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The Vine: February 12, 2014
February 12, 2014 – 9:08 AM | 45 Comments
The Vine: February 12, 2014

I’ve been dating my boyfriend now for about three months.

The Vine: January 29, 2014
January 29, 2014 – 1:44 PM | 35 Comments
The Vine: January 29, 2014

I have a family-finances dilemma. My husband is…kind of a cheapskate (he gets it from his dad, who is a definite cheapskate, long story).

The Vine: January 8, 2014
January 8, 2014 – 12:19 PM | 71 Comments
The Vine: January 8, 2014

My boyfriend wants me to take his last name when we get married. I don’t. We are at a stalemate.

The Vine: October 30, 2013
October 30, 2013 – 1:12 PM | 25 Comments
The Vine: October 30, 2013

My boyfriend’s younger sister is 22. She has lived her whole life in her parents’ house in a rural town.

The Vine: August 28, 2013
August 28, 2013 – 12:07 PM | 16 Comments
The Vine: August 28, 2013

In honor of my wonderful friend A’s birthday this week, I decided to ask a question that has kept me up nights for almost a decade.

The Vine: August 21, 2013
August 21, 2013 – 3:32 PM | 22 Comments
The Vine: August 21, 2013

My friend Catherine (36) and her husband Scot (38) have been married for about a year and a half now. It is her first marriage and his third.

The Vine: August 7, 2013
August 7, 2013 – 5:15 PM | 27 Comments
The Vine: August 7, 2013

So, here’s the deal. I’m by nature a rather impatient over-thinker, prone to imagining worst-case scenarios, which often turn out to be right.

The Vine: April 10, 2013
April 10, 2013 – 9:31 AM | 95 Comments
The Vine: April 10, 2013

My husband and I have been married for three years and have a baby on the way. We have a recurring issue in our relationship that I would really like to resolve with finality.

The Vine: March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013 – 10:18 AM | 41 Comments
The Vine: March 27, 2013

I’m on the brink of turning thirty-one years old. As much as I claim to be a misanthrope I’m actually super-duper nice to about 99% of the people I encounter. A lot of them happen …

The Vine: March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013 – 9:53 AM | 26 Comments
The Vine: March 6, 2013

I’m attending a local community college and working in a student leadership position. I met a younger guy about nine months ago in a class I was a TA in last winter quarter. We got …