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I did something dumb and told an artist that my budget is $200. After booking an appointment everyone told me I was being ripped off so I told her I made a mistake and lowered my asking price to $120. Was this stupid? Did I do the right thing?? If the tat came out good the tip would probably bring it to $180.

I designed a 5-day gym split for my boyfriend (who has never been to the gym) and myself with a combined emphasis on muscle building and light cardio. Is there anything I should keep in mind while I build the plan in regards to our different genders?

It has happened several times where I will go an entire day without eating, start sneezing and get a really drippy nose kind of like an allergy, and then as soon as I eat the symptoms stop. Does anybody know why this is?

The past year has been one of the hardest of my life. I lost my little sister to a long battle with heart disease, and soon after that I was hospitalized for organ failure and was diagnosed with lupus. Still, I worked my *** off this semester to bring a little light into my parent's lives and wound up with the first semester 4.0 transcript I have ever received! The holidays will be hard since it is the first season we're spending without my sister, but can anyone think of a creative way to tell my parents about my GPA? Thank you :)

Mainly to hydrate skin and cover a lupus malar rash

Last night a glimpse of a memory from a song from my childhood came into my mind. The hook is lower in register than the rest of the song and ends with the words "lonesome valley." The word "lonesome" dips down and then "valley" brings it back up. Those words don't appear anywhere else in the song. Any clues??

I run a health food website, and recently I've been receiving a lot of questions about chocolate chip substitutes in a brownie recipe. Any suggestions?

I m a student filmmakers. Recently I shot my final project with professional actors, a real set, and the most high quality equipment I ve ever used. It turned out alright, and I m proud of how hard everyone worked, but a note an actor gave me afterward still bugs me. He said that I m overly enthusiastic about every take.

After almost every take, I d say, "Great, that was amazing, I love it," give specifics, and then tell them how they could improve their performances. But I don t like that I do that because not every take is incredible. However, I don t know how to transition into notes about the take without seeming too harsh.

Does anybody have any directions on directing?

It's almost our one-year anniversary, and I love him dearly. Recently he's decided to "spoil me" as much as he can because he suddenly came into a lot of money, even though I've said over and over that I don't like being spoiled. I just want to spend time with him.

He didn't grow up with a lot of money, so he feels good spending on fun and expensive experiences like going out to fancy dinners. I feel bad because I barely have enough to live on, and he's constantly going out of his way to treat me with surprises even when I try to explain that I don't need that.

About a month ago I saved up for weeks to try to return the favor and take him out to a nice restaurant. Let's call the restaurant "Fancy." I could barely afford it and worked extra hours to catch up, etc. In the end I was really happy we went. We had a great time and I was proud of myself for being able to pay for it.

Tonight he made a reservation for our anniversary but told me it was a surprise. I got excited and asked, "Are we going to Fancy?!" And his response was, "Oh please, that place? I think I can do a little better than that..."

There was a long pause and suddenly he clasped his mouth and teared up and was very apologetic. I couldn't hide my embarrassment or that I was upset but I told him it was okay and that I knew what he meant.

I'm just really embarrassed. I can't imagine what he must have thought when I took him out. Now I really don't want to go to fancy dinners anymore.

Setting aside the conversation about liberals, bigotry, racism, and sexism, I'm so confused as to why those who voted for him continue to insist that he's going to improve the state of our nation even though he's lied to us about nearly everything.

He said he'd build American business by using American steel to build the pipeline but all of the steel he's using is Russian.

He said he'd donate his salary but just accepted his second paycheck.

He said he would use Mexico's money to pay for the wall but is now making US taxpayers do it.

He changed his mind days after being in office about divesting in business.

He changed his mind days after being in office about releasing his tax returns.

He said he would take no vacations or play golf but 5 of the last 7 weekends he went on vacation and played golf, which was paid for by $11.1 million by the taxpayers.

He said he'd defeat ISIS in 30 days but still has no plan.

He said he wouldn't cut social security and Medicare but the bill does just this.

He said nobody on his campaign has ever spoken with Russian officials, but 7 of his people have now admitted they spoke and/or met with them after they lied and got caught.

The AHCA that the GOP and 45 are now pushing will cover fewer people at a higher cost.

There's so much more but my word count is limited...