Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 121 Editor's Choice: 6
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You should be the writer
[Read the article: My dad is a writer -- a very, very bad writer!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do you have any aspirations for writing? If so, you should start work on a novel or screenplay based on your father and his terrible writings, requests for critiques, etc. It sounds like a good story that I'd pay to read or watch. So, try writing stories about it, develop them, and use his continued work as material. Then you won't hate it so much, and after he dies you'll be able to complete the work and possibly sell it. Maybe you can even include some of his worst passages in your work, to make it authentic and to possibly grant his wish for really getting some of his work published.
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Bad Advice
[Read the article: My ex-con neighbor owes me money]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That is the worst advice I've ever seen. The writers on here have given you all the right info - write this debt off as a learning experience, and don't do work for free anymore unless you are prepared (with the forms and how to go about it) to file a mechanic's lien on any vehicle you work on.
Next time, don't help this guy. If his son does any more vandalism, call the police. If he threatens to kick your ass for trying to collect a debt, call the police. In most states that is a crime ("intimidation").
If you don't want him to think you are a pussy, have part of Cary's conversation with him, but tell him that he is a piece of shit you don't want to speak to anymore and you are not going to try to collect the debt anymore because you think he is a pathetic loser.
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Safety Deposit Box
[Read the article: I left an abusive marriage, and now I'm in love with a thief]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A safe in the home you share is not very useful - he likely will be able to access it sooner or later. Go to your bank and get a safety deposit box, your name only, and put your info in there.
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Stop the madness
[Read the article: I'll be alone for Christmas -- merrily!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know it wasn't the LW's intent, but it would be nice if one could coopt her sentiment and mass market it to the next generation to please stop trying to force your kids and their spouses/SO's and offspring to travel to mom's/grandma's/ whomever's house for a holiday celebration. If they want to see you and you want to see them, fine, but this guilt and demand that families get together at a specified time on a specified day is absurd. Most people have families, so their spouses do as well, and people cannot be everywhere at once. My family did not travel as a kid anywhere (my parents refused to travel to my granparents), but had great christmases at home. Now my parents want all the kids and grandkids to travel to them. Everyone needs to be reasonable and stop this madness. Don't travel if you don't want to, even if it is across town. And tell everyone in your family it is OK if they stay home. Maybe in 20 yrs everyone will just stay home on Christmas.
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Self-centered?
[Read the article: My married boyfriend's ditching me for Christmas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think the LW is the most self-centered person in that relationship. Cary was nice, but his response should have been "Duh."
Do you really want to go hang out with his family this year? If you guys stay together, there will be plenty of those and you'll wish you didn't have to go - probably 2 years from now you'll be writing in asking why your new MIL is so self-centered that she wants her son and you to travel to her house for Christmas. Merry Fucking Christmas!
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Leave
[Read the article: Cops arrested my partner for felony heroin possession]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Consider your $22k in her rehab and legal issues your buyout. You want to be free of her, and you should be. There is zero benefit to you staying in a relationship you have already moved on from just for appearances. The relationship as it was is over and you cannot go back. Don't worry about being seen as the "bad guy" - you can't control that, and in the end no one will make you the bad one in a comparison with a herion using liar. Protect your child, don't be vindictive, and you will all be better off.
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Oh Come On . . .
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I absolutely despise the Pats, their coach, owner and players, and cannot stand the constant drumbeat of people saying Brady is the best ever, Bellichick is the greatest, etc.
But come on! It has seemed impossible for any team to go undefeated in the NFL for at least the last 20 years. Avoiding bad performances, injuries, and other teams gunning for you, not to mention the whole idea of resting players for the playoffs. This was a huge accomplishment, period. It is outstanding. Stop arguing it. It doesn't make them the greatest team ever, just like it didn't make the '72 Dolphins the greatest team ever. But you have to acknowledge the feat.
The run to be undefeated may have been to much for them - we'll see what they have left for the playoffs. Ravens, Eagles, Jets, Colts and Giants all showedthe Patriots are totally beatable, and you have to admit that the Pats defesne is old and not really very good (which explains the effort the offesne has made to run up scores and protect them). I think they are going to lose soon, but even if they do, they have done something better than the Dolphins.