Yes, that is a great one. Still, supposed to be diverse. Real Estate, art and investments. Really bad idea to rely too much on any of the three.

This situation and your comment have me wondering, particularly before I had noticed where you mentioned her age, where the boundary should/would be between normal childhood sexual experimentation, and abuse. Of course, in your situation where there was a wide gap in not only age, but a knowledge of sex, it was…

She's technically Princess William, which I think is the entire reason why Princes are given dukedoms or earldoms when they marry. To prevent that totally weird sounding title from being used. (Similarly, Di was never Princess Diana. She was Princess Charles of Wales or Princess of Wales when married, and Diana…

The weird thing about that (this is sort of a peeve of mine..) is that the time you spend driving around to 2+ stores is probably worth more (if not in actual money you could have earned, than in time you were spending out of your life doing something truly tedious..) than the pennies off the orange juice at the…

My thoughts as well. No way she said "discount."

Speaking of (illustrative example!) the week I decided I liked Elie Goulding's music, she visiting my friend's TopShop location (in The Bay, in Canada..) and threw a shit fit because she always gets stuff gratis from TopShop proper in the UK. The poor salesgays were…

Real estate at that level is no less of a good investment than it always was. Unless you're thinking in the 5-20 year range, the crash won't be affecting the value of high-end real estate relative to the dollar generations ahead.

The one thing that boats and planes and expensive real estate have in common are very…

Um, no. She released at least a few singles off other albums before her hit album last year. She was a popular DJ in Brooklyn and well-known in fashion circles for being the flyest bitch around. She just got legit famous this year because her new album fucking rules, where her older ones did not.

No doubt she benefits…

I can't argue for their "worth" but it's a lot wiser to spend that sort of cash on a diamond than on a house or a yacht, or basically anything else you can name that rich people seem to fancy. Those things all cost millions to maintain and depreciate rapidly. Diamonds of this size and price are investments. I find it…

I would buy it and loan it on a permanent basis to a museum. The real value in something this expensive is the investment - these diamonds will never depreciate. From that perspective, it's a hell of a lot more wise than spending 30M on a house or a boat or a plane or a couple hundred birkin bags - all those things…

Not really saying I think these diamonds are the best way to spend that cash, but the value of these two diamonds is quite separate from the evil trickster marketing shame of the diamond industry at large. Or, at least, their value is not some trumped up trick.

Plebs like us are fooled into thinking that the .5 carat…

No idea of course, but I have a feeling those two would be aware of how that was going to play out in the press. They certainly would have nothing to do with planning their itinerary, so that must have been a fairly cringe-worthy adventure.

Honestly, I am way more on Team Sinead than Team Miley, but Sinead's letter was so extremely slut-shaming and denigrating of sex workers (a great many of whom choose their line of work) that I feel she has no right to view herself as in any way contributing more to the empowerment of women's choices than Miley, and I…

My mom last week: "Quitting smoking is going okay. I'm only a bit irritable and tired, but I really miss watching Mad Men.."

Boom! I would drag you one further and state that at any point in time, there are a handful of cities that are rife for their moment as a Mecca (somewhat problematic metaphor srrryy) for a sort of counter-culture community of creative people. There has to be outlets for this creativity, some opportunity that only…

I am quite sure that Turtle sort of forgot that this was actually an article about the subject the OP discussed.

I wonder if the disconnect in opinions that causes disagreement about this issue is because Fat-Shaming is a huge societal force and you see it everywhere. It is institutionalized, and everyone is affected…

Right? Ill never forget when I was in a historical costume making class with 30 girls, and my fit model was the only person not actually part of the class (odd number.) She'd come in once a week, and when she left my class mates, friends of mine, could never hold in the comments about how thin she is, how much she…

Except this isn't an article about fat-shaming or rape, it's an article about shaming a woman for being thin. Explain how that is derailment.

You noticed that there are indeed plenty of people who believe being slim is sunshine and rainbows, who do not grasp that body shaming affects every woman, but perhaps note…

That actually makes it much more despicable and inappropriate.

Lol permission. You sound like a hoot.

No, it's not a mean question. It's a fairly simple question, and it's meant to inspire reflection on her true desires in a situation where her emotions are playing a large part in her decision making. Quite beyond that, it might be "mean," though still quite valid, for big sis to ask little sis how the fuck she plans…