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The Vine: February 13, 2002
February 13, 2002 – 1:14 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
Rather than lying awake nights worrying about whether my new website will net me a stalker (okay, I exaggerate slightly — and that is on the off chance anyone will actually read it!), I …

The Vine: December 12, 2001
December 12, 2001 – 7:37 PM | No Comment

Sars,
I need help with my husband and his predilection for porn.
There was a time about five or six years ago that we would read erotic fiction to enhance our sex lives.But as our relationship continued, …

The Vine: November 29, 2001
November 29, 2001 – 8:31 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I am 19 years old, and have never been in a real committed relationship. During the last year I had on-and-off relationships with two guys. With one guy we did not get very far …

The Vine: November 15, 2001
November 15, 2001 – 4:08 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have kind of an unconventional problem.Reading your column (and, well, existing in society), I’m confronted on all sides with love and sex and romance.It seems like that’s all people ever talk about at …

The Vine: November 8, 2001
November 8, 2001 – 7:25 PM | No Comment

Sars,
If it were my advice column (which, admittedly, it’s not), I wouldn’t be so quick to encourage “A Grateful Reader” to a do-or-die confrontation with her husband.
First of all, there are lots of physical issues …

The Vine: November 7, 2001
November 7, 2001 – 7:12 PM | No Comment

Hiya Sars.
I am in need of one of your patented nuggets of witty yet insightful wisdom — I hope you can help me out.
Me: 26, smart, funny, a little on the shy and reserved side …

The Vine: October 31, 2001
October 31, 2001 – 11:41 PM | No Comment

Ah, porn.Everyone’s got an opinion about it.
If you recall, I ran a letter from a woman who didn’t know whether she should tell her former semi-friend about the former semi-friend’s fiancé’s incest-porn habit, and I …

The Vine: August 24, 2001
August 24, 2001 – 2:57 PM | No Comment

Sars,
Hoping you can help with this, but it helps just to rant for a bit.
Why is it that EVERY female on the planet is hooking up except me?
No, I know, you hear that all the …

The Vine: August 14, 2001
August 14, 2001 – 10:18 PM | No Comment

Sars,
Again, your response to SJJD just rocks. There is a superb book called Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation by Leora Tanenbaum that might be valuable for all parties involved to read, as …

The Vine: August 10, 2001
August 10, 2001 – 4:21 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I just read the letter from Stuck in the Middle and figured I would comment on it, since I have had a similar issue with a friend of my boyfriend’s, and I have a …