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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!

Rating And Raving, Part 2
August 22, 2005 · No Comment

When last we left our heat-addled heroine, she’d undertaken a defense of Forrest Gump, the last of which she fears she has not heard…
Heh. I stand by that position, although I probably shouldn’t, but let’s …

The Vine: August 18, 2005
August 18, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
Hoping you can help, here goes.
I have been with my girlfriend for about 11 months now, she is 30 and myself 32. The relationship never really got off to a good start as she …

The Vine: August 17, 2005
August 17, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars:
I love reading The Vine, and I’m hoping you might be able to offer some of your characteristically clever and blunt advice.
A little background: I feel that my friendship with T has reached its …

The Vine: August 16, 2005
August 16, 2005 · No Comment

Hi Sars.
Loved your “25 and Over” essay, couldn’t agree more although while reading it I felt a guilty twinge once or twice.
Here’s a question. What do you do when the party in question doesn’t want …

Rating And Raving
August 15, 2005 · One Comment

You can ask the Couch Baron — the minute Trog mentioned the other night that Premiere had a 20 Most Overrated Movies list, I clapped my hands and wiggled in my seat like a little …

The Vine: August 12, 2005
August 12, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
This is a long story that I’ll sincerely do my best to keep short but well, we’ll see how it goes.
So it’s a boy problem, natch. Nutshell: I loved him, he liked me. Friendship …

The Vine: August 11, 2005
August 11, 2005 · No Comment

Hey, Sars. Love the site.
I read yesterday’s Vine about drinking problems, and it got me to thinking about my husband. We’ve been married for about two months, and I still think he has a drinking …

The Vine: August 10, 2005
August 10, 2005 · No Comment

I have an issue that has been bugging me a lot lately, one that has put me in a bit of a spot. I’ll keep the backstory short but it is necessary to the point.
One …

The Vine: August 9, 2005
August 9, 2005 · No Comment

Dear Sars —
I hang out in a group of four of us friends. We have known each other for years, and for the most part, get along very well as a group. But lately, one …

I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good
August 8, 2005 · No Comment

An inauspicious beginning
It’s hot, again. Brutally hot, again. “Like living in the convection-current animation from the as-seen-on-TV food dehydrator commercial” hot. Aaaaaaa-gain. We went to an outdoor concert last night and drank too much beer; …