My mom made a bizarre comment in passing about tampons that has always stuck with me: "Don’t ever buy anything other than Tampax because you’ll be able to feel it."

In 2008, there was a massive cock up at JFK Airport involving my boyfriend, his visa and the United States Constitution. He was denied entry at the border. My boyfriend is English, and was sent back to England. In 2009, I landed in Glasgow, Scotland from Brooklyn, New York/America.