I am reading Julia Child's biography. After Smith College, she went to NYC and then she bummed around her home town of Pasadena after her mom died, basically partying until she was 31. Then she went to DC and took a job as a clerk with the OSS (now CIA). She had two serious marriage offers - one by a man who later made a fortune with a big publishing company. Imagine how different our world would be today had Julia married that guy instead of Paul Child. We might never have gotten "The Way to Cook."

I know my path was pretty fequirky. But at 25 I was married (To the first Mr. Indy) with a brand new baby. That grows you some quick.