This is how it went down,
Not long after graduating from college, feeling the impending threat of student loans, I took a job with the Department of Defense in a management intern program.It would be a …

Dear Sarah,
I’m planning to move to Chicago in about six months.I used to live there, and moved back to my hometown (my mother’s suggestion) about two years ago.When I moved here, it was to save …

Dear Sarah,
Seeing as how you have a cat, this letter might be insulting to you, but I’d like your advice anyway.I hate cats.Very much.I’m not sure why, but I’ve always thought that cats are the …

I have been married for six months to a man twelve years my junior (blah blah you go girl blah).That’s not the problem.I don’t think.
When we met, I was a cigarette smoker and he was …

Sarah,
I think your advice to Third Wheel about whether Adam should choose spending time with her over his sister doesn’t quite get to the heart of the matter.Any well-adjusted individual will have other friends, family …

I have been online friends with these two girls for over two years. Last Christmas they all sent me gifts, even though I told them I don’t celebrate Christmas and they didn’t have to send …

Nobody likes commercials. We might enjoy individual commercials, of course – the recent Volkswagen ad campaign, for example, or the “whaaaazzzaaaap” ads before the parodies got so played out – but on the whole, we …

Every year at around this time – when I’ve exhumed my sweaters from the back of the closet, returned my mittens to their rightful place on the radiator, and resumed my wintertime habit of grounding …

I have recurring anxiety dreams. In the anxiety dream I have most often, my teeth start to get loose, and in my dream, it’s the weekend, so I can’t go to the dentist, so I …

Dear Sarah,
Okay, I have this friend.This female friend.To her, we’re like the epitome of best friends, and she claims that I’m closer to her than anyone.I’m like, okay whatever, because I don’t really care.She says …