This unmarried lady occassionally wears her tiara to the office. And while doing the dishes.

Vw - i am so glad you have here to post - so Teppy can help. I count these as good things. Just deal is not an answer. even I don't kno wis better

Uh, that question to Miss Manners -- is that for real? Someone actually thinks that British people wear tiaras a lot "over there"? What are they basing that on?

Seriously. Does she think that England is all fancy-schmancy highfalutin'?

See, when I wear my tiara, I regard it as just an accessory, on a par with earrings or such. I don't actually take it seriously. It's a *tiara.* And it sounds like the Miss Manners-questioner is taking her tiara just a leeeeetle too seriously.

I wore my tiara for my birthday party.

I am not married, but I'm not a virgin either so I gave myself a waiver.

I wear my tiara all the time.

I just don't fool myself into thinking there actually exist any opportunities to wear it that would actually be tiara-appropriate.

Cause, you know, this isn't a *world* in which tiara-appropriate situations exist.

Cereal:

I am, perhaps, just a *touch* on the cranky side today.

(But still! How naive must someone be to think that England affords a young lady LOTS of opportunities to wear a tiara out and about?)

Let's see if this fixes the italic problem.

Yay for Suzi's mom! And Tep, you're a wonder, volunteering to be a resource for da Bitches.

The weather is incredibly gorgeous and perfect here today. And I am chained, chained, I tell you, to my desk today. Feh.

But there has been good coffee and a lovely homemade egg-ham-n-cheese on rye half-sammich for lunch, and I must plow onwards in my quest for the formica surface of my desk.

vw, you have a right to be involved in your own medical decisions. You don't have to accept the things your psychopharm says about some other health care professional's decisions and prescriptions.

If you want, you can take the opinions he gave about your diagnoses and prescriptions back to your PCP and ask for a response, or see if your PCP agrees or disagrees with any of that, but beyond that, you are well within your rights to IGNORE him.

Just to put it out there, it was a psychopharm who ignored S's other *physical* symptoms and kept her on Zyprexa for a long time (thinking her problems were only psychiatric) and further damaged her already damaged liver. Just because he's your psychopharm does not mean he cannot also be WRONG, even dangerously so.

Also, what ita said. It cannot be stressed enough that there IS NO DIFFERENCE between the psychiatric and the physical. Everything your body is going through is physical. I know you don't want to switch because you've been with him for a long time, but him saying that seems like all the grounds you'll ever need to kick him to the curb. I think that's a very wrong-headed thing for him to say, and would (in my book) instantly and permanently disqualify him from ever being able to treat you or see you again.

Okay, babe, step away from the period romances. It's '06 in England too, pinky swear.(i'd tell Tiara Chick)

How naive must someone be to think that England affords a young lady LOTS of opportunities to wear a tiara out and about?

Well, she's pretty clearly just had her prom. Possibly her junior prom.

Um, actually I have no defense for her, other than to say that

In any case, the days of private balls and grand opera nights where tiaras were worn seem to have faded away.

Depends on what circles you run in, I guess. I have one or two of these events a year, and the embassy staff in London has more. I will agree that no one wears tiaras to Burns Night.

Furthermore, tiaras are not supposed to be worn by unmarried ladies, with the exception of those who are being married within an hour of placing them carefully in their hair.

I had no idea! I thought a tiara was what unmarried ladies wore! (With a crown being what married ladies wore.) I don't think I can overstate the impact of Wonder Woman on my sartorial comprehesion.