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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

War Is Not The Answer
January 19, 2001 – 2:52 PM | No Comment

It’s Martin Luther King Day today. I suspect that, when it rolls around each year, most of us don’t spend the day ruminating on Reverend King’s contributions to society or anything. We just look at …

It’s My Way AND The Highway
January 19, 2001 – 2:51 PM | No Comment

I’ve driven to Toronto from New York City and back about half a dozen times now, and each time I make the trip, I reach a point about two hundred and seventy five miles into …

Kulturreich
January 19, 2001 – 1:53 AM | One Comment

I made a couple of New Year’s resolutions this year. I don’t bother, ordinarily, since the average New Year’s resolution is pointless, unrealistic, and destined to go the way of the Edsel by Valentine’s Day, …

The Vine: January 18, 2001
January 18, 2001 – 5:21 PM | No Comment

Sars,
The whole “younger men suck” thing is overrated. Yeah, some of them do, but not all, by any means.
My husband and I started dating when he was 21 and I was 26. We’ve been together …

The Vine: January 17, 2001
January 17, 2001 – 5:12 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars.
I’ve been having a problem with a friend of mine — or ex-friend — I don’t really know. We were good friends for three years throughout college (I graduated last year, he’s graduating this …

The Vine: January 16, 2001
January 16, 2001 – 5:04 PM | No Comment

Hi!
I need some advice — do you think there is something wrong with an older woman/younger man relationship? There is a seven-year age difference between us — I really like him a lot, we have …

The Vine: January 12, 2001
January 12, 2001 – 3:39 PM | No Comment

Sarah,
I think I’ve been trying to avoid asking this question for a long time, but at this point, I think I need an outside, objective opinion. This is another one of those will-this-long-distance-relationship-work type of …

The Vine: January 11, 2001
January 11, 2001 – 3:28 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
I’m not writing on my own behalf so much as I am for my SO, in a sense, but my question is: is it possible that he’s been abused in the past, and if …

The Vine: January 10, 2001
January 10, 2001 – 3:20 PM | No Comment

Hi Sarah!
I have a problem. My best friend Beth is leaving tomorrow for a whole year – I’m traumatized, because we both live in a huge city where I’m having trouble making new friends, and …

The Vine: January 9, 2001
January 9, 2001 – 2:54 PM | No Comment

Sarah,
I’m dating a guy whom I’d been friends with for over a year before we got together. I enjoy his company on a level that has previously been unknown to me. He’s an amazing guy: …