Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 517 Editor's Choice: 21
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Wish I was in Berkeley listening to poetry and music....
[Read the article: My husband is groping my sister]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and not reading this. This makes me angry. You sound so desperate and impotent! Not that I don't know what that feels like, not that I haven't made an ass out of myself in the name of "love" in the past. (Cringe, wince, choke.) But really, girl, you've gotta get some fresh air or something. We all make mistakes but we don't have repeat them and allow them to define us!
Let me see if I can recap: Hubby goes out of his way to be alone with your sister, gropes her, they kiss or she is kissed by him. This happens more than once. You just recently found out and now you are hearing different things from each. First reaction: What a bunch of losers. Your husband, your children, your sister and your family are damaged, perhaps irreparably because one or both could not keep their hands to themselves. One or both valued the release of their horniness over the value of family, vows, blood. That's what it sounds like and that is pathetic.
Alcoholism and drunken behavior I can wrap my mind around. People mess up when they have an addiction, and they lie. But this is just a remake of a formulaic late night soap opera. I can't believe people do things like this to each other because they want to get off. Drunk or not, this is an abomination. Cary is right, you are responsible for you, and your husband is responsible to get responsible. If there are kids and there is a wife, it isn't just about him and his pathetic self-serving needs anymore.
Make your escape plan and make it sweet. Never look back.
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What's that called?
[Read the article: Report: Obama says no to Clinton-Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A large portion of the female vote and the black vote, combined. That would be called a landslide. But could they work together? I guess we won't have to spend any time on that question, since Obama already said no to a Q not asked by Clinton.
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You can't be serious
[Read the article: If Britney Spears shouldn't be naked in front of her kids, what about me?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What? You are focusing on Britney Spears and her Motherhood issues? What's next, Michael Jackson's thoughts on sleepover camps? Cary is right, who knows what these people are like. We are hearing and seeing only a single facet. In some cases, that is all there is... the 2D, but that is another discussion.
Naked is fantastic, and more importantly, it's natural. What is appropriate for you in this situation is that you are a normal healthy person and that you continue to behave in that manner. Your kids are v. young and soon, since you are such an attentive and sensitive mom, you'll notice when they give you the "TMI" look. Or maybe they won't, who knows.
The point is not to let the tabloids and the "experts" (oooh, an expert in pietism!) dictate what you do in your home. How about focusing on the violence your children will definitely see (and probably experience) in their young lives? Some Mom-skin flashing around the house, well, that's just gonna happen everyday unless your home is 12,000 sq ft and you never get undressed.
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waffling tonight
[Read the article: My girlfriend's daughter is dressing like a stripper for Halloween!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seeing this letter, originally I was tempted to say, " I am so sick of this whole stripper thing. The idea that more is more and that anyone can be really sexy is done to death (no pun). It makes me wonder where the brain cells are hiding."
Then I thought I'd ask, "Can't someone make an original costume? Does everyone dressing up want to be "hot", as in "french maid" (puke) or catwoman. What about the hot iron, hot stove, or the hot lava( you could be a volcano )?" OK, that's as dumb as the maid but who cares.
Then I read Cary's letter, which is like an ode to Burning Man or Carnivale and I have to agree. Choose your battles. Maybe this one isn't worth it. What's so bad about wanting to bring your bad side out for an eve anyway? I know, she's young, but prob not as sheltered as you'd like to think.
P.S. One of the best costumes I've seen was a road, complete with roadkill and skidmarks. I suppose that might be lost on the teen pop.
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This could be a good read...
[Read the article: "It's Britney, bitch"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but JH, I can't read anything past this: "Our head-shaving, drug-abusing, rehab-escaping, ProTools-needing, coochie-flashing, K-Fed-marrying, K-Fed-divorcing, child-welfare-endangering, bonkers-going, MTV Video Music Awards-appearance-flubbing bitch."
I am laughing too hard!
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Aslan2
[Read the article: Hypocrite much?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"He does this sort of thing unchecked and unquestioned all the time."
Hallelujah! Simple and true words you wrote. Who in the media does he own? I think this same thing almost every day.
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This one's out of my league
[Read the article: I'm addicted to Harry Potter fan fiction!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm speechless.