a kid who lost a bet. It was his friends signature on his ass. That being said, I didn’t really judge him for that. He was young and dumb. When it comes to judging clients it’s a lot less to do with the tattoo they’re getting than how they behave in the chair and the kinds of things they say. But the ass tattoo was definitely the dumbest one I did.”

#4. They just hate each other.

“I particularly enjoy watching the couples that come in and want each other’s names or matching tattoos. They always seem like they just hate each other – lots of griping and bitching, low talking and indecisiveness.”

#3. You first.

“So a buddy of mine is a traveling tattoo artist– he just travels the world and works as a guest artist at tattoo shops.

So this time he’s in Thailand and an older white couple comes in, husband seems to have had a few drinks. Husband wants to have his wife’s name tattooed on his genitals. My buddy straight up denies the request (drunk, genitals, etc), but another artist decides to go through with it.

Next day, the couple returns, but they are instead arguing on the way in. Apparently it was a ‘if you do it, I’ll do it too’ kind of agreement, but the wife wants no part of it.”

#2. It doesn’t get worse.

“My roommate dated a girl who had “always follow your heart, because even though it’s on the left, it’s always right.” I don’t think it gets worse than that.”

#1. Stars, man.

“I asked an artist which tattoo he loathed to do and he just said, “Stars man, f*cking stars.”

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July 13, 2018

15 People Dish on the Weirdest Classmate or Co-Worker They’ve Ever Had

If you’ve gone to school or had a job, you’ve been around some strange people on a regular basis. If you’ve worked for the government in any capacity, you’ve worked around more than your fair share. Speaking from experience.

But these 15 people really have experienced some doozies.

#15. Stay awesome.

“Working in tech support, I was friends with Tim. Tim liked three things, Baseball, Wrestling (WWE), and my comedy. He thought EVERYTHING I said was hilarious. I could tell he was going to start laughing ten seconds before he would; as I would arrive to the punchline (and sometimes, just an end to a normal sentence), he would begin to shake and crack a smile. For example:

“This lady couldn’t understand why her internet wasn’t working-”

*Tim shakes, starts to smile*

“Yeah?”, choking back laughter.

“…and her router was unplugged.”

He. Would. Lose. It. Made me feel like Dane Cook bringing down Madison Square Garden. I love you Tim, stay awesome.”

#14. The wrong target.

“Had a classmate who hung out with the weeb squad, and he would summon you to their table in the library at lunch to show you that he’d drew a voodoo doll and named it after you. (He did this to scare a bunch of kids I guess?)

The time he did it to me, I just said “Thanks Michael.” and walked off. He didn’t like that he didn’t freak me out.

EDIT: Woah, I come back to Reddit to see a lot of people found humour in my story, awesome.

I’d also like to add a bit on…picture me as a giant emo kid. Michael chose the wrong target that day.”

#13. The only number.

“At my college there was a guy we called “The Hat”

He was a morbidly obese guy who wore muu muus his mom made with strangely patterned fabric , slide on slippers, blue lensed John lennon sunglasses and a giant striped felt cat in the hat looking top hat. He had crazy long hair that he wore in a pony tail. He had a beard that was mostly on his neck and not his face. he carried all his books in a very large roller suit case.

He would waddle past a group of people to a doorway and hold the door for the first person in the group then walk through the door and close it so the next person would need to open it up. He use to pick a terrible accent and speak in it for weeks at a time. He “played” an acoustic guitar in the quad by randomly placing his fingers on the frets and strumming up and down while free stying song lyrics about people who walked by. He would eat entire packages of lunch meat during class pulling out individual slices and squirting mustard on them then rolling them up and shoving them in his mouth. He started his own non school sanctioned fraternity of which he was the only member then proceded to haze himself for pledge week.

He was a strange guy.”

#12. Ed Trumpet.

“We have this co-worker. We call him Ed Trumpet. He basically makes these trumpet sounds when he did something good.

He also using his table as his own drumset.

When he comes in he takes of his shoes and puts on these… Loafers…”

#11. We’re all terrified.

“Coworker talks to herself as well as inanimate objects, and responds to herself as if it’s an actual conversation. I can tell what she ate for lunch based on what barnyard animal noises she’s making when she returns from break. She gets on her hands and knees and barks like a dog at random. A simple paper cut would make you think she lost a limb by the screams.

