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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: June 28, 2002
June 28, 2002 – 10:31 AM | No Comment

Sars,
I am a 21-year-old male college junior, on the ugly side of average, and generally pretty nondescript.Two years ago, I was diagnosed with social phobia.I’ve taken three medicines for this and gone to both individual …

The Vine: June 27, 2002
June 27, 2002 – 10:20 AM | No Comment

Sars,
This may not be a topic worth revisiting, but I thought I’d share what my friends and I did in our four-bedroom, five-person setup (one engaged couple plus three other people). We had initially agreed …

The Vine: June 26, 2002
June 26, 2002 – 10:14 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I would really like an outsider’s opinion on my current situation.I have recently moved in with three friends, two girls and a guy.One of the girls is my fiancée, and we share a bedroom …

The Vine: June 25, 2002
June 25, 2002 – 10:10 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars:
I have a very unique and eternally irritating problem. It isn’t a new sort of issue. It’s a fairly old and long-lived issue. It’s only now that I have realized that, if I …

The Vine: June 19, 2002
June 19, 2002 – 3:22 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Generally, I really dig your advice and think that it’s spot-on.I read Little Miss Purity’s letter waiting for the sort of verbal smacks you usually hand out to people who don’t understand where their …

The Vine: June 18, 2002
June 18, 2002 – 3:11 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have to respond to Too Young For Mid-Life Crisis’s letter to you — as a twentysomething woman who has major clinical depression and has had it treated successfully, I see the lead weights …

The Vine: June 14, 2002
June 14, 2002 – 2:24 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
Here’s another heart-attack tip, in case no one else has sent it in yet. If you’re at risk for having a heart attack, it’s a very good idea to carry an aspirin around with …

The Vine: June 13, 2002
June 13, 2002 – 2:21 PM | No Comment

Sars,
It’s a lot of good luck that kept your uncle alive.I don’t know the details surrounding the response to his heart attack, but I have a pretty good idea of how things panned out.I’ve been …

The Vine: June 12, 2002
June 12, 2002 – 2:11 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
Okay, here’s my problem…it’s my parents. My parents have always been strict with me, meaning no sleepovers, no clubs, no weekend vacations, et cetera. Until I was 18 (I’m 24 now), I had to …

The Vine: June 11, 2002
June 11, 2002 – 2:10 PM | No Comment

Sars,
You advised Monk, who’s looking to start a relationship with the guy who just broke up with his girlfriend, to “get out of it now” and that “he’s had no time to process the end …