Letters to the Editor
AnnieOrchids
Published Letters: 136 Editor's Choice: 6
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Me too
[Read the article: I'm mentally ill but I'm no mass killer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm glad someone wrote about mental illness and the VT tragedy. I am bipolar and get into trouble very, very quickly when I am off my meds, and like the LW have a few people who will probably never forgive me. I think it's important about Cho that he was acting on reality as he knew it to be. I don't think he was a monster, he really (or at least it seems it) to think he was being persecuted, etc. The failure lies in the mental health system and the ease of getting a gun. I have noticed over the years that there is less compassion than there used to be for people with mental illness, and Chos rampage will definitely make it worse.
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Wow what concern for the inmates
[Read the article: Will Schwarzenegger's new death chamber actually help inmates?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seven years ago someone just out of jail for molesting an 11 year old girl broke into my 73 year old aunts home. He raped her with a broom handle, slit her throat, and laughed about it as he walked down the street covered with her blood. Rather than be so concerned with the comforts of the inmates, the write should be concerned with what happened to their victims. My aunt lived, in a sort of way, with pain every day of her remaining life. Wow, so some death row is hard, and sometimes inmates getting the needle are in pain. GLAD TO HEAR IT.
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Something to look at...
[Read the article: I'm so anxious I can't think straight]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]LW, I felt some of the same anxieties that you mention in my early 30s (I'm in my mid 40s now). I also had some 'lost years' and wondered about my parents getting cancer, which also runs in my family, or giving them grandchildren. What happened over time is that I was divorced, I learned I could not have children, and now I am the one with metastic cancer and they are caring for me.
I am learning, very slowly, painfully, but learning, to appreciate what is and not to anticipate future problems. Sure, it's always a good idea to work on your relationship with your father. Do it. Use prayer, or whatever spiritual discipline you have, to let you of your anxieties, and for heavens sake, stop mediating yourself with booze, I've also been there and done that!
But remember there is a great deal in life that you have absolutely control over, and enjoy the moments you do have with your parents. Tomorrow will reveal itself, for good or ill.
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I was married to a male adult child....run away! run away!
[Read the article: I feel terrible about leaving but I have to go]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear LW - the semi-adult I was married to was spoiled, manipulative, and incredibly selfish. Same kind of lover as you described too. Those traits got worse, I would give in when he would whine, then hated myself for giving in, then more whining. Then he'd give me something to make up for whatever and it was horrible. It got bad. Very bad. The marriage ended with my second suicide attempt. After my first suicide attempt, he didn't tell anyone that he had figured out that I wanted to die. Nope. As long as things went his way, more often than not, it didn't matter. He loves you "in his way" as you said, but that isn't love.
Run away!
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It's a fun romp...
[Read the article: "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's what I thought, anyway. Yeah, the plots a bit confusing and it was difficult to tell what Calypso (to me anyway) was saying but still a lot of fun, worth a matinee and a big box of popcorn.
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I've been where the step dad is...
[Read the article: My girlfriend's stepfather is a real a-hole ... and a dying man]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]LW, you are only a recent boyfriend. The stepdad doesn't know if you are here today, gone tomorrow, why on earth should he care about you? I HAVE CANCER AND I AM DYING. I can tell you that terminal illness narrows your focus considerably. Cary was right on the money this time, the guy doens't care about you, and there is no reason he should. If you really want to be a man, do what Cary suggests. Focus on your girlfriend. Help the guy if you can. YOU are not the focus here, you're a side-player in one of the toughest plays any of us will ever star in. If you can't, if you can only focus on your feelings of this memoment, the stepdad might not be an asshole, the asshole sounds to be you.
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Its been my experience....
[Read the article: It has been 10 months and he still won't say "I love you"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...that when you have sex with someone before he says I love you, AND more importantly, demonstrates through actions that he loves you, that you won't get his love. Maybe you will have better luck with your guy in your 20s than I have with my guy (we are both in our 40s). This was a hard lesson for me to learn.
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He's lucky he's a man.,,
[Read the article: I'm younger than that now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am a woman nearing 50 and trying to date again. I am reasonably attractive - all importantly, skinny - but it's nearly impossible getting dates with men my age who want women in their 20s. Sure, it's hard getting old as a male, but as a woman, once you hit 40 you may as well be dead.
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Maybe your mother could move in with you?
[Read the article: My mother's sister is a psychopath!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...maybe this is a possibility. Get your mother safe, then get rid of the apartment - since it seems like it's going to be lost, anyway. Also, maybe your mother would like one of the assisted living places, my grandmother lives in one and she loves it.
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I enjoyed the article very much...
[Read the article: Portrait of a princess, interrupted]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...because Diana was an interesting person, and I'm going to buy this book. Her story has the elements of a good summer read - royalty, wealth, romance, etc. I fear Brown is mistaken, I think if Diana hadn't died when she did... she was well on the way to becoming Eurotrash. I recall the press openly laughing about who Di would have sex with next. Overall, however, I find Diana's saga a nice break from the awful stuff going on right now with Bush & Co, the ever-increasing problem trying to earn a living as a member of the middle class when the ecnomy is going to hell, etc...
Hummm...I have a space just right here in my beach bag for the book.....