I’m the only person on staff who isn’t terrified of her.”

#10. Six months later.

“I worked at a funeral home for a while and caught my co-worker looking at the dicks of the deceased on several occasions. In the evenings, while I was in the next room, he’d watch porn in the main office with the volume turned up as loud as possible. He literally never washed his clothes. One day, he dropped a smoothie and got it all over his clothes, 6 months later it was still there. Fuck you, Ed.”

#9. Confessions.

“I worked at this movie theater with this girl Liz. Something was a bit off with her but, not intellectually but she was just off. She would develop crushes on male co workers and constantly harass and be suggestive. She would also create very detailed erotic picture books with characters that looked exactly like and had names that were like one letter off from whoever her crush du jour was.

After I got a job as a pizza boy in the same plaza I found out she had created a book called “confessions of a deranged pizza delivery driver” that featured me and her involved in blood orgies and shit and ultimately ended with her character stabbing me and sodomizing me with a knife and fucking my corpse. So yeah, that was Liz.”

#8. Gone for 3-4 days.

“In college I worked in the mail room for the library system. Most of the other employees were fellow college students but there were three “career” employees, all guys in their late 40’s to mid 50’s. “Joseph” looked like a hippy stoner left over from the 1960’s who smelled of B.O. and pot. “Bob” generally was the guy who would drive the mail to other parts of the campus system and was probably somewhere on the Autism spectrum. He had a lot of strange gestures and ticks and would often rhyme words when he got excited or nervous.

So Joseph and Bob would nitpick at one another every so often and after having worked together for what appeared to be about 20 years, they had pressure points on each other. One day after they began arguing about something completely mundane, Bob went off on Joseph essentially calling him a smelly hippy. Joseph basically sat there and took it and then very calmly just said, “Hey Bob, what word rhymes with Orange?” Bob just starts to kind of get agitated, kept mumbling a bunch of gibberish that sort of sounded like it rhymed with orange and Joseph just kept repeating his question, getting louder and louder. Bob ended up running out of the mail room and was gone for 3-4 days.”

#7. I hope you are okay.

“At my first professional job, I worked with a 28-year-old woman who might as well have been 10. Her parents picked her up and dropped her off, she had to have them constantly reassure her, and her mom handled most of her affairs for her. I honestly never really understood why the office tolerated her incredible childish nature.

The top two moments for me:

She got really emotional because a baby bird fell out of a tree outside. Her mom had to come pick her up, while her dad tried to put the bird back in the nest.
I shared that my family dog was going to be put down, as he was 19 years old and his quality of life was nearly zero. This caused her to enter a screaming fit where she locked herself in the bathroom, and then she couldn’t figure out how to unlock herself. We had to call a locksmith via building management.
Wherever you are, Sarah – I hope you are okay.”

#6. Well, my man…

“Weirdest coworker I’ve had:

I’ll call her Ann. Ann was in her late 20’s, but almost every story of her purchasing anything either started with “My man bought me…” or “My daddy bought me…” – and I don’t mean just expensive things, even her basic shoes and purse were purchased by either her SO or father. So, fairly immature, you get the picture.

She constantly tried to drown out the rest of us making light typing noises and stray conversation by turning up one of those “sleep machines” quite loudly. Her next-cubicle-neighbor constantly had to ask her to turn it down. The white noise setting was okay, but she also sometimes set it to Ocean or Rainforest, and Rainforest included bird sounds.

Even though she was trying to cover up our noises, she had no qualms about making her own. 65% of her job consisted of data entry, but every time she made a mistake, she exclaimed “Cheese and crackers!”, “Dangit!”, “Stars and stripes!”, or “Oh gosh darn!”. And she made a lot of mistakes in day.

She also loved to remind everyone that she was germaphobic and preferred things perfect and clean at all times (of course, she was one of those people who labeled herself OCD even though really, she just liked things neat and tidy). One day, a coworker who sat all the way across the room from her, came in with a bit of a cold. That coworker couldn’t help from coughing and sneezing, and Ann made it known she would have preferred someone contagious stay home, even though the sick coworker kept to herself, didn’t touch the shared stuff, and sat far away from Ann. Everything was silent, when I noticed Ann get up and head towards the sick coworker. Without saying a word, I hear an aerosol can go off, followed by “What the hell, Ann? Don’t just SPRAY ME with LYSOL! What’s wrong with you?? You can’t just sneak up on people and spray them with chemicals!!” Ann tried to apologize, but of course in her mind, she was doing the sick coworker a favor by just drive-by-spraying her with a disinfectant. She kept insisting that, although she would never go to work sick, if she did, she would absolutely appreciate it if we sprayed her with Lysol.

