Living with my best friend sounded like a dream. Split rent, split chores, unlimited video game nights. Jake and I had been roommates for two years with zero drama. Then came the Halloween my roommate ate all the Halloween candy.…
I still remember the exact moment my stomach dropped. I was standing in my friend Derek’s living room, holding a plastic cup of cheap punch, dressed as a vampire. The fog machine was going, someone had rigged the porch with…
Every October, my company does a Halloween costume contest. It’s a whole production: the office gets decorated, there’s a catered lunch, and the grand prize is $500 cash plus an extra PTO day. People take it seriously. Last year someone…
I (27F) married my husband (29M) this past Saturday, October 26th, and I need to get this off my chest because my family is acting like I’M the villain. From the day we got engaged, we knew we wanted a…
The ‘neighbors called cops Halloween display’ incident is now street legend. It started like this: every street has That House at Halloween, and on our street, That House is mine. I go all out: the fog machines, the graveyard, the…
This is the story of a 12 foot Halloween skeleton, $2,000 of rent money, and the worst financial decision my husband has ever made. There are moments in a marriage when you learn something new about your partner, and there…
The year my mother-in-law stole Halloween candy, I learned to guard the sweet bowl with my life. Every Halloween, I do the same thing: I buy the good stuff. Not the tiny fun-size bars that taste of disappointment — the…
When it comes to HOA Halloween decorations, I have always been the Halloween house on our street. While other people put out a pumpkin and call it a day, I spend the whole of October turning my front garden into…
Our photographer lost every single one of our 3,000 wedding photos — no backup, nothing. His offer: a $200 refund on a $3,500 package. So we took him to court.
We paid my in-laws $800 a month to live in their basement while saving for a house. The week I got promoted, they raised the rent to $1,200 — 'since you can afford it now.'
