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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!

The Vine: June 19, 2002
June 19, 2002 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
Generally, I really dig your advice and think that it’s spot-on.I read Little Miss Purity’s letter waiting for the sort of verbal smacks you usually hand out to people who don’t understand where their …

The Vine: June 18, 2002
June 18, 2002 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have to respond to Too Young For Mid-Life Crisis’s letter to you — as a twentysomething woman who has major clinical depression and has had it treated successfully, I see the lead weights …

Human Behavior
June 17, 2002 · No Comment

Dear Dr. Schlechtekatz,
Our deepest apologies for not contacting you sooner. We need not remind you that our work must remain completely secret, and as a consequence of attempting to maintain our undercover status, we have …

The Vine: June 14, 2002
June 14, 2002 · No Comment

Hey Sars,
Here’s another heart-attack tip, in case no one else has sent it in yet. If you’re at risk for having a heart attack, it’s a very good idea to carry an aspirin around with …

The Vine: June 13, 2002
June 13, 2002 · No Comment

Sars,
It’s a lot of good luck that kept your uncle alive.I don’t know the details surrounding the response to his heart attack, but I have a pretty good idea of how things panned out.I’ve been …

The Vine: June 12, 2002
June 12, 2002 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
Okay, here’s my problem…it’s my parents. My parents have always been strict with me, meaning no sleepovers, no clubs, no weekend vacations, et cetera. Until I was 18 (I’m 24 now), I had to …

The Vine: June 11, 2002
June 11, 2002 · No Comment

Sars,
You advised Monk, who’s looking to start a relationship with the guy who just broke up with his girlfriend, to “get out of it now” and that “he’s had no time to process the end …

Live
June 10, 2002 · No Comment

Last Wednesday, my uncle had a heart attack — and not the mild soft-focus slo-mo Bayer commercial kind where everyone’s standing around wearing chambray shirts and looking tragic and well-coiffed in the driveway as the …

The Vine: June 5, 2002
June 5, 2002 · No Comment

Hey Sars,
I’ll cut right to the chase — my boyfriend of three years and I have long been planning on getting married. We were shooting for next summer. Come this fall, he says he has …

The Vine: June 4, 2002
June 4, 2002 · No Comment

Hey Sars,
This is for I Don’t Need A Man To Be Happy, But One Would Sure Be Nice.
I know exactly what you’re going through. I’m 21, a senior in college, and I’ve only recently met …