9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for July 04, 2008

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Dear ask Auntie Ethel, I have broken up with my boyfriend over an issue that wouldn't have arisen if my roommates' personal life had not drawn it out. I decided to seize the moment and dump all the blame on her rather than shoulder any of the responsibility myself. Now she and I, likewise, are not speaking. Is denying my part in events and blaming others a serviceable way to handle to problem? Teflon man in NYC. Thorax: Dear teflon man, making mistakes then shifting culpability to others is the coward's way out. Seth: Well, don't you think you should have told me that earlier? Thorax: Excellent technique. my compliments.