Dear Abby, Heloise, Miss Manners et al

I have noticed there seem to be quite a few advice blogs going up lately (and by quite a few, I mean three in the last few weeks). What do you suppose that means?

Are there lots of people looking for advice? Needing advice, even desperate for advice?

or

Maybe there are lots of people with really good advice, just waiting for someone to ask?

I don't know.

Maybe there are just a lot of people (perhaps just me) flailing around the universe, waiting for someone to point them in the right direction. I'm always afraid to ask for advice. Afraid to put someone on the spot. You know, what if they don't have any advice? Wouldn't it be rude to just demand input about your problem? "Hey you! Tell me what to do!"

I guess in most cases, comments are advice. If you write about a problem, all your bloggy friends offer solutions. That's nice and friendly, don't you think? You throw something out there and people respond. But, I guess that puts you on the spot, right? I mean they know who you are. People can come back to your blog to see if you took their advice and hold you accountable if you don't.

"Dude, I told you to go with the blue eyeliner. The 80's are totally back...WHY didn't you listen to me...?"

or

"I told you the only way to kill the zombie was to cut off the head and now you are totally infected and I TOLD you so!" (Sorry, I have a fixation lately)


That's a ton of pressure. I suppose going to an outside source for advice would be more anonymous. I love that new Ask the Bloggess column. And I love her advice, "try peeing on the dog" is my new advice for just about everything. How could that possibly fail you. Although I suppose the advice that makes you pee your pants laughing isn't always the kind you need... (which really is too bad and makes peeing on the couch easier when you can't control your own bladder - the dog is harder to catch...)

I think it will be interesting to see the different options, the different types of advice offered. I may just have to jump from site to site and see if I can get all my issues resolved.

Cheaper than therapy, right?

Oh, I finally got my husband to start doing things without me. Things are much calmer around here now, Thanks.

(Hey - anyone know how to get pee smell out of a Lazyboy?) :)