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April 2015

My sister’s stalker

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] He accosted her on the street and forced her into his car. She went to the police and they did nothing Cary’s classic column from Thursday, May 24, 2012 Dear Cary, My younger sister is a 21-year-old college student who is “trapped” in an abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend, who is...

Why am I attracted to my stalker?

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Dear Cary: I am writing to you for writing advice, more specifically, if it’s ever a good idea to write a fictional story based on an event that has happened in the author’s personal life. Let me be more specific. For the past six months, I have been the victim of cyberstalking. It began as a flirtation in an online chatroom and transformed into an obsession with me that involved the...

The bride fired her bridesmaid — me!

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] Cary’s classic column from THURSDAY, DEC 10, 2009 I guess I’m guilty of conduct unbecoming a bridesmaid — but I thought she chose me for who I am Dear Cary, I was asked by a dear friend to be her maid of honor. I was immediately a little worried. I’m not into traditional wedding...

I’m losing it in public

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] Airport foul-ups, traffic tie-ups, rude taxi drivers … I’ve had it! Cary’s classic column from TUESDAY, JAN 20, 2009 Dear Cary, I am married with three children, and have a responsible and professional job as a writer that puts me in the public eye a bit. The other day I took two...

My husband won’t touch me — what can I do?

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I want desperately to have a child, and so does he. Cary’s classic column from WEDNESDAY, FEB 23, 2005 Dear Cary, I am married to the man of my dreams — except for one thing: He won’t touch me. I’m not just talking about sex; I mean he’s averse to basic human contact. We’re down to a chaste kiss as he leaves for work, an occasional hug when I ask, and sometimes another chaste good-night kiss...

A bohemian in the Cheesecake Factory

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] I’m an INFJ working undercover at JCrew/Abercrombie/Banana Republic/Sephora/Barneys/Apple/Eddie Bauer Town Cary’s classic column from Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010 Dear Cary, I’m a worldly, well-traveled, experienced and vibrant woman, still young (age 55), I have a wide network of interesting...

I should have gone to my aunt’s funeral

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] I could have gone, I should have gone, but I thought about the money and my other plans! Cary’s classic column from FRIDAY, APR 25, 2008 Dear Cary, I just got done listening to this beautiful essay on NPR. Someone wrote in to say, “Always Go to the Funeral.” I’m writing you because I...

A student has approached me about his crisis of faith

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] Should I tell a fundamentalist Christian student what I really think? Cary’s classic column from FRIDAY, JAN 27, 2006 Dear Cary, I am a doctoral student/teaching assistant in English literature at a prestigious public school on the West Coast. Yesterday evening, one of the students from...

I’m obsessed with being a hipster

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 I left my heart in Williamsburg, though I’m secretly a nerd. Cary’s classic column from THURSDAY, APR 12, 2007 Dear Cary, I am obsessed with hipsterdom. I don’t know why, or what to do about it. I am not a hipster. I never have been. But I have always been on the outward edges, knowing what hip is, knowing people who were hip, while remaining nerdy myself. When I was younger, back in high...

My dad threatened to shoot us all and chop us into pieces

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[button link=”mailto:advice@carytennis.com” newwindow=”yes”] Write for Advice[/button] I’m not sure how much filial devotion I owe my father, now that he’s talking about buying a rifle. Cary’s classic column from WEDNESDAY, APR 4, 2007 Dear Cary, Since our mother’s death four and a half years ago, the burden of caring for our elderly father has fallen to my siblings and me...

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