One night that has them talking

Please understand I am no prude. Whatever Leslie Billera does in her personal life is most certainly up to her [“Think of It as a Sort of Party Favor,” Nov. 3]. Having sex with someone whose last name you do not even know and then printing a story about a valuable piece of jewelry you kept and profited by selling on EBay? Honey, it reads pretty awful to me.

Does she think her parents/grandparents/siblings/cousins really need to know this took place? And her co-workers and neighbors? I am hoping she didn’t use her real name. If she had a daughter, would she want this life episode known?

Geez.

JANE GOTTLIEB

Orange

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Wow. Is Leslie Billera channeling Dorothy Parker? At least Parker had an excuse; it was the 1920s and ‘30s. American women today have freedoms and power those of generations past could scarcely dream of, including having sex with casual acquaintances and still being able to look the public in the eye the next morning.

Is Billera’s sense of self so backward, her sober ego so fragile, that she can’t look a man in the eye and say, “Dude, I’ve got your watch?” Let’s just be human and non-gendered for a moment: Wouldn’t she want her watch back? I don’t think Betty Friedan ever suggested that women be mean and opportunistic. No wonder Mr. Breitling-owner was afraid to call.

MARTHA RAPP SAYLES

Chatsworth

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Just when I thought the “Tell” column had run its course, Leslie Billera made me remember why I like it so much. Nice job.

GREG BLACK

Redondo Beach

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This is the best writing I’ve seen in the L.A. Times in months. Kudos!

A party girl who can write. Imagine that.

GLORIA SASTURAINMONROVIA