Comments on: Advice column advice of the week

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:24:03 +0000

This is a pretty common hazard of marrying your daughter’s friend.

By: Seth Halpern

Seth Halpern — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:35:06 +0000

@Liberty or Death: Sartorially speaking, she’s already pushing the age limit for hipsterdom and approaching doofus territory. So maybe she’s the one who needs the lecture.

That said, I don’t see what’s wrong with plaid shirts, cardigans and thick-framed glasses. My father used to wear them all the time on woodsy trails with chinos, a leisure jacket, a crushable hat, warm socks, sturdy lace-up shoes and a hefty branch qua walking stick.

By: Liberty or Death

Liberty or Death — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:43:06 +0000

I’m surprised no one has commented on the obvious problem with this guy other than the fact he’s a beta male like AP and that is “what the hell did he expect when he married someone almost half his age!”

Seriously, I don’t feel for the guy at all! If he didn’t want to be transformed into a “hipster” and wanted to be “his own man” why in the hell did he marry a young hipster half his age! Didn’t it occur to him when they were dating that they were from two different eras?

Stupid is as stupid does…bet the farm this marriage ends in the not too distant future…

By: woodNfish

woodNfish — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:34:45 +0000

I think making him wear skinny jeans was the tipoff — anatomically speaking. No wonder he’s depressed. Seth Halpern on January 18, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Meaning there’s no room for his “junk” inside? Steve Z on January 18, 2013 at 1:31 PM

We already know he doesn't have any balls, so whats the problem?

By: TexasDan

TexasDan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:29:08 +0000

He’s going to go along with everything she wants and then be confused when she loses interest in him.

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:31:03 +0000

I think making him wear skinny jeans was the tipoff — anatomically speaking. No wonder he’s depressed.

Seth Halpern on January 18, 2013 at 10:30 AM

Meaning there’s no room for his “junk” inside?

By: John the Libertarian

John the Libertarian — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:14:39 +0000

I’m with you, Ed. I get regional papers for the lifestyle/comics/crosswords and rarely read the stories or editorials because they are all so predictably Left. Which is synonymous with boring. Reagle is my favorite crossword craftsman.

By: CurtZHP

CurtZHP — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:27:25 +0000

Someone needs to knock this guy over the head, stuff him in the trunk of a muscle car, and drive him to the nearest hardware store. Make him spend no less than $500 on power tools.

Strip the mom jeans from his backside with a deer skinning knife and put him in some BDU’s. Send his ass into the forest and don’t let him come out until he’s killed something for dinner with his bare hands.

STAT!!!

By: lexhamfox

lexhamfox — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:51:49 +0000

That guy needs some guy friends so he doesn’t have to resort to being humiliated in print.

I value female advice when purchasing clothes but I have to like it first before seeking that advice and it is easy to turn down suggestions I don’t like. Being afflicted with color blindness mandates a sanity check before heading out to meet clients.

By: apostic

apostic — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:34:38 +0000

Guys who no longer dress themselves is nothing new.

Old (late 80′s/early 90′s) standup routine: Guy talks about shopping for clothes when his wife is around. He motions holding up something. “‘Honey, do I like this? No? OK, just checking.’ Used to be I could dress in a manner that initially atracted my wife. Or maybe she just saw me back then and said, “Wow, now there’s a fixer-upper!”

By: manyears

manyears — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:27:48 +0000

Hey Ed, It did me good to see another who goes to the comics first. It is good ‘lighten the mood’ a bit before delving into the day’s reality doncha think? People who know me call that crazy. I prefer to think it helps retain some small tidbit of sanity.

By: gwelf

gwelf — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:40:07 +0000

Ha ha ha

By: Seth Halpern

Seth Halpern — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:30:21 +0000

I think making him wear skinny jeans was the tipoff — anatomically speaking. No wonder he’s depressed.

By: Flange

Flange — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:07:39 +0000

Ed Morrissey on January 18, 2013 at 10:03 AM

Thank you guys for providing a place to vent. This is cheaper than renting a room and breaking everything.

By: The Rogue Tomato

The Rogue Tomato — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:05:08 +0000

I would add to that, if you’re writing to an advice column, then you’re not your own man either.

Flange on January 18, 2013 at 9:44 AM

It makes me wonder if it was supposed to be a joke.

By: Ed Morrissey

Ed Morrissey — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:03:18 +0000

Flange on January 18, 2013 at 9:44 AM

Nice.

By: Flange

Flange — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:44:07 +0000

I love this question, but let’s both acknowledge the huge fallacy in it: A guy who lets his wife dress him, gets in trouble for wearing his own clothes, and then “gives up” has no business typing the phrase “The problem is, I’m my own man.”

I would add to that, if you’re writing to an advice column, then you’re not your own man either.