Finally, the weirdest thing was that she always had perfectly pedicured and painted toenails, and always wore open-toed shoes (despite always complaining her feet were cold). But every single time anybody complimented her toenail color or shape, she’d always reply with “Well, my man insists I always have perfect feet and beautiful toenails, so he pays for me to get a pedicure every week.” Finally her next-cubicle-neighbor coworker told her, “You keep saying that, and we don’t care about your man’s foot fetish!”

Also, I worked with her for one year, and could never find out if her “My Man” was a boyfriend, fiancee, husband, sugar daddy, or even his name… For the whole year, he was simply “My Man”. I’m not 100% sure he exists.”

#5. Karl was crazy.

“I worked with a lot of weirdos when I was a security guard — the field seems to attract them — but the weirdest was Karl. Karl used to rinse his mouth with straight bleach regularly, would shoot at his neighbor’s houses out his window with a .22, and once said to me, “Someone has put stones in the toilet again.” When I asked why someone would do that, he said, “To make me look bad.”

I think Karl was crazy.”

#4. It wasn’t even his job.

“I used to work at a grocery store and we had a guy that was a utility clerk, so he basically just pushed carts and stocked shelves. Well this guy would only stock the feminine hygiene aisle. He would stock the tampons about 5 times a day and he would smell each one as he put them on the shelf. He would also clean the girls bathroom and only the girls bathroom 3 times a day, which wasn’t even his job.”

#3. She hated all joy.

“As far as a weird coworker goes. I worked for a construction company in accounting. There were 4 of us in the department and we shared one big room as an office. Our supervisor sat on one side, us 3 on the other. The company was extremely laxed, no real dress code, just get your work done and you could pretty much do whatever you wanted and if you finished early, you could go home a little early and get paid for the day. Anyway, we all got along fine… except this real old lady in the department, let’s call her Leslie. She hated all joy and all of us, the only person she partly tolerated was our supervisor who was much younger than her. She would constantly bitch about the way we “stunk” of perfume, she would pretend to choke when I put on scentless lotion (mind you, she smoked and reeked of cigarettes), she would huff and puff if you put anything on her desk for her to do, if her phone rang she picked it up with “Yeah, what?” Just a miserable old bat.

But then one day, our supervisor sat us down, and goes “I feel the need to address something because it had been brought up to me nearly every day for the past 6 months. I know we are very relaxed here, but apparently phone usage is a problem with some people. I know I use my phone, I’ll try my best to cut down too…” And we side eye each other and Leslie starts to full blown cry. Like weep pitifully. “It’s only HER!” she nearly shouts. Pointing at me, the youngest of all 4 of us, “She just is always on her phone. She never puts it down.” She is sobbing, tears and snot running down her nose, the whole bit. “I can’t take it! She is always on her phone!!!” she shouts.

My supervisor’s eyes get really wide, she’s freaked out and she says “Leslie, I really don’t see her on her phone that much. No more than any of us here.” My other coworker chimes in “Yeah, I don’t see Kristaboo14 on her phone that much and I sit right next to her. We all use our phones occasionally…”

“NO! YOU JUST DON’T SEE IT! SHE IS ALWAYS ON HER PHONE!!!” Leslie screams, her voice echoing in the room at this point.

At this point, my supervisor escorts her out. I don’t see her again the rest of the day. The next day I come in, a few construction guys from the yard are in our office building her a cubicle in the corner of the room. She literally just could not stand to see me. No complaints about the phone after that, but she still continued to be a miserable old bat. I have NO idea why she targeted me, or what the issue was. She was about 70 and I was in my 20s? Maybe it was just the age gap? I have no idea. But it was definitely one of the more bizarre experiences I’ve ever had with a coworker.”

#2. Don’t question my work ethic.

“About 10 years ago the place I worked at (glass & glazing factory) hired this 16 year old kid. Every day that week he would disappear into the toilet for at least 20 minutes at a time, upwards of three times a day. We all assumed he was beating off in there and had a laugh about it amongst ourselves.

