That's the Forbidden Game trilogy by L.J. Smith. Incidentally, she wrote the 'Vampire Diaries' as well.

Well, actually...

Indeed. I notice this all time - a good percentage of men going OUT OF THEIR WAY just to tell some poor, random woman whose just trying to mind her own business how horrifically unfuckable she is.

Holy crap, I feel sorry for Lipstick Mystic. She posts a few uncomfortable truths about pregnancy (because, let's face it, our society treats expecting women and mothers horribly) and everyone just starts frothing at the mouth and baying for her blood.

Yes, dear. I'm sure she posted this list about very realistic drawbacks to an unplanned pregnancy just to spite you.

Gah! You're totally right about this being a case that warrants litigation.

Piffle!

Me too, it just shreds up my insides.

I live in ballet flats and apart from this Italian brand, Ferci 81, I love J. Crew's CeCe ballet flats. I have 4 pairs in different colours, they feel like clouds and they go with EVERYTHING.

Douches like this guy are why this bisexual lady won't even *bother* with penises if I'm single after I turn 30 >.<

Dude, a queer woman would never tell another woman she's dressed too sexily unless it was her daughter. Because eye candy.

It's messed up, isn't it?

Uh, I know! :(

Don't sweat it Arden, you did nothing wrong. That was one weird little passive-aggressive test she put you through - and it definitely does not put her in a good light.

Oh, absolutely, there's always going to be a (probably significant) percentage of imbecilic douchenozzles that will never listen. Just from my own experience, however, I DID know a few kids growing up that wouldn't drive under the influence because they didn't want to end up a smear on the highway. And quite a few…

"No one is going to come in and say "but guys remember Mrs. Smith told us that date rape was wrong" or if someone did say that they are not going to care. "

Eh, I know you're getting a tremendous mount of flack here but having been a child who was foisted off onto people that *weren't* her parents until puberty... yeah. I was raised by other people. Hell, when my folks got rid of the hellish 'sitter' they picked out, they barely knew anything about me - not the names of…

See, it's not really the asking for CASH that's tacky, it's the expectation that it's mandatory for guests to give the happy couple something that's frowned upon. Putting 'cash only' on a wedding invite frankly sounds like you're charging admission.

Great article! I'm from Toronto and 'What's your background?' comes up nearly as often as 'What do you do for a living?'. Never really got why they felt other people had to provide then with a family tree within minutes of meeting them.

I'm technically Gen Y, but I am one of these women. Another mild/functioning alcoholic that drinks to cope with my depressingly mediocre life. And honestly? If I stopped drinking, I know I would just replace it with something else - hell, I'm already on SSRIs.