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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!
Hi Sars!
Yours is the funniest advice column I’ve ever read, and the only one with
advice I would really consider taking.
So, here goes my problem, or rather something that I’ve had on my heart for
some time.
I …
Dear Sars,
Truly, you have blessed my life with snark. I ask that you do the same with your all-encompassing wisdom.
This is a pretty weird question. All of a sudden my entire world is just utterly …
Hi Sars,
I have an ethical dilemma, and I’d really like an opinion from someone who doesn’t know me.
I recently got a very wonderful, fantastic internship, that is fun, relatively prestigious, and is giving me a …
If I could ban a two-word phrase from the English language, any two-word phrase, I would pick one in particular immediately and without hesitation. No, not “Bush administration,” because experience has sadly proven that ignoring …
Hi Sars,
I have an embarrassing quandary for you that I have mentioned to no one else.
I’m afraid my boyfriend is gay.
Back story: Tom and I met four and a half years ago, when I was …
Hey Sars,
My friend C and I were friends for about four years. We lived in the same town
for a year or so and instantly bonded. We had the same taste in music,
clothes, we were both …
Dear Sars,
I am currently a senior in high school and have been
having a problem that began during freshman year with
one of my classmates.
Every morning when I come to school, I make sure to
greet him and …
Hello!
I have a salary-related question for you. I’m a college student, and have been working with the company I’m at for over a year now as a medical writer/grant writer/ghost writer/editorial and research assistant…you get …
Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Oh, hello.
Wing Chun: Oh, dear.
Sarah: Heh.
Wing Chun: Well, that isn’t a “we haven’t spoken in the phone in a while” “oh, hello.”
Sarah: No, no, it isn’t.
Wing Chun: That is a “guess who’s …
Dear Sars:
Respect and admiration are yours, oh wise guru, especially if you can help me out with this little dilemma.
I’ve written you before, and thought I might as well give you a try here, since …