A slight miss for me is the connection between the baby story and the other story which is the disappearance of people during Spain’s wars. I didn’t envelope the important civil war story as much as I should of or understand what the connection was. Maybe it’s a cultural thing? The...
The reason this is important to share is because I get so many “My husband left me for another woman” emails (and emails from men whose wives left) and what I see happen so often is that the person paints this picture in their head that everything is blissful with their ex and...
None of the previously mentioned elements are easy for me to notice and are more or less absent, but a grand battle scene in a luscious green field is very reminiscent of Barry Lyndon. This is likely because Spartacus was not Kubrick’s film entirely instead it belonged to others with more...
I will say one positive thing about the boys — and yes, I’m intentionally calling them boys instead of men after their shenanigans — and that is that their behavior is a nice subversion of a K-drama trope that usually saves the exaggerated love-triangle theatrics for when it’s two w...
Everyday my mum still gets super drunk and has done this since we were children. Weve spoken to her about it but every time we try she shouts and blames us for everything. We have had a few problems lately and she gets more drunk than normal. She takes it all out on me and my ...
First Time for Everythingby Henry Fry (May 10th) Danny Scudd is absolutelyfine. He always dreamed of escaping the small-town life of his parents’ fish and chip shop, moving to London, and becoming a journalist. And, after five years in the city, his career isn’texactlyawful, and his...
He blames me for not saying her hair would be so bright, although it turned out like the reference pictures on the packet for platinum blonde. He claims he only looked at the hair colour of the model in front, although her colour is less vibrant as she goes from brown to copper. ...
When the boss blames Molly for what he sees on-screen, not realizing Molly sees it so differently, it drives the already-distraught girl into pure raving hysteria. Clearly we cannot trust what we think we’re seeing through Molly’s eyes… or even through Molly’s video camera. Gretchen ...
Q. If my child comes to me and tells me he is being bullied, what is the best thing to do? I would say let your child talk about it. Listen in a non-judgmental way about your child and about the teaser. Let your kid do the talking. Don’t try to solve the problem. Ask your...
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my elder brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college.For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, “Enjoy your four years…they go by fast.” I remember not believing him then, but looking back…he ...