Jamie Lauren Sutton
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Dear Ms. Demeanor,
Our super's daughter is close in age to my children. We even have given her some of their old clothes and toys. Occasionally we see the little girl in the morning when leaving for school and my kids have asked about her. It is appropriate to pursue a friendship with his child?
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
Dear Ms. Demeanor,
I will not tell you if I am a breeder or non-breeder - I want an honest, frank opinion on this one. When a kid spills a juicebox or pukes or whatever in the elevator, who cleans?
Signed,
Ellie Vader
Dear Ms. Vader (Sister or Wife of Darth?),
Typically people with children do not refer to themselves as 'breeders' so your attempted subterfuge was for naught.
Dear Ms. Demeanor,
My roommate recently got into medical school. He moved out and took his wall-mounted flatscreen TV with him. The landlord saw the holes and said he would withhold $250.00 from our security deposit unless we got them patched up. Two of us are left to (a) find a new roommate and (b) pay to fix the anchor holes left by the TV.
Ms. Demeanor,
Our two-bedroom, two-bath seemed enormous when we moved in as newlyweds. We are now a family of four and bursting at the seams. Buying a bigger apartment in the city is too expensive--either we buy the one-bedroom next door and combine, or we move to Long Island and I definitely do not want to move to Long Island.
Dear Ms. Demeanor,
As a proud New Yorker, I gladly suffer the indignity of doing my laundry in a dank and damp basement for an exorbitant amount of money per load. I did the collecting quarters thing for years and now I budget for the loss of the laundry card at least twice a year. I know that random people occasionally touch my delicates if I don't arrive to remove my clothes quickly enough from the washer or dryer.
Dear Ms. Demeanor,
I am in possession of information I would rather not have. I suspect our new doorman (early 30s and married) is dating one of our neighbors' daughters - their 17-year-old daughter, in fact. I have seen her standing in the lobby talking to him meaningfully at odd hours, and when he helped her in to a taxi yesterday I am fairly certain he gave her bottom a squeeze.
