The two-day rule, closet closeness and PSLoser
Dear Rachel,
I got my windshield replaced the other day. They said to leave the tape on, no car washing and to crack a window for two days. You’re telling me we don’t have better glue than this? Do cars sit in factories for two days while their windshields set? And what happens if it rains on my new windshield in less than two days? Do I have to start over?
– Glass Ceiling (and Wall)
Dear See-through,
They told me that too, when I got a new windshield. “Crack the windows a quarter inch.” That’s a really big crack, and it means that as soon as I get a new windshield, I need a new window. “What happened to your window?” they asked me. “You told me to crack it!” I said. And guess what? They stopped asking me to crack my windows.
– Shattered, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
I have always hung my clothes the proper way – spaced out so they don’t touch. This is the whole point of hanging, so they don’t wrinkle. Jammed up clothes will wrinkle. But now my partner and I are talking about moving in together, and she thinks I’m being ridiculous because I require more closet space than her with her smushed up clothes. Please tell her I’m doing this right.
– Hanging by a Thread
Dear Clothes Encounters,
Who hangs their clothes so they don’t touch? You don’t have to pack them in like passengers on an airplane, but clothes are absolutely allowed to touch. More than that, you need to be able to share freaking closet space with your partner. Actually, the more I think about this, it’s turning into a ginormous red flag. Run, girl, run!
– Threadbarely, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
Did you know that pumpkin spice doesn’t actually contain pumpkin? What freaking devilry is this? All these years I just assumed I was getting a bit of orange squash every time I bought a pumpkin spice latte or a pumpkin spice whatever, because everything comes with pumpkin spice now, including probably houseplants and furniture. But no, it’s all a big fat orange racket.
– Pumpkin Scammed
Dear Jack-o-Lacking,
Pumpkin spices are spices that go WITH pumpkin. It would be weird, for instance, for steak seasoning to have steak in it. If you made me steak seasoning latte, I would expect coffee enhanced with garlic & onion and so on. Maybe a bit o’ smokiness. But nothing that ever moo’ed. Well, except for the milk. I mean, do you think your windshields are made with real wind? (I mean, normally. Mine are made mainly of wind, once I’m done cracking them.)
– Well spiced, Rachel
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