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• July 27th, 2007

  Should I tell my ex's family that he's decided to become a "drifter"?

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• July 23rd, 2007

  What's a great, afforable, clean gym in Brooklyn?

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• June 28th, 2007

  how do i quit my job with as little conflict as possible?

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• July 28th, 2007

  Should I tell my ex's family that he's decided to become a "drifter"?

  ALL: I guess I need to make clear that he is mentally unstable in the true clinical sense. He has been clinically diagnosed with some mental illnesses, but would never tell me which ones exactly (depression is almost certainly one of them). He was on meds for a little bit before we met but then took himself off of them to basically treat himself through things like the Master Cleanse and other herbs and pills he ordered online. @ Mightysphinx: This really has nothing to do with our breakup. It was a few months ago and neither of us has much attachment to the other any more. We were living together and he broke up with me in a pretty unexpected and rude way, but I was OK with it because I was beginning to see that he was not healthy and that I wouldn't be either if we stayed together.
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• July 23rd, 2007

  Should I go to art school?

  Take a year off, but don't let any of the decisions you make during that time be affected by your boyfriend. You're young and have a lot of growing to do, and you need to do it on your own terms, even if that means parting ways with someone you care about a lot. That might sound like something a preachy old lady would say, but trust me, it's just sound advice. I'm 23, and both of those things could have spared me a lot of difficulty over the past few years.
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• July 4th, 2007

  Does anyone have any experience with Amsterdam's red light district?

  when i was about 10 i was on vacation in amsterdam with my parents and -- supposedly -- we took a wrong turn and ended up there. i remember seeing a bunch of women standing naked in their windows with red lamps next to them and thinking that european women must not really care who sees them naked. i asked my mom questions about it at the time but she was busy trying to get me to look at the boats on the opposite side of the walkway. i didn't connect the dots until years later.
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• June 30th, 2007

  how do i quit my job with as little conflict as possible?

  Well to everyone who answered and is curious: I put in my notice today. It was a hectic day, so a lot of the people that I'm worried about upsetting don't know yet, but so far my boss, our department head and the HR director have been very congratulatory. I should have mentioned that I've already been accepted to the grad program -- which I applied to without much seriousness last winter (because I never dreamed I'd be accepted), before I was promoted to this position. Unfortunately, in response to some of the items above, a lot of this stuff is in my head, but we're early enough into the process that one month will be enough to document those things. The project is also partly in disarray, which I don't feel good about. But the program I'm going into will help me gain a slew of skills and help me transition into a different but related field, which is a goal of mine that extends far beyond the life of this project. In short: Though my timing is pretty awful, I do not anticipate having personal regrets about enrolling in this program, which at the end of the day is really what this is all about. Thanks so much to everyone who commented. I have been grappling with this for months and needed the support/nudge.
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