Letters to the Editor
AnnieW
Published Letters: 1211 Editor's Choice: 31
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"Had to" get married
[Read the article: Isn't 16 a little young for marriage? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One more thing, we don't know that this marriage isn't happening because the bride "has to" get married.
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Not middle of the road
[Read the article: Isn't 16 a little young for marriage? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]While I respect and admire Anne in NYC's reason for not letting her offensive Aunt attend events in her home, does this also mean that other relatives cannot invite the Aunt to other events if they want to see Anne, too? Is the rest of the family cut off if they tolerate the old, bigoted woman?
I see not attending the wedding as closer to the second scenario, which I don't agree with.
The LW is not sponsoring the wedding, not throwing parties, not participating in the ritual herself, she being asked to attend. Her blessing isn't required. She should attend because she loves her husband and daughter and they are going to attend.
Also, the girl getting married isn't dropping out of school, she's not in high school in the first place. If her home schooling education has been sound this will be okay and can be worked around, if not, the damage has already been done and married or not, she'll have problems in the workforce.
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Bridesmaid age? An issue?
[Read the article: Isn't 16 a little young for marriage? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay, maybe it's just me, but in ALL branches of our family the bridemaids are frequently close family, in addition to close friends and the family have been has young as 14.
All the women (my siblings, cousins and children are ALL females) who married were a wide variety of ages, but frequently picked a close neice, the groom's young sister, etc. to be part of the wedding party.
I've never heard that this is some kind of taboo, but if it is, people who diapprove can get over it and themselves.
BTW, the weddings where this has occured have been Catholic, Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran and even one presided over by a very eccentric judge.
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The Clinton's
[Read the article: Economy loses jobs for the first time in four years]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No, not Bill's fault, finally. It's Hillary's fault, you see it's like this...
Hillary is doing good in the polls, we all know Dems just want to ruin the economy, they're really just commies intent on class warfare, etc., so the markets are just waking up the fact that democracy and free markets will be destroyed in the next election, hence the markets are dropping, company's are laying off and confidence is dropping like a stone.
If you think this is over the top, just read the WSJ opinion page, or worse yet, the online letters to the editor.
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Silenced
[Read the article: Thompson proposes a new gay marriage amendment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Umm, I've yet to see one conservative say that they are for "big government", and yet they still support the war on drugs, bloated military spending, corporate handouts, etc.
You can be a one issue voter (and writer) but at least find out where the candidate stands before assuming that a conservative that says "small government" means they might legalize marijuana.
BTW, if you read this article, you'd see that mister small footprint wants to interfere with state's rights regarding gay marriage....not such a small government guy at all, in my book.
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Reinvention
[Read the article: I'm a new university student. How do I make friends?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was very shy when I was in high school. My nickname was 45, as in degrees, because I would lean away from people talking to me and into the wall when walking by a group. The fact that I was called 45 also tells you the friends I did have were considered nerds.
In college I was a blank slate, no one knew me, no preconceptions, but that can backfire in wierd ways, so don't judge too quickly, and don't fret weird assumptions that strangers have about you.
A girl that eventually became one of my best friends (still) judged me very harshly as being "preppy" and snobby our first day in Physics because I was dressed in the nicest outfit I had ever owned, had fixed my hair, wore make-up, etc. and was still "shy" so didn't speak to anyone.
I had never even dated in High School, but had a bad reputation quickly in college due to some insecure guys in my classes outright lying about me. That actually worked out in my favor, since at least made me approachable (!).
You will meet a few people without even trying through many of your classes. Working on projects together forces interaction and will do you good. I also signed up for physical ed classes each semester, and I was hardly athletically inclined. I couldn't afford a gym, but swimming, running, weightlifting, etc. really kept me active, introduced me to a wider set of people including another good friend who was as slow a runner as I was, and gave me an extra unit of A each semester to average into my GPA.
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The big, moral fight
[Read the article: I let my friends stay with me and now they're evicting me!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay, I agree the roommates totally are screwing the LW. But, unless this is an amazing, yet dirt cheap apartment in Manhattan or San Franciso (which I doubt, or he wouldn't need to share with others to be able to afford it) I say move. How much time, energy and $$$ should the LW be willing to spend on an apartment he can't afford?
The LW sounds like he needs financial help to move, he's not going to be able to afford a lawyer.
He should just find some nice share rental and move. He doesn't want to live with a newborn, sleeping through the night will be next to impossible for quite awhile.
It sucks, but I think he should pick his battles and again, all he would get from winning this is an apartment he can't afford. It's not worth it, even if he's "right".
He does need to get his name off of any leases or utilities right away, I wouldn't trust the roommates to be fair, they already have shown they're not.