Chelsea Fagan
Chelsea Fagan founded the blog The Financial Diet. She is on Twitter.
15 Things You Learn From Being A Teenage Girl
8. Not being invited to a party is the second-worst thing that can possibly happen to you, after being invited to said party out of pity or obligation.
23 Ways To Show Someone You Love Them
15. Tell them a secret that you’ve never told anyone before and really trust that they’re going to keep it.
24 Signs You Are Not Ready To Have Kids
Your checking account is not ready to handle buying brand-name cereal, so the idea of getting a place with a nursery and all of the things it would take to stock it only makes you laugh/cry like a hyena.
If I’m A Sarcastic Jerk, It Means I Really Love You
I only call you names because I know you are in fact the opposite of these things, and therefore can withstand the absurd harshness of their use with complete indifference.
The Pros And Cons Of Eating McDonald’s
A decent chance that you will get scalding hot fries, the most punishingly beautiful sensation the body can experience.
21 Things To Look For In A Boyfriend
11. He has a healthy relationship with going out, drinking, and socializing. He is neither completely dependent or absolutely uncomfortable with either of those things.
Disney Movies Vs Your Actual Life
As the only two stages of a relationship in the Disney universe are “just met thirty seconds ago” and “married in some elaborate, My Super Sweet 16-esque wedding,” you’re probably coming up on the latter.
19 Bad Pieces Of Advice You’ll Get In Your 20s
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a job secured yet, just move to New York. You’ll find something! It’s where everything is happening — you need to be there to really make the most out of your 20s.”
5 Extremely Creepy Relationship Behaviors
Oh my god, is there anything creepier — anything creepier in the entire universe — than calling your significant other “daddy?” No. The answer to that question is no.
28 #BadSkinProblems
4. Having a complicated, bitter, occasionally joyous relationship with base makeup and concealer.
8 Signs You Are Becoming Boring
Despite the fact that you, too, used a fake ID just a few short years ago, you are filled with righteous indignation. “Wait your turn, you brats,” you long to say, “Go drink 4 Loko in your bedrooms until you turn 21, like God intended.”
44 Essentials For The Early 2000s Girl
Glitter keychains that said things like “100% Angel.” (Bonus points if they said “100% Devil” on the back.)
The 6 Ex-Boyfriends You Will Have
Enjoy the brief bouts of unfulfilling coitus that pepper your life, occasionally bookended by some of the most forced, exasperated cuddling in the world.
32 Things That Are Worth Caring About
Responding to people who text you as promptly as you can, within reason. No one likes to be left hanging on a “what’s up” for three hours.
The 7 Stages Of Being Drunk
We can’t split up. It’s only three a.m.. Only the elderly and the terminally bogus go home at this geriatric hour.
28 Signs You’re Wasting Your Youth
You are not wearing the kinds of clothes you feel best in because you perceive them to be “not in style,” “not a good label,” or “not meant for someone who isn’t skinny.”
7 Rules For Communicating With Your Crush
Perhaps it would be best to make an actual list of information you acquired legitimately vs. information that you harvested from Facebook/Google/old blogs/other unfortunate sources
22 Things You Could Be Doing With Your Life Besides Getting Married
Starting a blog and, despite having an average daily readership of three people including your mother, maintaining and growing it with love.