I had to Google the mesh knickers thing, because I'm wearing mesh knickers RIGHT NOW and wondered what they had to do with hospitals. I still don't totally get why they give them out, but at least now I've satisfied myself that not all mesh knickers are created equal I'm not missing out on anything good by paying for…

I seriously didn't know that the whole looking-pregnant thing happened after having a baby until I was about 30 — it had just never come up in conversation before. (Of course, once I found out it now seems to come up on a daily basis.) I hope I didn't look too stunned when I found out.

You know how sometimes you really, really fancy someone even though you know logically it's a terrible, terrible idea, and you just sort of accept that you're going to get drunk and "accidentally" have sex with them even though you'll definitely regret it afterwards? (Surely that can't be just me?) THAT is how I feel…

Ah, sounds like here, then.

On the other hand, though, we also still have Julien, who is possibly even more annoying than the judge (Carrie?) in the US version (based solely on this video – she might usually be less screechy).

Americans, forgive me for never having seen your version of this before. I have some questions.

There's a girl on Strictly Come Dancing right now who danced from 3 to 19 and is AMAZING. I don't care if she doesn't have a "journey" to go on because it's really fun to watch her.

YES. My husband even logged on to vote for Dave, twice!

Your (really insightful) comment reminded me of a friend's flat in Beverly Hills. She too had moved from the USSR (but in the '70s) and what you say makes so much sense. I was always really fascinated by her decor and belongings — she had excellent stories behind every object, even though to some people it might look…

Whenever I feel dissatisfied with my life, I remind myself that a large part of it is getting paid for correcting other people's grammar. That cheers me up a bit.

I can see why.

I thought that, too.

I just got married and it was under $5,000 for 115 people (not including my travel costs to the city where we got married). Here's what we did, in case any of it's an idea for you (I'm not even slightly craft-doing-ish or event-planning-ish, so it was all new to me. And I only arrived in the country two weeks before…

Why not? They'd be in shadow without fill-in flash.

Oh, everyone was telling me "the dollar dance" was a big deal! Maybe it's regional. (People just came up to me during the night and handed me cash instead. Surreal.)

Apparently dark blue is acceptable.

Strawberry-mozzarella sounds AMAZING.

I have friends who never ever leave their kids for a second and go on about it all the time and make sure everyone knows it… and I have friends who will happily fly to the other side of the world for a while, leaving the kids having a nice time with their loving grandparents (who enjoy it and wish it would happen more…

I don't think I've ever seen a picture of her super young. What a beautiful girl she was. [Editing to add: I don't mean to imply she looks rough now!]

I was taught to do it in news reporting to give "context" and distinguish this particular Amy Williams from most other Amy Williamses but it seems really unevenly applied.