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The Vine

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: December 4, 2001
December 4, 2001 – 11:04 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have a question for you, in your infinite grammatical wisdom.I was talking to My Uncle Who Was In Star Wars and My Uncle The Journalist this week (sorry, I only found out about …

The Vine: November 30, 2001
November 30, 2001 – 8:44 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
Last Friday, my fiancé and I broke up. It was a mutual decision, as both of us admitted that we weren’t making each other happy, and hadn’t been for months. Although I think we …

The Vine: November 29, 2001
November 29, 2001 – 8:31 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I am 19 years old, and have never been in a real committed relationship. During the last year I had on-and-off relationships with two guys. With one guy we did not get very far …

The Vine: November 28, 2001
November 28, 2001 – 8:24 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
The upshot of my problem is this: I’m homeless, friendless, and loveless.
Slight exaggeration.
I’m in a new city, new country; managed to find a great job in the field I’m trained in just as my …

The Vine: November 27, 2001
November 27, 2001 – 8:18 PM | No Comment

Hi Sarah,
I need your advice.I started a new job two weeks ago, and the two guys I share my cube farm with are driving me absolutely bonkers.
One is loud and constantly on the phone on …

The Vine: November 16, 2001
November 16, 2001 – 4:31 PM | No Comment

Hi Sarah!
Here’s my problem: I’m basically best friends with “Janie.” I’m also moderately good friends with “Tom.” In fact, we dated for a short while. Now I’m civil enough to him without giving the …

The Vine: November 15, 2001
November 15, 2001 – 4:08 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have kind of an unconventional problem.Reading your column (and, well, existing in society), I’m confronted on all sides with love and sex and romance.It seems like that’s all people ever talk about at …

The Vine: November 14, 2001
November 14, 2001 – 3:48 PM | 3 Comments

Dear Sars,
Due to the lack of decent television viewing, I’ve been forced to spend more time with my in-laws than usual, which prompted a recent unfortunate incident on which I’d like to get your take.
A …

The Vine: November 13, 2001
November 13, 2001 – 8:57 PM | No Comment

For all of my 16 years, I’ve been known as the boyfriendless wonder. Well, I can’t say the same for my friends. They each go and get their boyfriends, and do the whole random hook-ups …

The Vine: November 9, 2001
November 9, 2001 – 7:41 PM | No Comment

Sars,
There’s this boy. We’re from the same smallish town, so I’ve known him since we were about five or six, though we were never really friends, just passing acquaintances, at most. In high school, we …