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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: June 8, 2012
June 8, 2012 – 10:43 AM | 72 Comments
The Vine: June 8, 2012

I could really use some advice, because I’m not having a whole lot of luck with this on my own.  My husband Charlie and I want to move our family from the southeastern U.S. to …

The Vine: June 6, 2012
June 6, 2012 – 5:32 PM | 40 Comments
The Vine: June 6, 2012

It’s another one of those “what do I do with him” letters with probably way too much back story.
I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost 5 years. We started dating a year after I divorced. …

The Vine: June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012 – 9:05 AM | 17 Comments
The Vine: June 1, 2012

I’ve written this email and erased it a handful of times for reasons I can’t completely explain. Maybe I really don’t want to know the answer to the question, or that this show scarred me …

The Vine: May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012 – 9:32 AM | 15 Comments
The Vine: May 25, 2012

I’m hoping the Tomato Nation will be able to help me find a book that I read in high school. It was for an English class during my junior or senior year, 1991-1993. We had …

The Vine: May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 – 9:42 AM | 22 Comments
The Vine: May 18, 2012

Over the years I’ve seen the Vine readers come through for many people on hard-to-find or discontinued items, so I’m hoping they can help me. Basically, I need new underwear!
For years I was a bikini-underwear …

The Vine: May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012 – 9:37 AM | 8 Comments
The Vine: May 16, 2012

My husband and I have a casual friend who is a musician in Eastern Europe. We are not very close and don’t keep in touch regularly; we met several years ago at a folk-dancing event …

The Vine: May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012 – 2:24 PM | 36 Comments
The Vine: May 11, 2012

I am on the hunt for the perfect work bag. I have tons of large shoulder purses that would work, but I do a lot of walking and have a lot of stuff in my bag, and …

The Vine: May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012 – 2:29 PM | 21 Comments
The Vine: May 9, 2012

I am a longtime reader and have honestly found myself in an anxiety-creating moral pickle (so to speak…though being in a literal moral pickle might be rather nice!).
Here is the short version: I was in …

The Vine: May 4, 2012
May 4, 2012 – 10:43 AM | 65 Comments
The Vine: May 4, 2012

I have a question about a topic I know is near and dear to you — snacks! Well, snacks and other food, and I’m hoping the TN readers can help with some suggestions.
I’m fat, …

The Vine: May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012 – 12:47 PM | 21 Comments
The Vine: May 2, 2012

This might be a “friendships have a lifespan” question, but it seems a little more complicated than that, and I could use some perspective.
“C” and I have been friends since college. She is a year …