Hey Sars,
Now that the holidays have been over for a while, and the pressure of said holidays is over, I feel like I can address my holiday situation with my family maturely and intelligently. The …

Dear Sars,
I’ve been friends with Polly for three years, since our sophomore year
of high school. For the grand majority of those three years, we’ve
been getting together to have fun. Since there’s not much to do …

Dear Sars,
I’m 26 years old, married and have a beautiful son. I realized in the last few years that I was pretty much a huge jerk for most of my first four years of college. …

Dear Sars,
When is it okay to come out and tell someone what you really think of them?
I’m in my late twenties and have…an acquaintance. Let’s call her Lola. For
several years, Lola and I have belonged …

Dear Sars,
About six months ago, my family lost our pet. Now, it’s just me and my parents, so to lose the dog that we’ve had since I was five and was my parents’ baby and …

Dear Sars,
I can’t even believe that I’m in this situation.
I am 28, a professional with a well-paying (85K) job in a large eastern seaboard city. I’ve been dating “the one” for almost a year now …

Sars —
How much hot sauce is too much hot sauce? And who gets to decide that burning issue?
Here’s the background: I am a Latina from the southwest. I was brought up eating extremely spicy food …

Sars,
I am a big fan of your site, and I am hoping that you can set me
straight on if my sister-in-law is loony, or if I am just rude.
The background is that my husband and …

Hey Sars,
I have an ongoing dilemma for which I would like your advice and the advice
of your readers. I’m just overcoming life-long, slumping, cringing,
hair-in-the-face, shyness. When I’m around strangers, I tense up and feel
awkward. It’s …

I can answer “Why was I cursed to care about this?”‘s question. I was just checking on that point for a coworker the other day (I kept deleting her second space, and she kept adding …