The How-To Lounge: Keeping in Touch With Old Friends


Updated 04/29/08 12:27 PM · Posted by · 12 comments

The How-To Lounge: Keeping in Touch With Old Friends

Often, even if we have the best of intentions, life tends to get in the way of staying in touch with the people that we care about. It’s easy to put off a phone call for one week and watch it turn into four, until finally a year’s gone by without a single word exchanged. Before you know it, you’ve inadvertently lost a friend that you really cared about and enjoyed having in your life. To Read more

You Asked: Are We Growing Apart?


Updated 08/12/09 9:31 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

You Asked: Are We Growing Apart?

Dear Sugar, My boyfriend and I have been together for three years and he just doesn't seem to have any time for me anymore. He tells me everyday that he loves me, but I've only seen him twice over the past week. I feel like we are growing apart. I love him more than anything so can you tell me what I should do? Should I stay with him or let him go his way and I go mine? — At a Loss Read more

Growing Up, Growing Apart


Updated 02/16/11 5:44 PM · Posted by · 28 comments

Are You Growing Apart in your Relationship?

Most of us enter our first serious, long-term relationship in our 20s, and even if it doesn't lead us to the altar, it usually gets us thinking about marriage. And yet, whether it's personality and values or career and financial stability, our twenties are chock full with uncertainty — it's the time when we discover who we are and what we want from life. Because of these constant changes, often Read more

You Asked: Should I Let Our Friendship Fade?


Updated 10/11/07 7:47 PM · Posted by · 16 comments

You Asked:  Should I Let Our Friendship Fade?

Dear Sugar, In high school I had a best friend who I was really close with. In the beginning of college, I started getting interested in vegetarianism and yoga. She didn't understand at first, but then became a devout follower. Over the past few years I have eased up on my tight restrictions. I feel that I have found a good balance between living purely and enjoying the world humans have Read more

"I'm Worried I'm Marrying Too Young"


Updated 02/12/12 9:15 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 7 comments

How Young Is Too Young to Marry?

This week's confession comes from our anonymous Confession Booth group in the TrèsSugar Community. Weigh in with your advice below. I'm 20 about to turn 21, my boyfriend is 21. Weve been together for almost three years, we'll be moving in together in a couple months and plan to get married next year. We've never had huge problems, nothing to make us question our compatibility or future Read more

What to Expect When You're Expecting Set Visit: Elizabeth Banks on Her Fake Bump and Personal Baby Joy


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Elizabeth Banks Interview What to Expect When You're Expecting

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood will share the big screen in the upcoming comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting, which follows different mothers-to-be as they prepare for the arrivals of their bundles of joy. Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, and Elizabeth Banks are among the famous ladies who strapped on fake baby bumps to portray different kinds of pregnant women, and Read more

Do You Secure Your Furniture to the Wall?


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Babyproofing Your Television

You've plugged up your outlets and covered the corners of your tables, but have you ensured that your TV is safe for your toddling tot? We're not talking about the programs you choose to show your kids, but the actual device itself. Yesterday, a 13-month-old Chicago toddler was playing in his apartment when he "tagged" the TV as part of a game. Instantly, the TV fell off of its perch, crushing Read more

What to Rent: New DVDs This Week


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Breaking Dawn DVD Release Date and Details

Breaking Dawn Part 1 Twilight's star-crossed lovers Edward and Bella (Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart) tie the knot in this installment, but their idyllic honeymoon is interrupted when they discover that vampires can, in fact, impregnate humans. Bella is willing to do anything to protect the life of her baby, Edward will do anything to save Bella, and Jacob tries to keep his wolfpack at Read more

The Benefits of Homeschooling Your Kids


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Benefits of Homeschooling

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! In the past, LearnVest spoke to parents who chose not to use diapers with their children and dove into the stay-at-home parent debate. This time, one mother shares why she has decided to homeschool her children. In 2002, we had our third child, 10 years after our second was born. Our eldest two boys were in a private school, Read more

Do Your Kids Have Birthdays in the Same Month?


Updated 01/18/12 9:01 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Siblings With Birthdays the Same Month

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Denise Cortes about siblings sharing a birth month. Growing up, I always had to share my birthday month with my little brother. His birthday came first on Feb. 4, and then three long weeks would Read more