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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!
Dear Sars,
I’ve been really good friends with “Carl” for about the past six years. When we first met through mutual friends, we had about two or three days of garbled, grapvine-type communication and he-said/she-said — …
Dear Sars,
A couple of years ago, I was living with a couple of friends I’ll call
Bob and Betty.Bob and I were and are good friends, Betty and I grew
oddly less close after we started sharing …
Dear Sars,
First, thanks again for “Yes, You Are,” which continues to rule.Second, I wonder if you could help me squash a molehill that I am turning into an anxiety-causing mountain.
Last year, I landed a sweet …
Dear Sars —
Here’s the situation in a nutshell.I have, at
thirty-two years old, married and with a family,
returned to university to finish my B.A.Not one of
those just-want-the-degree-so-I-can-get-a-promotion
things, but planning to continue on to graduate school
et cetera …
Hi Sars,
Love your site, just thought I’d my two cents re: hair dye.In my
experience, the best-lasting semi-permanent dye (and there don’t seem
to be permanent ones for the purples/bright reds/greens) is Paintbox by
Fudge.That can be a …
Well, it’s finished — in the sense that it has an ending. The issue, at a certain point, became just getting to the end one way or another, after getting sick and putting off dealing …
Dear Sars,
The letter from the person afraid to read The
Gift of Fear could have been written by me a couple of
years ago.I was in the position where I knew
something happened but I didn’t want to …
Hello, Sars,
I’m 26, and married to my high-school sweetheart.We have two beautiful, wonderful children, and I love him and our family very much.The one nagging issue in our marriage is that we have polar-opposite political …
Hi Sars,
I’m not sure if you ever print updates from former letter writers, but just
in case here goes.I wrote to The Vine for advice in July, 2002 — “Would-be
Mommy.”Basically you told me what I already …
Oh Grammar Great One,
I know you must get sick of these, but I’ve come across different answers to this one from different people.When a hyphenated word is in a title, do you capitalize both parts?For …