I'm not going to repost my whole post from groupthink, but I believe this link is relevant. We cannot expect to be an equal society if we expect women to decrease her circle of influence by opting out of work. While women continue to feel that this okay, there are whole realms of the workforce/society that remain…

While wearing my ring, I got asked, "So I take it you're not going to be in the industry for much longer, are you?"

Oh gosh, I just spent a little while reading this and will continue to do so during the day. I felt such a tinge of sadness as I had much the same experiences. Always in the 'gifted' programme, then 'let out' I was largely surrounded by those older to me and I wanted so, so desperately to be wanted, to be thought…

Hmm, this is really different. I come from a place where I work 11 hours on the regs and feel that I have actually quite a fair schedule (as in 11 hours is really my baseline); I'm really surprised that others have a choice to do this - and then have 3 day weekends! I love whenever there is a bank holiday + weekend -…

This line of reasoning is a mystery to me. And I'm a 'problem solver' by nature - but most problems are out of my depth/area of expertise - why would I weigh in on them?

This is why I pretty much chose London as my permanent home. I am socially awkward and hate being direct. I am considered to be quite charming here... Thankfully, I had the the privilege of being 'international' and thus being able to freely choose where I wanted to live based on my personality traits.

You win at this thread.

I, personally, think the American custom of wedding registries is rude. Beyond rude. What right do I have to dictate what other people give me or even expect a gift?

I'm a little curious why are you preoccupied with the possibility of e-coli being in places? Is it based on some experience you had?