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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

The Vine: May 10, 2002
May 10, 2002 – 10:27 PM | No Comment

Sars,
This is a simple one­- where does a V.D.-free guy with no ostensible sores go to meet women looking for real love (to quote Michael McDonald) in this big bad city of ours? Clubs are …

The Vine: May 9, 2002
May 9, 2002 – 9:01 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I am a twenty-four-year-old gay Aussie living in Scotland (stay with me, it gets better) who, after two life-changing, picture-perfect years must now return home or risk being imprisoned as an illegal alien. That’s …

The Vine: May 8, 2002
May 8, 2002 – 8:53 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
My boyfriend and I have been dating for about a year and living together for about five months.I’m madly in love with him.From the very beginning, we’ve been best friends as well as lovers …

The Vine: May 7, 2002
May 7, 2002 – 8:37 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I need some post-romantic advice.I began dating Mr. Big in 1998, and the relationship lasted two years.We never moved in together, but he slept over at my place so often that we might as …

Sadie Goes To Hollywood
May 6, 2002 – 1:43 PM | No Comment

I feel like a child, still, often — what I eat, what makes me laugh, the way I live, as though adulthood is merely an unsupervised and occasionally disagreeable slumber party. Crossing the continent, spending …

The Vine: April 19, 2002
April 19, 2002 – 5:37 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
In response to Always — aside from all the confidence boosting, if she is looking for a more systematic approach to finding a new city to live in, she should check out What Color …

The Vine: April 18, 2002
April 18, 2002 – 5:23 PM | No Comment

Hi, Sars —
I know you’re not a guidance counselor but I’m looking for some life advice. My life seems to have always been guided by someone else’s decisions or no decision at all. From high …

The Vine: April 17, 2002
April 17, 2002 – 5:15 PM | No Comment

Sars —
Just a thought about the girl mulling over life with Mike. In her letter, she mentions being attracted to/crushing on other guys, and that those feelings are making her question being with Mike for …

The Vine: April 16, 2002
April 16, 2002 – 5:08 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have a psycho neighbor. He lives in the apartment under me. The building is not well constructed and I have an idea that insulation was unknown to whoever did the actual construction. I …

Stone Killers
April 15, 2002 – 1:42 PM | No Comment

Regina: Standard, garden-variety “normal and nice.”
Sarah: But not gooey, starry-eyed “normal and nice.”
Regina: No. Just “normal and nice.”
Sarah: And not the “he always seemed so normal and nice until the SWAT team broke down his …