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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Savage Love Savage Love Letter of the Day

Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:12 PM

Dan,

So what's up with advice columnists and the Gettysburg Address this week?

In your reply to Congenital Invert on October 30 you said, "But the world will little note, nor long remember the names you came up with for your long list of impossible and/or improbable sex acts."

I also read "Dear Prudence" at Slate.com. In her October 30th column, in response to Boo Hoo (whose husband chose to go hunting instead of taking his 2 and 4 year old children trick-or-treating) she says, "You're right, at ages 2 and 4, your children will little note nor long remember that they had to face this year's trick-or-treating without their father."

I enjoy the references to other writer's works, and in these cases you both used Lincoln's words to good effect. (Although I do think the contrast you made between the Gettysburg address and sex acts was much more striking.) But I'm just curious: Was this a coincidence, or is it Abraham Lincoln week for advice columnists? Do I need to look up Carolyn Hax's columns this week to see if she's received letters from anyone four score and seven years of age?

Just Wondering

Well, the secret is out—I'm writing both "Savage Love" and "Dear Prudence." Want more proof? Check out the first letter in Prudence's October 30th column, Sloggers. Case closed.

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And what about the SW's "Uptight Seattlite"? I swear maybe a year ago or so the exact same question was posed to the "two" columnists within a week of each other, with different answers of course...

Posted by Bobbo on October 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM

I was pretty sure you made that one website. Thingy. That I don't remember. Anything about. Anymore.

Posted by drugs on October 30, 2008 at 1:19 PM

Game's up, Dan. Time to cop to writing Hints from Heloise and Family Circus, too.

Posted by MichaelPgh on October 30, 2008 at 2:33 PM

Wow, Dan, your stance on Pit Bulls is surprisingly moderate when you go by "Prudence!" Not only did you NOT report this to CPS, but you also indicated that ANY dog can become a threat if provoked! You mean the toddler is ACTUALLY "provok[ing] that dog somehow?"

Posted by Lavode on October 30, 2008 at 2:42 PM

...it's because of the desk.

Posted by Rebecca on October 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM