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The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

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The Vine: September 23, 2003
September 23, 2003 – 3:01 PM | No Comment

The responses to the “Hispanic vs. Latino” question came in pretty much like I thought they would — some people distinguished between them by saying that “Hispanic” applies to folks from Spain originally, and “Latino” …

The Vine: September 19, 2003
September 19, 2003 – 9:00 PM | No Comment

Querida Sars,
As I have expressed many times in my fan-mail, I adore your site and think
The Vine should be adapted into a relationship handbook. Usually, my daily
glance at The Vine gives me plenty of laughs …

The Vine: September 18, 2003
September 18, 2003 – 8:36 PM | No Comment

My sister taught me this foolproof single comment for
when you see a friend in really bad theater: “I’m so glad I got to see you in this!”
So vague, and in a bad way, true.
I’m sure …

The Vine: September 17, 2003
September 17, 2003 – 2:42 PM | No Comment

Sars, I’m an attorney and a long-time reader.I’m not a collections attorney by a long shot, and since I don’t know where “Stiffed in the Sun City” lives, I can’t advise her on the specifics …

The Vine: September 16, 2003
September 16, 2003 – 2:30 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
You kids today.No one uses the telephone anymore?The advice to
Parentheses was good, but it seems to me that the technology involved might
be part of the problem.With the avalanche of emails I receive daily just
trying …

The Vine: September 12, 2003
September 12, 2003 – 6:27 PM | No Comment

I’ve been struggling with wording for this all morning and afternoon.
Mmmm, tough subjects.
So you wrote a wonderful response to Post-Coital Worrier, but I still wanted
to throw in some advice from someone who’s been there.
Essentially…I’m like …

The Vine: September 11, 2003
September 11, 2003 – 6:23 PM | No Comment

As a dog-trainer apprentice
and the owner of a dog who suffered VERY extreme separation anxiety
until age three, I thought I might be of some help.
There are a number of issues taking place from the training
perspective.The …

The Vine: September 10, 2003
September 10, 2003 – 2:35 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars —
Longtime reader, first-time writer.Your sites — all of them — rock.
I just wanted to say you were absolutely on target in your response to “Caring Cousin” — that she not try to make …

The Vine: September 9, 2003
September 9, 2003 – 2:29 PM | No Comment

Hi Sarah,
Two years ago, I wrote to you regarding my (now) ex-boyfriend and putting a baby up for adoption.Actually, yesterday was her second birthday.
Your advice to To Tell or Not To Tell was pretty much …

The Vine: September 5, 2003
September 5, 2003 – 2:12 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars:
Just read the letter from “In” Love Alone, and I swear that could have been me talking two weeks ago. Here’s the thing — he’s not going to stay. He wants to break up, …