It got progressively worse – the Thursday he literally wasted 2 and a half hours in there, until on the Friday the boss told him he needed to pick up his act, to which he replied that he didn’t appreciate having his work-ethic questioned, and that he wouldn’t be back Monday.

That last day, around 3:30pm he went into the toilet again, and at about 4:40 came out and said that he’d been bitten by a redback spider (black widow) and needed to go to the hospital, so he got on his BMX bike and left.

One of the other guys went in there after that to kill the spider and discovered a stash of our touch-up spray paint bottles hidden behind a steel I-beam in the corner of the toilet.

The kid had been stealing the spray paint and huffing it in the toilet until he passed out.”

#1. Just really into Teletubbies.

“I had a coworker that knew every episode of the telletubbies by heart. He was like 30 years old.

EDIT: A lot of you have been asking if he has kids. He doesn’t, he’s just really into telletubbies.”

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July 13, 2018

15 People Confess to the Dumbest Argument They’ve Ever Had

Ever had an argument and think somewhere in the middle of it that you can’t believe you’ve wasted even that much time fussing about something so dumb? I’m sure you have.

That said, these 15 people might have you beat.

#15. Apparently.

“My ex girlfriend and I got into a pretty heated argument about where the bed sheets should be stored. Personally I just thought that her putting them down with the canned foods in the kitchen didn’t seem to make as much sense as putting them with the curtains and towels in the bathroom. But apparently that makes me an idiot.”

#14. My own opinion

“That Vatican City wasn’t a country after multiple google searches, the whole class agreeing that it was and even a geography teacher telling him it was

His response?

‘I still don’t think it is because I can have my own opinion.’”

#13. 30 minutes gone forever.

“I had a 30 minute argument with a roommate once because he didn’t believe a canoe was a boat.”

#12. No more arguing.

“Someone I work with said if they cant see drops of water on/coming from something then it isn’t wet. I got a damp cloth and asked if it was wet. “No, there isn’t any drops coming from it.” So I wrung it out and got more water out of it. They didnt want to argue anymore.”

#11. Ha ha.

I tried to tell my little brother that it was spelled “sword” not “sored.” I even broke out the Websters Unabridged to prove it to him. His reaction? “Ha ha, your dictionary spelled it wrong.”

#10. An appropriate ending.

“I got an argument when I was around 8 that some ants have wings and some don’t. That was the whole argument. This kid absolutely refused to believe that some ants have wings.

It ended with him headbutting me.”

#9. So say we all.

“My mother has argued with me over if we are currently arguing.”

#8. I made it up.

“Whether or not Timbuktu is a real place. My kids insist I made it up. I’ve shown them maps and websites to prove its real but they still think I made it up.”

#7. I know I’m right.

“A girl tried to convince me that hiccups are caused by the gallbladder. Her argument points:

Then why do people with no gallbladder, never get hiccups?
Why can you google gallbladder hiccups and get results
Can you explain exactly how hiccups and gallbladders work? No? Then that means I’m right
Can I explain either of those? No, but I know I’m right.”

#6. The water cycle.

“that filtering water is unnecessary and dumping all our waste into the rivers is fine because “the water cycle takes care of it”

#5. Actually…

“Someone tried to convince me that they could run a mile in 3 minutes. After I called her out saying the fastest was 3 minutes and 43 seconds she then argued that the fastest mile was actually 1 minute .”

#4. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

“around fourth grade I was at lunch, and I SAW my friend take my butterfinger out of my lunchbox and she spent the entire 20 minutes trying to convince me it was hers.”

#3. Not a pickle.

“I was eating a pickle at lunch, in high school. I referred to my pickle for some reason in the conversation. My friend said, “That’s not a pickle.”

It was a pickle. A normal, big crunchy dill pickle. It looked exactly like the pickle you’re picturing right now.

I asked her what she thought it was, and she said it was a cucumber. I said that she was right, but that it was also a pickle. She disagreed. I asked her what she thought a pickle was, then, if not the thing in my hand. She couldn’t answer.

It was the weirdest argument ever.”

#2. That’s why you need a juicer.

“My brother’s then girlfriend argued with me that almond milk isn’t a thing. I’d seen a commercial for Jack Lalane’s juicer and I mentioned how you can apparently make almond milk with it. Our conversation went like this:

If you squeezed an almond would any milk come out?

Well no. That’s why you need the juicer.

It doesn’t work like that.

