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When childhood invades adulthood
When does chidhood stop negatively affecting adulthood? I am late 20's, beautiful daughter, loving husband and a healthy career. Yet, I am as moody, irritable and impulsive as my mother!! I don't want these traits to destroy my daughter's childhood or adult life...or destroy my marriage. My husband and I talk about it often and I've seen a ...
Posted to The Chat Room by Blossom in Bloom on October 27, 2009
Art is useful
If it weren't for the artistic mind, that dares to wander beyond the known world, we would still be sitting in our caves by the fire. Heck, fire wouldn't have been invented.
Posted to The Chat Room by Petra Megens on September 14, 2009
Conflicted - Prudence's "Advice"
Prudence calls herself an advice columnist, yet her advice to the Conflicted guy is to basically call him ''stupid'' and tell him to ''stop acting like a horny teenager''?!? Please, with advice like that Prudence might as well wear a t-shirt that says ''I Hate Men''. Clearly the sister-in-law is not innocent in all of this, as she seems to be ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by ArmTanz on September 10, 2009
Ordering a drink w/ a recovering alcoholic
While I agree wholeheartedly that it's ok to order meat in front of a vegetarian or pork in front of an observant Jew or Muslim, I feel that it's wrong to order a drink when dining with a recovering alcoholic if it can be avoided. Clearly if an alcoholic friend is having dinner with a big group of people he or she can't expect the whole party to ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by mpbc416 on June 26, 2009
21 y.o. "boy"
First of all, he stopped being a boy like, 5 years-ago. Secondly, the idea that he needs ''professional intervention'' is quite ludicrous. In what world is not being the captain of the football team and living on your own at 21 considered a maladaptive psychiatric disorder? ''Your stepson needs a full medical and psychological work up to get to ...
Posted to The Chat Room by el_barto2 on June 24, 2009
Volunteer Work
One of the best lessons I ever learned about service came after an agonizing trip to Mexico where I and 20 others spent a week painting fences and pouring concrete at a rural church. All of us were frustrated and disappointed: We wanted to practice our Spanish and interact with the locals! We wanted to change lives! We wanted to save everyone! We ...
Posted to The Chat Room by anotherportlander on June 1, 2009
Understanding "Sad and Fed Up"
Prudie, I understand how Sad and Fed Up feels, because I'm in a very similar situation. I am dating a very kind, loving gentleman with two adorable, charming girls. However, when the girls visit every weekend, they walk all over me and trash my house. I work full time and spend my evenings Monday through Wednesday cleaning my house so the ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by fullowoe on April 24, 2009
Prudence - Smiles & InLaws
These two really hit home. For the non-smiler, agreed, once you get a bit older, you hear this a lot less. I still get it once in a while. I've done everything from glaring to saying ''My dad just died of cancer, a*****e'' to asking why I should smile to make THEM feel better. She's right, a smart-assed grin usually works the best all around, ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by jooliek on January 23, 2009
Karma's Bitch Boy-YOU HAVE MISSED THE BOAT ON THIS ONE!
Dear Prudence, I read the letter and your response to Karma's Bitch Boy today and am shocked and horrified by your response!! I do not know what, if any, professional training you have as a counselor or therapist, but your response was ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE for the following reasons: 1. In almost any state, the young man would have been a ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by alexmominmd on January 18, 2009
Dear Crabby - the curious case of benjamin butthole edition
Dear Crabby, I am a divorced daddy dating a divorced mommy. While making uh-uhs she complimented me on lasting more than 3 minutes. With all the TV advertising of Viagra and other performance enhancing drugs, how much do I need to confess? — Lay Confidential Dear The Dork Night, Rumor has it that the incoming Obama administration will ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by baltimore aureole on January 8, 2009

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