AB Chao,
My husband and I don’t really drink much (just a good bottle of merlot every
so often), but we do like to entertain friends who enjoy mixed drinks. So,
what are the basic things that we …

Dear Sars,
Long-time listener, first-time caller.I’m trying to figure out where “suck it up and be a friend” ends and “be true to myself” begins.(I always swore that “if I ever wrote The Vine, I’d be …

Hi Sars,
I just wanted to query you and the Etiquette Anthropologist
on how far the rudeness goes.
You see, I don’t drink coffee, because I don’t like it.
There is also a list of fairly innocuous (to the …

Dear Sars,
My problem deals with my two closest friends,
“Ashley” and “Sam.”Ashley has always been a loner,
quiet and distant.As far as I know, Ashley started
cutting her arms last year.I honestly didn’t (and
don’t) think that she would …

Dear Sars,
I have been reading TN for a while now, and although I’m pretty new to The Vine, what I have read so far seems like great advice so I thought I’d ask you what …

Hey, Sars.
This problem is very high school, which annoys the fuck out of me as I’ve long since left that hell behind, but here goes.I have a very close guy friend — let’s say, “Mark.”I …

Sars, help me out. It is, of course, a boy problem.
I’m a freshman in college, and I’ve been writing Buffy fanfic since I
was twelve. He’s a sophomore, and vice-president of the anime club.
Halloween night, I …

Hi Sars,
I’ve a family problem that is really nagging me. A
little history first.
I am an only child of elderly parents, and going to
school for the arts at the most prestigious college in
my state. Frankly, I’m …

Dear Sars:
My husband and I are inexperienced party-throwers, and after much
deliberation we’ve finally decided to try our hand at entertaining. We sent
out invitations to friends we know from several different places, so that
everyone will have …

Dear Sars,
I suppose, when you get right down to it, mine is not a dilemma of the upmost importance, but the subject is really beginning to strain some of my friendships. The issue? Abortion. And …