Concerning the 'Beautyfull-Dreamer':
I have read the thread in dpreview.com and I can't prevent myself from telling you: I would be glad, if I'd be able to catch a pic like this one once in a thousend times (what matches closely my errorrate in my shootings :-) )!
I can understand that some people (as your office-collegue) may get offended by pic like this one: such pics are heading directly to the hart of the watcher and as the majority of contemporary people lost theyr hart somewhere in the malls they get reminded to this fact - how uncomfortable!
I consider it beeing a precious gift being able to take pics like this one - save it and keep on shooting!
Greets from merry old Germany
Tim