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Articles by Sarah D. Bunting

The Vine: September 6, 2000
September 6, 2000 – 11:44 AM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,I once had a friend who was very dear to me…I will call her E. The three of us (including my younger sister) have stayed best friends for over ten years even though she …

The Vine: September 5, 2000
September 5, 2000 – 11:42 AM | No Comment

…and in the drama since I sent you that email, I forgot all about it – thought you’d like the update. First off, your advice was excellent, thank you. The person who wrote suggesting my …

The Vine: September 4, 2000
September 4, 2000 – 11:40 AM | No Comment

Hi Sarah,It’s not my usual policy to write regarding messages in your advice column; usually your insight and suggestions are excellent anyway. While I think your advice to Suddenly Alone was not substandard, I don’t …

The Vine: September 1, 2000
September 1, 2000 – 11:39 AM | No Comment

Okay, so I’ve been married for three months. My husband’s been having a rough time lately. His job is incredibly stressful. The man who has been a father figure to him all his life has …

The Vine: August 31, 2000
August 31, 2000 – 9:57 PM | No Comment

Hi,
My boyfriend and I have been going out for over a year now and I love him to bits but he’s so frustrating.At the moment we are on a one-week break trying to sort out …

The Vine: August 30, 2000
August 30, 2000 – 9:56 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
My brother and his fiancée will be getting married in a couple of weeks. This should be a time of joy, togetherness and warm family feeling.Well, the family feeling has been anything but warm …

The Vine: August 29, 2000
August 29, 2000 – 9:52 PM | No Comment

I very recently discovered your site and among other things have been checking out the advice you’ve been giving in The Vine over the past few weeks. I think you do a great job of …

In A Twist
August 19, 2000 – 12:50 PM | No Comment

I hired an intern recently – namely, my brother Mr. Stupidhead. It’s working out really well; not only can I send him out into the world to deal with obnoxious errands like going to (read: …

Annals Of Birth Control
August 19, 2000 – 12:48 PM | No Comment

Every twenty-eight days or so, I find myself standing on the sidewalk in front of my neighborhood drugstore, taking deep cleansing breaths and thinking good karmic thoughts so that I don’t blow my stack and …

Arachnophobia
August 19, 2000 – 12:47 PM | 7 Comments

I’ve probably read Charlotte’s Web fifty times. I love that book, I love Charlotte the spider, and I always cry at the end when her little ballooning babies take to the wind. And I know …