Pride & Prejudice & Mothers, Oh My!

If Barbie triggered your religious trauma, you're not alone

When my friend invited me over for a girl’s day, it was supposed to have been a catch-up for all the time we’d recently lost together now that she was married. She was 20, I was 19.

“Come over and see my new apartment,” she said. “We’ll spend the whole day together. I’ll make lunch. And I have the whole boxed set of Pride & Prejudice, so we can finally w…