Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person alive who disliked Kalinda.

It’s too late and no one will see this, but are there any American Jezebels around who have experience applying to schools in the UK? And also would be willing to answer some seriously basic questions?

Well, I don’t know the situation so I can only give general advice, but for what it’s worth: everything I’ve read on the science behind love leads me to believe that on a biological level, it’s really akin to a chemical addiction. The brains of people in love produce many of the same neurochemicals that can be…

Please watch it as soon as you can and then come back here so we can talk about how Geol-oh is SO MUCH BETTER than Ga-rang.

Oh god, my bank account.

You just reminded me of testerkorea.com, where you can pay a few dollars to get samples of products. roseroseshop.com also has some really great sales and samples events. I wish I’d bought the Returning Starfish facial cream when I had the chance!

I do believe in “the one,” but minus predestination. True love is something you grow, not something you find.

I used to wear a Clinique moisturizer, and I think I liked it. The powder was another thing. My BB cream now is Smashbox, and it’s amazing, especially if I remember to use primer and concealer around my eyes.

The one thing I really wanted to try was ginseng-infused skincare, and that’s what I bought (I think...). I’d tried a sample of it and I loved how it felt and smelled, too, so I’d made up my mind to buy SOMETHING. I was really conflicted about spending so much, but I bought my stuff from a counter and the ladies who…

Can we talk about Korean skincare?

So, I’ll go ahead and be blunt then. He’s already told you what he wanted, which was not to be more than friends with you. Then you said that you’d need space, and it sounds (from this distance) like he was trying to give you exactly that. I find it interesting that your perceptions of “space” seem to be somewhat…

Are you able to work? You might feel (and eat) better if you can take up something part-time, like retail or even food service. I can tell you from experience that even the vaguest feeling of autonomy is immensely strengthening.

My gut response is to tell you that this woman is either (1) scamming you or (2) never going to improve so get out while you can. If she’s telling you the truth about her son and CPS, then that’s awful but what are you going to do? Support her and her son for the rest of their lives? If she can’t maintain an…

I’m doing Meetup. I’m doing Meetup so hard. Sadly, I seem to be just as unpopular online as I am in real life...

YES. I can’t get ANYBODY to go out anymore. Not to the movies, not to hikes, not to Sephora. All I ever do now is go out to eat, which is nice but...

Do try volunteer work. That’s what I’m doing now. Actually it looks like it’s going to be much more demanding than I first suspected...

I completely get your point. The interests I listed were just examples of things that I like, and that I’d like to talk about with someone who also liked them. But what I really want is what you describe, just a friend who gets me and is “my people.” I want to meet someone I click with, regardless of their specific…

I WISH I lived in NZ. Have you thought about making your own Meetup? I finally signed up this year, and so far I haven’t really done anything with it but that’s about to change! My first one is a book club for Anglo-Saxon literature, beginning with Beowulf. I think my next one will be a weekly/monthly Meetup for…

I’m trying to do all those things, I swear, but maybe that’s the problem? Like people can smell the desperation? In fact I just found a weekly German longsword class that I’m starting this weekend. Which doesn’t really help, because even though I’m super into the subject matter, my fellow classmates are all…

I FEEL YOU TOO. Everywhere I look it’s couples or families or groups of friends...and I’m sitting here with my phone. I was also unemployed until just recently, so I really understand the isolation. And there’s only so many times I can watch Great Expectations on Netflix...