Letters to the Editor
Anne in NYC
Published Letters: 321 Editor's Choice: 37
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20-something is younger then it used to be
[Read the article: Bringin' home the bacon, but no boyfriend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I live in NYC and I know lots of young women in their 20s who make over 100K. And yet no one in this NYT article was even a little bit familiar. The truth is I don’t know too many successful women (or men) in their 20s who are looking for a serious relationship. Most young people I know are happily playing the field into their 30s (and that’s still very young these days). They’re not looking to get married, have a couple of kids and buy a few rooms full of Pottery Barn furniture even if they can.
The successful 20-somethings I know are still young people. They enjoy rock shows, cool bars and eclectic groups of friends. For a young woman who works 70 hours week a guy with fewer work responsibilities but tons of social ins (like an artist, musician or bartender) is golden as that affords her the social outlet she might otherwise be lacking – I see that pairing all the time in NYC.
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This is all very funny.
[Read the article: Men on eHarmony seem obsessed with women who are "clean"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just the other night I was at a show and some guy nudged my friend and asked her if she was ‘cool.’ My friend replied that she was really very warm – she didn’t even see the joint the guy was trying to hand her.
I’ve never used eHarmony – but on most of the edgier, younger dating sites ‘clean’ has an agreed upon meaning. If someone is looking for a ‘clean’ partner it has to do with drugs and STDs. It’s an opportunity to get that safe sex conversation rolling as it begs the question, ‘what is clean to you?’
That said – it’s pretty clear to me that in this context they’re talking about being neat and tidy. Like I said – it’s really very funny.
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Re: what is the problem here?
[Read the article: Catholic Charities' birth control battle]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is the deal – for a long time NY State had too many hospital beds. With a choice of two hospitals in many areas (secular or Catholic) the result was both ‘businesses’ were loosing money and it was driving down the quality of medical care. So everyone got together and decided to let the legislator step in and decide on a solution. The solution was to close a bunch of hospitals.
So there isn’t a choice anymore – the area hospital that was allowed to stay now serves the entire community. So it’s not like you’ve got a choice of the secular hospital or the neighboring Catholic hospital anymore – you’ve just got the hospital that’s still open. So if you’re a nurse looking for a job a Catholic hospital is often the only game in town.
If Catholic Charities don’t like serving the medical needs of all the New Yorkers they hire and treat then it’s time for them to get out of the hospital business. Frankly – they should have known this was coming when they decided to submit to the decision of the State of NY. If Catholic Charities are acting shocked now it’s all a big act – this has been a long time in coming.
And the Rhythm Method? Someone dropped out of the Catholic Church in the ‘70s. These days ‘natural planning’ is very different.
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Reefer 101
[Read the article: Sex, drugs and my 15-year-old]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Two hits at the end of a show - if you're lucky that's an hour high and then you're just hungry and a little sleepy. By the time the last song had been played, this person exited the venue, got back to the car and managed to get out of the parking lot I can just about guarantee you they were sober and on the look out for a Taco Bell.
Still - you really shoudln't take candy from strangers.
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WTF?
[Read the article: Is Bill O'Reilly sorry now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because some liberals have done bad, misguided things it gives O’Reilly the right to accuse a child of enjoying his kidnapping and sexual torture?
I’ve got another quote for you: two wrongs don’t make a right.
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biological urges
[Read the article: And baby makes two]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The author felt a pull to have a biological child strongly enough to go though lots of really expensive medical procedures. I wonder that she never wondered about what her son’s biological urges to know his father’s side of his family might be like. Sure, there are plenty of adopted kids out there who really don’t care and I suppose this child could end up like that – but the author admits to not being that sort of person or she’d have adopted. It makes me wonder about how honest she’s being with herself. If it’s so important to her shouldn’t she want the same for her son?
I also think the fact that all of her male friends said ‘no’ speaks volumes. Most of us take this parent/child physical connection pretty seriously. This interview came off as a little shallow to me that it ignored those issues and concentrated on FedExing sperm to mom’s summer house.
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Sums up everything I’ve ever thought about animal rescue groups
[Read the article: Ellen, the dog bullies and me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This isn’t about Ellen and the specifics of her contract. This is about a rescue group concentrating so entirely on ONE dog that they’ve ended up wasting police time, getting themselves in a PR nightmare and pretty much ensuring that millions of people will not even consider a rescue group in the future.
These Mutts & Moms people could have placed dozens of dogs in perfectly suitable homes in the past few days but they’ve picked this nasty fight instead – it’s totally counter productive to their goal of finding homes for dogs.