But if almond milk doesn’t exist, what are all these things at the grocery store pruporting to be almond milk?

That’s almond flavoured milk.

How come it’s labelled as vegan?

That’s almond flavoured soy milk!

If you squeezed a soy bean would any milk come out?

[shrieks]”

#1. Never argue with a preschooler.

“My daughter once argued with my ex about whether or not ducks have butts. She was 4.”

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July 13, 2018

Solving These 3 Riddles Can Help You Make Better Choices

Are you someone who has trouble making decisions on a daily basis, like which shirt looks better or whether you should grab a coffee or tea before work? Well, these 3 riddles will help you to not only make the right decisions but to find the right arguments for them, too.

Read on to find out how!

#3. The party.

Eric and George are arguing over a girl named Blaire at a party. She hasn’t responded to either of their plays with interest, but then makes up a game in which the winner gets to take her on a date.

Photo Credit: Brightside

The rules:

The guys sit at a round table.
They have a cache of coins that should be used to cover the table, but they cannot intersect or hang over the edges.
The first player has an advantage if he places his coin correctly.
The game is over when the table is covered and the winner is the person who plays last.

George is confident and allows Eric to play first – but what should his strategy be in placing the first coin?

Continue reading when you think you’ve got the answer!

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July 13, 2018

Can You Spot What’s Wrong with These Images in Less Than One Minute?

You’re on the honor system as far as timing, but you know you don’t want to cheat. What’s the fun in that?

#5. Spot the mistake.

Photo Credit: Brightside

Continue reading for the answer when time is up!

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July 13, 2018

12 Purchases That Could Save You Money in the Long Run

Sometimes we’re so intent on saving money in the now that we don’t think about how purchases could help us out down the road – a return on investment, so to speak. It’s important to think about how long a product will be useful or how often you’ll be able to utilize it when you’re deciding what and how to shell out the big bucks now.

And as always, we live to serve.

#12. DIY carpet shampoo.

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You can shell out the big bucks a couple of times a year for a professional cleaning or you can take a few hours of your own time and do it yourself just as well.

#11. Reusable straws (and brushes).

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Sure, they’re $15 but they last forever (in theory) and with more and more places banning plastic waste, are sure to come in handy.

#10. A five-ingredient cookbook.

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It was made for poor college student, but seeing as many of us are living poor for years and years after college, it can definitely be a good investment for decades to come – all for less than $15.

#9. Reusable mesh produce bag.

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Save yourself time and the hassle of pulling those dumb plastic bags at the grocery store AND help out the planet in the process with these reusable produce bags from Urban Outfitters.

#8. Handy-dandy grocery list.

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It’s bound to save you time on return trips to the store, and time is money, after all!

#7. A good curling iron.

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This beauty is guaranteed to save you countless trips to the salon or the dry bar, and give you loose, beachy waves for years to come. A no-brainer.

#6. Snack holders for kids.

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You’ll save on baggies AND keep your floors and car (marginally) cleaner.

#5. Bug repellent that actually works.

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No promises on whether it will or will not make you grow an extra spleen, but it will keep the mosquitoes away.

#4. This sponge stand.

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It sounds weird and like a specialty item you don’t really need in your life, but consider this: your sponges will last so much longer if they’re allowed to air out and really dry between uses.

#3. Multi-use clear plastic tote bag.

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This is great for people who spend time going to football, baseball, or soccer games where only clear bags are allowed – but it also works great for trips to the pool or beach.

#2. A disposable flask.

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You can sneak in some booze and save yourself like half a million dollars at any given event, and if you get busted, you’re only out a few bucks.

#1. Nice gardening gloves.

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Would you rather pay more for quality gloves once or replace them every season and watch your bill tally up? I know the right answer!

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July 13, 2018

12 Purchases That Could Save You Money in the Long Run

And as always, we live to serve.

#12. DIY carpet shampoo.

Photo Credit: Amazon

You can shell out the big bucks a couple of times a year for a professional cleaning or you can take a few hours of your own time and do it yourself just as well.

#11. Reusable straws (and brushes).

Photo Credit: Amazon

Sure, they’re $15 but they last forever (in theory) and with more and more places banning plastic waste, are sure to come in handy.

#10. A five-ingredient cookbook.

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It was made for poor college student, but seeing as many of us are living poor for years and years after college, it can definitely be a good investment for decades to come – all for less than $15.

