Letters to the Editor
Cosmic Mojo
Published Letters: 684 Editor's Choice: 13
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She's made her peace with granny and that's the only one who matters.
[Read the article: My Southern grandmother is dying, and I don't want to go back]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Right, Granny is the only one who matters, and Granny is asking for her to call. So she has to Call. Maybe Granny hasn't made her peace yet and she's the one dying. And we agree this isn't about LW, it's about Granny, she's the only one who matters.
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you are responsible for you
[Read the article: Can I have my wedding money now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're responsible for yourself, you can't expect anyone else to take care of you. I was a single woman til age 43 and prior to marrying, I saved for and bought my own home. I wanted a house and knew that if there's something I want out of life, I can expect only 1 person to provide it: ME.
I went without for a long time, didn't get new outfits or eat out a lot like more young professionals. Just saved, used the library instead of Barnes & Noble, brewed my own coffee at home, and knew I could always rely on myself. I never expect anyone to take care of me.
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Does everyone understand how rich people keep their families rich? They put their money into their children.
[Read the article: Can I have my wedding money now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Actually, NO. They put their money into investments.
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oh good god almighthy
[Read the article: I have the hots for my stepson]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't believe we have to say this: be the grownup here and do right. Right is right. There's no rationalization or equivocation. The kid is 17 with raging hormones, it's perfectly natural for him to get lustful feelings for every MILF he encounters. He's a kid and just learning to deal with this. The burst of hormones at this age makes him bursting with lustful feelings and no expereince on how to deal with them.
It is YOUR job as a parent, as an adult to show him how to act responsibly. There is NO need to think about anything else but the right, responsible, mature route. DUH!!
If you even consider anything, you're sick and need to get counseling. A grown adult who wants sex with a child is sick. He may look hot, but he's still a child with a brain and expereince that's still developing. To considered any sort of relationship with someone who is not an equal shows a weakness on your part, a need to find someone powerless you can control. Seek help immediately since your sickness is so bad you're tempted to ignore all that is right.
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what's really bothering you? the inevitibility of death? seriously
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]when really little things start to bother you, it's usually an indication that big things are bothering you and you can't face them, so you express your anger by ranting against insignificant things. Who cares what they call it? We call it a TV, not television, CD rather than Compact Disk, etc. Debating your peeve is pointless, because it's not enough to make you angry, something else is making you angry.
Gussing you're a baby boomer (since you've been involved with environmentalism since the 70s), I bet you're depressed about aging. It's hard, but it's a chance to reassess your goals and redefine your life.
Don't turn into a cranky old man.
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one of my pet peeves is now the new phrase "went missing".
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it's not new, it's a very old Britist phrase. Try reading some classic British literature. There's a significant difference between British and American usage. I went the phrase is gaining use in the US thanks to British TV shows on the BBC. Oops, I meant television, not TV. 'Cuse me. oops, did it again.
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Wallah!
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]which is the incorrect spelling of the french Viola! (wihtout the accent mark)
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Only feminists would blame the husband.
[Read the article: I have the hots for my stepson]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]oh please, I'm as liberal feminist as they come and I called the woman sick for lusting after her stepSON.
Don't fight your own little fears out here.
Most everyone here, male and female criticized the woman and made no rationalizations for her thoughts.
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"a few bad apples." Don't they realize the expression ends with "spoil the whole barrel"?
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]lol, not if you're a Donny Osmond fan!!!
"one bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch girl!"
wee hee!
in other words, it's just an expression
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ok here's mine
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When people think they're ALWAYS supposed to use "I," like:
"Please send the report to Mary or I."
WRONG!
One uses whichever one would use if the sentence were singular. Since two people are mentioned, you mention yourself last, but you do not automatically use "I" just because 2 people are mentioned.
so:
"send the report to me." "Send the report to Mary or me."
"I need the report." "Mary and I need the report."
arrr, there's my pet peeve of the day.
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no
[Read the article: Somebody keeps biting my 2-year-old]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]don't change daycare--you're happy with them and that's great. Don't fix it is it ain't broke.
Your son and his peers will soon grow out of the biting phase and it will be over quicker than you could have found a new provider YOU LIKE AS MUCH, that you're as comfortable leaving your child with.
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are you getting help out of the therapy?
[Read the article: My therapist is making faces at me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it's a quirk. Every person has them. A therapist would tell you you're transferring some negative frustrations onto your therapist. Try to figure out what it is. Are you mad cuz you had to find a new therapist (trusted doctor retired?) and transferring that blame to the new therapist?
Now, if the new therapist isn't helping you, maybe you're subconsciously finding fault in her mannerisms rather than admit you're not clicking. If so, find a new therapist, cuz you need to be getting better and wasting time and money if you aren't receptive to healing is a waste.
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no you do NOT have to find a way to be OK with this!
[Read the article: My boyfriend is checking out chicks while I'm standing right there!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He does not respect you and it is dangerous to force yourself to be "OK" with staying with someone who does not respect you. All you really have in life is your sense of respect for yourself, your sense of honesty to yourself, being true to yourself, and your self-confidance. DO NOT say it's OK for your partner to treat you with disrespect. He knows what he's doing is offensive and disresepctful, there's no need to tell him. You may tell him you are going to start honoring your right to repectful treatment and if he wants a relationship, you expect him to respect you. This is just step one, in a life of disrepect. If you go along with it, you're telling him he doesn't have to treat you with respect. I guarantee you in a few years he'll be cheating.