Have Good Luck — Learn Chinese!

Dear Short Answers: I  think that people at work are laughing at me behind my back but I can’t figure out why. How do I find out what’s going on? Butt of Joke Dear BOJ: Either a) You are paranoid and they ARE NOT laughing at you or b) They ARE laughing at you but [...]

Old game/New Rules

Dear Short Answers: I have a very young friend at work who has started to get very affection toward me — like putting his hand on my leg during a meeting or giving me a hug when we say hello or goodbye.  I am 52 and he is probably in his late 20s.  I can’t [...]

Spare Yourself

Dear Short Answers: When people say “stop me if you’ve heard this before,” is it really okay to stop them? Its’ a 3peat Dear 3peat: Yes its okay.  Just smile when you say “rerun.” Like Unlike

Sounds Good to Us

Dear Short Answers: How do I get my wife more interested in watching porn with me? I find it really turns me on and I’d like to share this experience with her. Excited Dear E: Just tell her. It really turns you on and the absolute very best would be sharing. Like Unlike

Nightmare in the Sky

Dear Short Answers: How do you handle a screaming baby who is sitting two rows away from you on a cross country airplane flight?  And the mother refuses to even acknowledge that there is a problem?  I called the flight attendant who basically told me to mind my own business.  I thought I was going [...]

Reading the Tea Leaves

Dear Short Answers: How do you get over having a crush on someone at work?  Especially when the other person is clearly not interested in you.  But I have to see him everyday and that is just driving me crazy.  I don’t want to make a fool of myself.  But I also don’t want to [...]

Declaration of Independence

Dear Short Answers: I am 22 years old and just graduated from college. I want to do something exciting before I settle down to a job and family. My parents gave me $10,000 as a graduation present to do anything I wanted with. I am planning to use the money to travel to Africa and [...]

A House Divided

Dear Short Answers: Do you think two people should get married if they have wildly different political, religious and social views? Still Standing Dear SS: Well, it depends on who’s winning.    But truly, it depends on if you like fighting all the time.  Politics and Religion and Social Issues are kinda the meat of [...]

This Is Called Enabling

Dear Short Answers: I have a child who is a college senior and can’t get his financial act together. He works part time and spends every cent. Up until a couple years ago, I took care of transferring his money into savings and that worked until I told him he needed to take care of [...]

This One Is Easy!

Dear Short Answers: A group of us from my office have been going out to a karaoke bar about once or twice a month for about a year. We all sing maybe one or two songs and just have a good time. The problem is that one of the girls has decided that she is [...]

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