#9. Reusable mesh produce bag.

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Save yourself time and the hassle of pulling those dumb plastic bags at the grocery store AND help out the planet in the process with these reusable produce bags from Urban Outfitters.

#8. Handy-dandy grocery list.

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It’s bound to save you time on return trips to the store, and time is money, after all!

#7. A good curling iron.

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This beauty is guaranteed to save you countless trips to the salon or the dry bar, and give you loose, beachy waves for years to come. A no-brainer.

#6. Snack holders for kids.

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You’ll save on baggies AND keep your floors and car (marginally) cleaner.

#5. Bug repellent that actually works.

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No promises on whether it will or will not make you grow an extra spleen, but it will keep the mosquitoes away.

#4. This sponge stand.

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It sounds weird and like a specialty item you don’t really need in your life, but consider this: your sponges will last so much longer if they’re allowed to air out and really dry between uses.

#3. Multi-use clear plastic tote bag.

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This is great for people who spend time going to football, baseball, or soccer games where only clear bags are allowed – but it also works great for trips to the pool or beach.

#2. A disposable flask.

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You can sneak in some booze and save yourself like half a million dollars at any given event, and if you get busted, you’re only out a few bucks.

#1. Nice gardening gloves.

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Would you rather pay more for quality gloves once or replace them every season and watch your bill tally up? I know the right answer!

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July 13, 2018

6 Tips on How to Have a Productive Conversation About Money with Your Significant Other

Talking about money can be hard, even for people in relationships without communication issues. That said, it has to be done – disagreeing or not being on the same page about finances is listed as one of the main sources of contention for most couples, and no one wants that.

So, in the spirit of healthy relationships, here are 6 tips on having “the talk” with your significant other and getting something great out of it in the process.

#6. Insurance should be part of the talk, too.

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It might sound boring, but life insurance, health insurance, car insurance, etc are other things that should be discussed (and combined if it makes financial sense). It can provide peace of mind and go a long way toward making you feel better about financial security.

#5. Timing is everything.

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Don’t wait too long into your relationship to chat about money – the sooner you do it, the easier it will be to focus on what you want to accomplish together as you grow as a couple. Whenever you do it, though, make sure you have enough time. It’s not something you want to rush.

#4. Debt can’t be a secret.

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If you’re the one who has large student loans or credit card debt, talking about it can be embarrassing. That said, your partner deserves to know what they’re getting into, especially if you plan on joining bank accounts or on tax returns. You can bring a financial advisor into the discussion if you think it might be easier to have a third party’s ideas on the best way for you to resolve debt and move forward as a couple.

#3. Make sure you’ve got the meat covered before you move on to dessert.

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You’ll want to talk about income, expenses, and lifestyle expectations (including children, if that topic applies) in order to understand how much your significant other makes, spends, and saves. Once you’ve got that down, it will be easier to talk about joining budgets or when you’re okay with splurging.

#2. The pros and cons of combining finances.

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There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to deciding whether to keep things separate or to combine them, but if you are considering the latter, you’ll want to think through what that means. You’ll need to be open and honest about expenditures – especially large ones – before they happen. On the plus side, it can be good for communication and understanding what your partner considers an acceptable “splurge.”

#1. Keep an eye on the future.

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Remember that the end game of all of these tough conversations is to build a foundation for the two of you going forward. Decide whether to combine finances, whether one or both of you are going to handle the day-to-day spending and bill paying, etc.

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July 13, 2018

6 Tips on How to Have a Productive Conversation About Money with Your Significant Other

So, in the spirit of healthy relationships, here are 6 tips on having “the talk” with your significant other and getting something great out of it in the process.

#6. Insurance should be part of the talk, too.

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#5. Timing is everything.

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#4. Debt can’t be a secret.

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#3. Make sure you’ve got the meat covered before you move on to dessert.

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#2. The pros and cons of combining finances.

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#1. Keep an eye on the future.

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July 13, 2018

These Rare Photos of Vintage Grocery Stores Are Surprisingly Cool

There are about a hundred ways you’d be able to spot a vintage photo from a modern one, and that goes double (or triple) for snapshots of old grocery stores. For one thing, people back in the day would not have been caught dead shopping in their pajamas. The stores were also more elegant with wider aisles, and so on and so forth.

You won’t be sorry you took this stroll through eras gone by!