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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: November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 – 12:18 PM | 65 Comments
The Vine: November 23, 2011

I searched the Vine archives but didn’t find an answer to this gift etiquette question, so here goes: my in-laws’ best friends sent us a large gift for my kiddos (an art easel) that I …

The Vine: November 18, 2011
November 18, 2011 – 8:16 AM | 23 Comments
The Vine: November 18, 2011

I’ve tried for years to find a YA book that I read and owned back in the late ’80s/early ’90s but I can’t find anything on the interwebs. So now I turn to you and …

The Vine: November 16, 2011
November 16, 2011 – 5:16 PM | 12 Comments
The Vine: November 16, 2011

This is a question about a friend and money.
A coworker and I developed a friendship that was very work-based. We chatted at work, emailed throughout the day, left for staff meeting early to share a …

The Vine: November 11, 2011
November 11, 2011 – 12:14 PM | 54 Comments
The Vine: November 11, 2011

I need shoes. I’ve been a student for a long time, but now I’m at the point where I can’t wear jeans and running shoes every day. So I need a nice basic pair of …

The Vine: November 9, 2011
November 9, 2011 – 12:56 PM | 45 Comments
The Vine: November 9, 2011

My cat is perfectly well-behaved and I am happily married (30 years later!) to my high-school sweetheart, so of course this must be a grammar issue. It seems that too many people have forgotten the …

The Vine: November 4, 2011
November 4, 2011 – 8:12 AM | 13 Comments
The Vine: November 4, 2011

Years ago, I’d say in the late 1980s, I saw what was either a one-hour show or a full-length movie on PBS (specifically WNET, Channel 13) where a group of kids wound up getting into …

The Vine: November 2, 2011
November 2, 2011 – 1:46 PM | 24 Comments
The Vine: November 2, 2011

I dated a guy last year for three months, and while our relationship was very intense, I broke it off and moved on. He however, did not. I tried to cut him off cold turkey, …

The Vine: October 28, 2011
October 28, 2011 – 1:16 PM | 13 Comments
The Vine: October 28, 2011

Sometime in the early ’90s, there was a wave of New Country — Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, that gang. And there was a song that I LOVED. But I can’t remember very much about it, …

The Vine: October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011 – 6:23 PM | 10 Comments
The Vine: October 26, 2011

I am hoping you can give me perspective. The background is I am happily married for two years to one of the best men I know. He recently started a job out of town, so …

The Vine: October 21, 2011
October 21, 2011 – 8:35 AM | 10 Comments
The Vine: October 21, 2011

I am desperately searching for a collection of scary stories I read in middle school (circa 1993-1995). I remember two stories from the collection very vividly.
1.  One story was called “Lockers.” It was about a …