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Time for Botox, Mommy Dearest

Boy, have the tables turned. All that summer chick-lit that features the mother-in-law as the harridan has it backward. Clearly, we are deep in the age of Bridezilla. Inside the Styles of the Times today is a story about brides who want to help the women in their bridal entourage do "something for themselves." In this case, a little Botox, or Fraxel laser treatments. What I love the most is the hush-hush, benevolent tone of the whole enterprise—the white spa robes, the gauzy curtains, and the earnest bride vowing to do something more "meaningful" for her guests than just giving them a silly old bracelet.

Mother, now that we've found you a dress, can we do something about that nose of yours?