Absinthe & Cookies (a bit bitter, a bit sweet)

When 'Romance' Is A Dirty Word

'Girls Gone Mild'

There were parts of this that just made me want to cry for these girls and women. Like the excerpt below:

...Irene, fifteen, hooked up with a boy for some time—"we basically became friends with benefits," she confided to a reporter for The New York Times. Unfortunately, the boy never got around to asking her out on a real date, as Irene was hoping, so she was "devastated." But she says, "Since then, I've become really good at keeping my emotions in check. I can hook up with a guy and not fall for him."

How extraordinarily sad -- and she's only fifteen!

Posted by Ith at August 23, 2007 1:48 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE