Did Dear Prudence get linked to by another site? It seems weird that we have a whole pile of new people discussing last week's letters. It sort of makes me sad....

The editors are just obsessed with all the people who are obseessed with people who are obsessed with the partners' past sex lives.

Whoa. Sounds like we're approaching an infinite loop! That could be dangerous. I'll save us by being completely uninterested in anyone's partners' past sex lives. Well, unless they're cute. Then I might be interested.

Would that be in a research capacity? Perhaps some field work?

;-D

I don't know they always insist on linking an OLD column in MSN. It makes the Fray too cluttered with old news to be fun to read.

My theory is either they are trying to shut us up about this week's column; or more likely, they didn't get high enough ratings last week, and are trying to boost them after the fact.

So - you mean to say that you don't enjoy 100 mostly pointless posts about something you were already bored to death discussing?

I have the feeling this "talked out" letter is another of THOSE letters, like the breastfeeding thread that wouldn't...freaking...die. I have noted, however, that when I enter the fray from Prudie's column, I do NOT get this hogwashery from old posts, just the new stuff related to the latest Prudie, chronologically. If I go to the link in the upper left under the ENTER THE FRAY line that says:

The Fray Dear Prudence

And click on the "Dear Prudence" link, the filters go away and I get screaming idiocy that will not go away. That post by Reality14, for instance. Got my ass hair all knotted on that idiot.