@Benedick: A couple of years ago my book club read Tiny Beautiful Things, a collection of letters and responses from the now-defunct “Dear Sugar” advice column (whose author, its turns out, was Cheryl Strayed, now better known for her memoir Wild). Much to my surprise, it was a great read, and a lot of her advice has stuck with me. So, though the circumstances are obviously different (“every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” etc. — and I say that as someone with plenty of unhappiness in my own family), I refer you to the exchange here with “Orphan.”

Benedick

6:15 pm • Saturday • January 24, 2015

@mellbell: Many thanks.

SanFranLefty

12:41 pm • Sunday • January 25, 2015

@Benedick: Good luck, whatever you choose to do.

Benedick

3:33 pm • Sunday • January 25, 2015

@SanFranLefty: It just strikes me as being so wildly – inappropriate? – I was taken aback.

¡Andrew!

4:25 pm • Sunday • January 25, 2015

@Benedick: Everything online is inappropriate.