I kind of wish "superhero/vampire slayer/action heroine" could be worn every day because so many women look amazing in it (the super-portal creating Ms Bingbing is a great example)

I believe it was annulled by her parents because she lied about her age to get married without permission - if true, they get a pass on that one.

And law and medicine are ones where you kind of *have* to have the degree. I'd also argue there's a lot of cultural/experience benefits too, but for me, the finances of it was definitely a consideration.

Not totally true. For law and medicine, starting it as an undergrad in Europe can save you a bundle in the long run - my undergraduate degree (which allows me to take the NY bar without attending a US law school) cost less than my sister's time at Northwestern.

I'd kind of agree and kind of not with that (I have a degree from the most prominent Irish university.) As a result, it stands out, I get a lot of questions about it and once someone googles and describes it as "Ireland's Harvard", I do think it gives me a bump. I've never had a problem with it, but if I went to a…

Indeed - would not be able to separate it from Aviva Stadium in Dublin...

Well, if the clothing is a publicity thing, perhaps matching Xmen suits next month?...

As many people on here have noted, alimony tends to skew against older women who have served as homemakers - there's been some economic research that older women who stayed at home tend to end up financially worse off after divorce.

I'm more concerned about how they would *not* make that book in a horrible, cynical rape-apology way.

I can judge the hell out of Princeton Mom, though - because she is legit awful.

I think most people are saying that marrying THEIR college boyfriends would have been a horrible idea. I know if I had, I'd be a miserable wreck now. Glad it works for some people, but having "marry your college boyfriend" as a universal maxim wouldn't be a great idea.

I kind of love how she's a naturalised citizen - what could be more awesomely global than that?

Scottish? I knew some Ishbeil's in college.

At least you have yet to give in and start using the other ones yourself. My cousin constantly goes "Cian? Like key in the lock?"

Yep. My conservative Irish MIL is still heart broken that he married me - does that mean that his mother wasn't his ideal woman all along?

Well, I take your point that it wouldn't work for you as an American. But most of the rest of the English speaking world wants to be distinguished from Americans.

I'm not disagreeing with you on either point

Yeah, good point that why not just describe you as American? But most black people in the UK are either of African or Caribbean descent and some use it instead of Black British.

I believe they've been successful in places like Pakistan (for families who would otherwise abandon female infants), but definitely less clear in the US. Still, I'd argue that even one is a success, right?

In the UK, it's Afro-Caribbean, which works anywhere, I think...