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Summer is great for two reasons: Sun and sales. Of course, spending time outdoors is great, but shopping and finding the best discounts are also fun. Even though it feels like an endless summer, it’s quickly coming to an end. But not without another sale to wrap up the month. Now it’s time for Zappos’ VIP Annual Sale, which has hundreds of items marked down now. The VIP sale is open to the public, but if you’re a member, you actually get rewarded for shopping....

Pregnancy is a life and body-changing event. And once you discover you’re pregnant, not only will you have to adjust your world for a new human with needs and wants — but also get your body ready and healthy to do the work of growing said human. (Exhausting right?) This means there’s a few lifestyle changes, products and ingredients to avoid or replace to optimize safety for parent and baby. In fact, there is a laundry list of things to avoid altogether from beauty treatments to physical activity while you’re expecting....

On the surface, kicking your breastfeeding sister out of a restaurant sounds awful. But hear this Reddit user out. He took to the “AITA” forum to share his story, and there are so many people who took his side in this situation. The user explained that he had planned to purpose to his girlfriend Jessy during a family dinner at a Michelin-star restaurant. The spot, he said, is very high end, has a strict dress code, and doesn’t allow children under 14....

It’s tough for anyone to put their life on hold for three months and go film a reality show. But it’s especially tough for single parents, who have to deal with setting up childcare (and, you know, missing their kids). Nonetheless, many contestants on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette (not to mention Bachelor in Paradise) braved it, setting out on their quest for love with a kid at home. As fans eagerly campaign for older men and single dads to apply for new Bachelorette Clare Crawley’s season, we took a look at all the single parents who have gone on the Bachelor and Bachelorette in years past....

If you’ve ever breastfed, you know the experience can be a surprising combination of delightful, difficult, awkward, pleasant, painful, exhausting, terrible, or all of the above. But no matter what, it’s likely to make you hungry — and for good reason. Your body burns 300 to 500 calories per day producing milk. Then there’s the fact that feeding yourself and your baby can be quite the challenge, especially in the early days when nursing sessions are nonstop (and therefore, having a free hand or two to whip up a snack can feel pretty impossible)....

Just because working moms want to have it all does not mean we want to have to do it all at once, the way California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks had to on Monday night. We don’t want to have to do it in a pandemic. We don’t want to have to do it while nursing a newborn, when we should have more paid parental leave. The East Bay representative and her 1-month-old daughter Elly did it anyway, because she wanted to fight to solve the housing crisis in her state....

There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it — this Independence Day will feel decidedly different than those before it due to the coronavirus pandemic. But hey, here’s some good news: Costco’s Fourth of July Sale is finally here, and the savings are pretty darn impressive. So, sure, your patriotic festivities won’t be quite as, well, festive. On the plus side, you can finally liberate yourself from your circa 2003 fridge since Costco’s sale includes killer deals on appliances....

Love languages were first coined in the best-selling relationship book The Five Love Languages by relationship therapist Gary Chapman, who says that there are five primary ways we express love: words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving and giving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. The theory is that affectionate actions can be summed up in the aforementioned key categories, and everyone has an inherent favorite way to communicate and receive love using these gestures....

When it comes to quick breakfast, there are plenty of options. You can go store-bought with frozen breakfast sandwiches or waffles, boxed cereal or breakfast bars. You can throw together three-minute scrambled eggs, a fruit-and-nut yogurt bowl or a green smoothie. But when you want a hot breakfast that’s versatile and super-inexpensive, nothing beats instant oatmeal. The only problem? It can be tough to find instant oatmeal packets that have flavor (read: aren’t just plain oats) but aren’t packed with added sugar....

Last week, my husband and I discussed how masking amid the pandemic has changed our perspectives on public health and safety for good. “I’ll probably wear a mask every flu season,” I said, noting that mask-wearing is customary in other parts of the world as is. (See: The episode of Sailor Moon when Sailor Mars arrives to fight in a mask because she has a cold.) He concurred, adding that we hadn’t had a cold or the flu in over a year....

Winter is here. It’s really easy to trade in sweating for couch surfing when the days become shorter and colder. But the dropping temperatures shouldn’t deter you from squeezing in a run or doing some Snowga. In fact cold weather workouts can burn more calories compared to those done in warmer climates. Just like exercising in hot weather, getting your workout in the cold weather can be perfectly safe as long as you take the necessary adjustments with your wardrobe and warm-up, in addition to hydrating and fueling up efficiently....

With just over a week until Election Day, celebrities are using their platforms to remind their followers to vote. We’re already seeing Instagram posts of famous folks sporting their “I voted” stickers or snapping a shot of their mailed-in ballots — and the latest comes from our favorite Friend, Jennifer Aniston. Aniston has only had her Instagram for about a year, but she’s already nailing the art of #TBT, not to mention speaking about important topics....

When it comes to the royal family, it’s no secret that Meghan Markle wasn’t received with the same warm welcome as Kate Middleton. Sure, she had her fans and supporters (the Queen herself notably among them), but her very presence sowed constant conflict with the UK public, royal commentators, and those within the family to whom tradition is particularly important. Some of this backlash was racism, pure and simple, an unfavorable reaction to Meghan becoming the first Black UK royal in recent memory....

After nearly seven years of marriage, Kelly Clarkson has filed for divorce from husband Brandon Blackstock, a move that few fans saw coming. While Clarkson and Blackstock have refrained from making official statements on the end of their marriage, details are starting to emerge about the couple’s last few weeks together while quarantining at Clarkson’s cabin in Montana. These details paint a picture of mounting tensions and hard truths about their relationship — suggesting that, while this divorce may have been a surprise to us, Clarkson and Blackstock have been struggling for some time....

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I could see it on my son’s face the moment he walked through the door: Something had happened at school. He had just started a new school the week before, and things had been going well for him — until now. “This boy was making fun of me for no reason” he relayed to me. I inwardly cringed, knowing how sensitive my son could be. It was picture day, and the boy had been mocking my son and imitating his expression....

The day I’d been dreading since, well, forever finally came last week. My tween-aged daughter came home from school and started talking about all the things she doesn’t like about her body. Honestly, it kills me. Because even though I’ve tried to lead by example with my own body acceptance journey, it still wasn’t enough to avoid getting here. Now some folks might think I’m overreacting when I say hearing those words struck equal parts panic and heartbreak for me....

I’ll always remember the day I found out I was pregnant with my daughter: It was my 31st birthday, and I was getting ready to fly to Portugal for a short trip the next night. My period was late, and I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t pregnant before leaving the country, so I took a test…that confirmed that I was pregnant. It wasn’t too shocking: I was newly married, my husband and I had just started trying, and I was ready for a baby....

The holidays are a busy (read: stressful) time for a lot of families — that stretch between November and New Year’s is full of extra trips to the store and events penciled into the calendar. Between light displays, cookie exchanges, and family gatherings it feels like most days get lost in a haze of an unfinished to-do list, leaving most of us feeling less-than holly jolly. Our family was no exception to the Christmas chaos, up until about 12 years ago when we decided enough was enough....

I can’t actually recall my first migraine. Now, as a 34-year-old woman, I can’t remember a time without them. I always had headaches as a child and into my teenage years; but as I got a bit older, the headaches started to take on a different form. They were stronger, more painful and carried other horrendous side effects, like nausea and sensitivity to sound and light, and were incredibly debilitating. You just can’t compare migraine to headaches....