Ha, YumikoYoshihana, I don't think I want to read it, just reading those two quoted bits made me want to punch the wall. What has the world come to when what you eat when out with friends sends all kinds of messages that you're unaware of to said friends?

Gee thanks modern life, for making people so damn shallow and obsessed about their appearance!

Can I just focus on the "fishing for compliments" people? Would I be wrong in saying that the majority of these people are insecure teens? I know there are some people, women especially, who never grow out of the habit, but isn't it mainly what younger people do?