I live in a nice suburb and have two well-adjusted children, a 6-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl. The problem is the... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I would like to contribute an item for your stupid-crook collection. This appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune. -- J... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

Our son and his wife adopted a beautiful little girl when she was 7 days old. The child soon will be 4 years of age, an... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I belong to an informal dinner club that meets once a month for dinner in one of our homes. One of the women has appoin... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

My wife has cancer. We have been battling it for six years, and short of a major miracle, she will die from it. I am no... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I am the grandmother of a child who was put up for adoption. It was an open adoption, which means the adoptive parents ... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

A co-worker in my office told me she wanted to see a Broadway show. I have a friend, "Harry," who gets tickets for me. ... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I just read the letter from "Hey You" in Florida, whose mother-in-law wouldn't call her by name. My own daughter has n... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I am a 20-year-old college student living with three other roommates the same age. One of our roommates, "Gloria," is c... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

My 32-year-old daughter is getting married for the second time. My daughter and I have a good relationship, but my ex-w... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I could not resist the opportunity to tell "Freaking Out in California" how right she is. Cellphone users have become d... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I have a relative who has diabetes and must take insulin shots after every meal. He makes quite a production of it, tes... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

Several years ago, I enclosed this clipping from the Oregon Register-Guard when I sent out my Christmas cards to all my... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I was recently invited to the wedding of a family member and was appalled at what was included with the invitation. It ... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

My husband and I have been married for 30 years. He is Italian, and I am Canadian. I speak only English. Whenever we ... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I am getting married next year to a wonderful guy. His mother passed away when he was very young. My future father-in-l... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

My sister is a dwarf and has been confined to a wheelchair for the past nine years. Since I was a small child, I have h... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

Please tell me why normally intelligent people seem to take leave of their senses at Christmas time? I refer to those i... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

Have Americans forgotten there is such a thing as verb tense? I am shocked when I hear people say "woulda came," "could... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments

I recently gave a dinner party. I prefer to serve my guests myself and tried to be emphatic about it, but one guest ins... [More]

November 30, 2014 - 25 comments