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The Vine: January 26, 2001
January 26, 2001 – 6:36 PM | No Comment

Sagacious Sars,
About two years ago, I decided that I’d had enough of the “starving artist” life (constantly two months behind on the rent, credit card bills that rivaled the debt of a Third World nation, …

The Vine: January 25, 2001
January 25, 2001 – 6:22 PM | No Comment

All-knowing Sarah,
I am beginning to think I am the poster girl for the “something’s missing” relationships of the world.
I am twenty-seven years old, and I can still count the men who have mattered to me …

The Vine: January 30, 2001
January 23, 2001 – 7:01 PM | No Comment

I am looking for a way to offer advice to a sibling without being too much of a busybody. It’s like this: my younger brother has been dating this girl for a couple of years …

The Vine: January 18, 2001
January 18, 2001 – 5:21 PM | No Comment

Sars,
The whole “younger men suck” thing is overrated. Yeah, some of them do, but not all, by any means.
My husband and I started dating when he was 21 and I was 26. We’ve been together …

The Vine: January 17, 2001
January 17, 2001 – 5:12 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars.
I’ve been having a problem with a friend of mine — or ex-friend — I don’t really know. We were good friends for three years throughout college (I graduated last year, he’s graduating this …

The Vine: January 16, 2001
January 16, 2001 – 5:04 PM | No Comment

Hi!
I need some advice — do you think there is something wrong with an older woman/younger man relationship? There is a seven-year age difference between us — I really like him a lot, we have …

The Vine: January 12, 2001
January 12, 2001 – 3:39 PM | No Comment

Sarah,
I think I’ve been trying to avoid asking this question for a long time, but at this point, I think I need an outside, objective opinion. This is another one of those will-this-long-distance-relationship-work type of …

The Vine: January 11, 2001
January 11, 2001 – 3:28 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
I’m not writing on my own behalf so much as I am for my SO, in a sense, but my question is: is it possible that he’s been abused in the past, and if …

The Vine: January 10, 2001
January 10, 2001 – 3:20 PM | No Comment

Hi Sarah!
I have a problem. My best friend Beth is leaving tomorrow for a whole year – I’m traumatized, because we both live in a huge city where I’m having trouble making new friends, and …

The Vine: January 9, 2001
January 9, 2001 – 2:54 PM | No Comment

Sarah,
I’m dating a guy whom I’d been friends with for over a year before we got together. I enjoy his company on a level that has previously been unknown to me. He’s an amazing guy: …