Bah, on rereading this comment, I sound so bitter! For what it’s worth, after a couple days, the panicked “why haven’t I found someone yet?!” feelings quickly subsided. I haven’t said anything to the ex — I was thinking about sending a congratulatory note, but he’s had a tendency to read into any messages I send him,…

Was anyone else embarrassed to find YOU were upset when an ex got engaged? This happened to me a few months ago... one of my exes, who happens to be the ONLY ex I’d seriously discussed marriage with, got engaged, and finding out (via Facebook, ugh) completely knocked me down for a couple days. Mind you, this ex and I…

Canal St. Martin is the best! Go to Point Ephémère, get une pinte and go sit with it by the canal.

Some suggestions for East Africa:

Holy hell, this sounds like it could have been written by former employers. They were totally insane and overbearing micro-managers, though in all fairness, I later realized the mother probably had OCD/crazy anxiety, which would account for a LOT of her crazy, e.g. providing a five-page itinerary for her child every…

Yessss! Twist the brush handle and it will extend/contract.

Yessss! Twist the brush handle and it will extend/contract.

Just wanted to vouch for girls with naturally long lashes for a second. I have naturally long, dark lashes, but like to wear mascara to add some curl and definition to 'em. Most mascaras are intended to volumize/lengthen as much as possible, so they end up clumping on my lashes before I get even halfway through a…

Just wanted to vouch for girls with naturally long lashes for a second. I have naturally long, dark lashes, but like…

I totally feel you on this. I've always started dating guys based on instant attraction, and in my longest lasting relationship (2 years-ish), I knew I *really* liked him about 15 minutes after meeting him. But despite our awesome chemistry, we had totally different approaches to life, and things fell apart…

This comment needs about 2000 more recommendations, IMHO.

Yeeeeah, coupled with the fact that he totally blindsided me with the breakup, I've definitely come to realize he was not as great of a guy as I thought he was at the time.

I TOTALLY understand your concern, but I feel like this is sort of typical LTR behavior, to be honest. Whenever you crank up the seriousness factor in a relationship, there's gotta be a little room for freak out. I flipped when my first serious boyfriend moved *across an ocean* to be closer to me. Like, serious,…

Here's a question for you all. Should I feel so weird about the fact that my most recent ex is on his third GF in the span of one calendar year? We started dating a couple months after his prior relationship ended, dated (seriously) for a few months, then he broke up with me out of the blue. I was, understandably,…

Just made this comment above, too. OMG if I had only known as a 19-year-old to avoid Bukowski fans. Woulda saved myself a whole lotta nonsense.

"Salinger is like the patron saint of whiny manchildren".

For real, though. I'm currently living with my parents for a few months in between gigs (starting a new job abroad in January, yay!). It's saved me so much money and stress and I've been able to help my parents out a LOT while I'm here.

I went on a date once with a guy who just would not. shut. up. I'm normally quite a talker, but this dude would not let me get a word in. He'd occasionally sprinkle in a boring, standard date question, like "What do you do?" and as soon as I began to answer, he jump in with a tangentially-related anecdote about his…

OMG this is going to be me. I am ALWAYS the one to receive good news and immediately panic .

In all fairness though, everyone is jumping down Kim's throat for saying she got "nothing," but wealth is relative, especially to teenagers. I'm from a pretty humble suburban background where Abercrombie & Fitch was considered "fancy", but I have plenty of friends who grew up in LA and talk about saving up for Gucci…

Yeah, I know it's none of my business but I really thought she'd go with "Amal Alamuddin Clooney". I take no issue with her changing her name, but plain ol' "Amal Clooney" is a bit of a step down in the name department.

I LOVED California Diaries. They had the added bonus of being written in diary form. Every character had different handwritten. They were ~kewL~