YES. Relatedly, I find taking a picture of something that I would otherwise like to buy almost always results in me not caring about buying it anymore because I already "possess" it in photo form.

Definitely. There was no way I was doing a dance in front of an audience at my wedding, no matter who it was with, so I didn't. At some point the music just went from the eating-and-mingling playlist to the party playlist, at which point my drunk friends just jumped up and started dancing. No weird, awkward look-at-me…

Totally. My body's changed quite a bit recently in ways that aren't really bad or noticeable or medical… and I feel like it's very, very odd and I don't like it. I got used to my body being a certain way and now it's different. There's technically nothing "wrong" with my body at all but I don't feel like myself.

I'm doing an Open University degree right now and even though I'm studying via my handy laptop and not a boxy telly (and I don't have to do anything with some whiny, needy teacup human on my lap) that header picture makes me shudder. I'm struggling with my degree as it is, and that poor woman looks like she's got it…

Ugh. YES. I write, which almost no one wants to pay for, and I take pictures, which even less people want to pay for. It's ridiculous. People who are a) getting paid and b) paying other people for some reason decide that I am the one person in the process who doesn't need to get paid.

I just listened to Tom Hanks on the Nerdist podcast and I realised that all my life I'd sort of taken Tom Hanks for granted – he's always just sort of been there, being all likeable. I am very glad to know that HE IS BRILLIANT.

Yes yes yes. And a lot of them are essentially just reinforcing "don't wander off alone" and "don't talk to strangers" rules that are handy to teach little kids. I like the scary fairy tales that try to teach sensible life lessons (in a horrifically gruesome way, usually) but I hate all the "and then she was beautiful…

My question is, doesn't no blood flowing = no getting it up?! But then I remind myself: vampire magic.

I love that we are giving this serious thought. I'm so happy the Internet exists.

What happens if vampire hair is cut… does it grow back like if they were injured?

Me too! I'll check Paris on Monday.

I went to Germany when I was 8, so I fully confess to having no German tampon availability knowledge! I've had no problems in some other countries, but I might just've been lucky on the occasions I needed 'em. (London's totally applicator friendly, for sure. I tend to just grab the nearest/cheapest/smallest pack at…

I hate the monstrous cardboard tube things, but the teeny-tiny smooth plastic applicators are super comfortable and easy for me — slightly easier than an applicator-less tampon, although I don't mind that either. I just HATE the monstrous cardboard tube ones.

Yeah, me too. On the last few days I usually take one out and then wait a little while before putting the new one in, because otherwise it just hurts like crazy (I've only just recently figured out that I can do that, after 17 years of perioding. Maybe I'm less bleedy than before…)

Ugh, the cardboard ones! My mother always had them so I grew up using (and hating) them… and then after a few years I discovered that tampons could actually be small, dainty things that didn't take up my entire handbag. Amazing.

That's what I thought, too… I don't really care what type I get, but I've always had options around Europe.

Oh, the fancy pearl ones are great!

Big American ones, like ones with the cardboard applicator that comes all extended and enormously long? Those were the type that my mum always had (in the UK) and I felt like they were some sort of massive, ungainly piece of medical equipment. We did definitely have them in the UK, though… maybe it was a regional…

Whoa — applicator tampons are unusual in Europe? I had no idea! I've been using them all my long, British life.

Yes! I made an American move here and he LOVES the food.