9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for May 10, 2006

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Dear Thorax, I have fallen in love with a man whom I greatly respect. I cannot tell him because I might undermine his pledge to another. I wish I could forget him. Is there anything you might suggest? Torn in New York Dear Torn, This is always the problem with falling in love - the looming threat that it will be accompanied by honor, respect, self-sacrifice...even the blight of happy children. With people like you cluttering up the world, we would have no operas, no novels, no sermons, no sitcoms. The Earth would be a desiccated, barren rock... ...devoid of foibles to entertain us, commandments to disobey. Get with the program. Love can be sordid only if you work at it.