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The Vine: June 2, 2000
June 2, 2000 – 9:59 AM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,I’ve written to you before about my friend, the one who had been using both myself and the other member of our trio to take up time before her boyfriend was available.
Well, it’s been …

The Vine: June 1, 2000
June 1, 2000 – 9:55 AM | No Comment

Hi Sarah,My roommate moved in with me in February. Prior to her moving in, I lived in my two-bedroom apartment by myself. I am the only person on the lease, which expires this month. I …

The Vine: May 25, 2000
May 25, 2000 – 12:16 PM | No Comment

My best friend has been married to a verbally and emotionally abusive man (Bob) for two years. They have a two-year-old son, whom I adore. I have tried in the past to stay out of …

The Vine: May 18, 2000
May 18, 2000 – 12:22 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
I want to SKULL-FUCK my best friend’s fiancée.
Okay, maybe that’s a wee bit extreme. I don’t really want to cause her any harm in the literal sense, but I do want her to cease …

The Vine: May 17, 2000
May 17, 2000 – 12:23 PM | No Comment

Sarah,
Here is my problem, I have been friends with my best friend for about fifteen years and we have been through a lot together. Lately, it seems we have nothing in common anymore. She is …

The Vine: May 10, 2000
May 10, 2000 – 12:30 PM | No Comment

Dear All-Knowing Omnipotent Sarah (hee hee!),
Okay, here’s my problem. I am a junior in high school and I have been in love with one of my good guy friends for about a year. I didn’t …

The Vine: May 1, 2000
May 1, 2000 – 9:43 AM | No Comment

There’s this slut-face I know. We hate each other but have mutual friends. I found out that the slut-face was messing around [with] her best friend’s boyfriend. So, I told the best friend what was …

The Vine: April 27, 2000
April 27, 2000 – 7:50 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have a netiquette question for you. WAY back in the day, when I first got an email account through my university and could only access it and newsgroups, I struck up an email …

The Vine: April 21, 2000
April 21, 2000 – 7:43 PM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,I switched schools this year. I went from a small Catholic school I had been at for eight years to a prep school on the other side of town, the east side. At the …