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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: October 16, 2013
October 16, 2013 – 1:58 PM | 16 Comments
The Vine: October 16, 2013

I have a moral dilemma that I cannot resolve and I could really use your perspective.

The Vine: July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013 – 7:38 PM | 24 Comments
The Vine: July 31, 2013

I need the TN readership to tell me if I’m justified or acting like one of those mothers I swore I’d never be.

The Vine: July 17, 2013
July 17, 2013 – 10:41 AM | 42 Comments
The Vine: July 17, 2013

My sister gave birth about a month ago to a healthy, rather long, little boy. It’s only month in, but she is not doing well transition to motherhood.

The Vine: April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013 – 12:11 PM | 21 Comments
The Vine: April 24, 2013

I’ve known for a long time that my husband did not have an ideal childhood.

The Vine: March 13, 2013
March 13, 2013 – 9:54 AM | 20 Comments
The Vine: March 13, 2013

My partner is pregnant with twins (yay!) and her mother’s friends are throwing us a very fancy shower, and invited all of their fancy friends. Although I don’t know most of them very well, I …

The Vine: January 23, 2013
January 23, 2013 – 10:29 AM | 76 Comments
The Vine: January 23, 2013

I married a great guy, T, in 2008. In 2010 we found out I was expecting. I had a completely normal, if barfy pregnancy. I had a terrible doctor (that problem is taken care of; …

The Vine: December 19, 2012
December 19, 2012 – 11:20 AM | 34 Comments
The Vine: December 19, 2012

I’m a happily married mother of two young children; my husband and I are both in our mid-thirties. We don’t really disagree about much and we have a pretty great life. But even though we …

The Vine: November 30, 2012
November 30, 2012 – 12:17 PM | 17 Comments
The Vine: November 30, 2012

A Vine question from my brother…who is single. And lives in Seattle. And needs a girlfriend. But anyway, he had a movie question, and as my normally encyclopediac movie brain has failed me, I’d like …

The Vine: November 28, 2012
November 28, 2012 – 10:44 AM | 39 Comments
The Vine: November 28, 2012

My husband and I are at an impasse with holiday hosting plans, and I’m hoping you might be able to make a ruling for us.
For each of the last several years, about half of my …