Which is sooo weird for the rest of us (I'm UK) - we hear so many references in US books and TV etc. to how it's really unpleasant and strange for a man to be uncut. And THAT is strange - why automatically cut a bit off? And I just don't get the increase in STDs argument - how is the foreskin supposed to increase risk…

I adore you.

Isn't it amazing that once you could be so 'unsuited' in experience terms (eg.being a bible-salesman who's graduated from school) and still then get a copy-writer's job (that you now have to intern for free for, and have a degree). These days everyone has to show really specific experience in order to get the job they…

Yeah, I know everyone thinks I'm intimidatingly clever / pretentious and difficult. After that, just worry about what I think of YOU!

I am constantly amazed at the crappy working conditions US citizens seem to have to put up with. I get the impression you're supposed to schedule your illnesses. And you seem to be available for firing at all times eg. for being annoying, or disagreeing with your boss. Probably better than never being fire-able if…

That's interesting. I knew it was prescribed for Chronic headaches but hadn't heard much in the way of good reports. I was prescribed it for New Daily Persistant Headache a few years ago (I got better in the end) and although it changed the headache, it wasn't a good change, so my doctor switched me off it. Also the…

Absolutely.

The 'it makes it harder for the other person to leave' point can be interpreted more than one way - I take it to mean one is hopefully less likely to chuck a marriage at the times when it is hard. I don't think it means 'stay in a marriage until you cannot bear the very sight of your spouse'.

A hundred times Yes, I just ADORE Scruples. And Till We Meet Again. And I'll Take Manhattan. I went back to the Judith Krantzs I read 15 years ago because I really couldn't find recent blockbusters that made me as happy as her books did.