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The Vine: June 20, 2007
June 20, 2007 – 9:10 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I’ve never done this type of thing, so I hope I can provide you with enough information to help me with my problem.
My wife and me have been married for two years. Most …

The Vine: May 17, 2007
May 17, 2007 – 4:25 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Modern etiquette question: An old boyfriend recently married. He would like me to meet the wife. Due to our history it’s somewhat awkward, but not unbearably so. Over the years he gave me some …

The Vine: May 3, 2007
May 3, 2007 – 8:33 AM | 14 Comments

Dear Sars,
I just got out of my first legitimate relationship (I’m a measly 22-year-old) and I feel like I’m ready to move on to something better. But I don’t know where to meet the right …

The Vine: April 26, 2007
April 26, 2007 – 9:51 AM | No Comment

Okay, here’s my problem. I’m 31, single, I don’t want to be, and I’m wondering if I’m being too picky. Typical, huh? Maybe not so much. This might actually be a case where the guy …

The Vine: April 18, 2007
April 18, 2007 – 9:49 AM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I have a quick piggyback question from a recent Vine about a guy who’s stringing along the girl who loves him. In your response to her, you told her to tell him not to …

The Vine: April 12, 2007
April 12, 2007 – 11:02 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have an unusual problem, and I hope you can offer some insight.
I am a twenty-five-year-old virgin. I have had virtually no romantic or sexual experiences — ever. Essentially, I am afraid of sex …

The Vine: April 10, 2007
April 10, 2007 – 4:07 PM | 11 Comments

O Wise One,
 
My best friend/roommate, I’ll call her K, works with this guy J. We all went to a lot of the same parties so J and I got to be friends and eventually …

The Vine: March 8, 2007
March 8, 2007 – 11:39 AM | One Comment

Hey Sars,
LF should try Jeff Shaara’s Rise to Rebellion. It’s a well researched historical fiction (though more history than fiction) work that reads like a novel, following the main players of the Revolutionary War on …

The Vine: March 1, 2007
March 1, 2007 – 10:45 AM | No Comment

Hey Sars —
Heavy Metal is probably the film
in question. And that’s just how I’d describe it too, except that it was
definitely R-rated. There was a Heavy Metal 2000 based on the same
source but not the …

The Vine: February 28, 2007
February 28, 2007 – 3:41 PM | No Comment

Hey! I’m a sixteen-year-old girl from Dublin, Ireland and last month me and my friend made friends with some fellas at a gig. We texted and talked to all of them quite often and after …