Wednesday, September 8, 2010
9/5/2010
Ask Micah:
"A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Asking Too Much
Dear Micah,
I read your answer to the question last week about the woman who was trying to find a guy and having trouble. I am having dating problems too. All the men I am attracting are men that I don't want. I am approaching forty and
. . . Read more.
articles
| 9/5/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Asking Too Much
Dear Micah,
I read your answer to the question last week about the woman who was trying to find a guy and having trouble. I am having dating problems too. All the men
. . . Read more. |
| 8/25/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
The Worried Spinster
Dear Micah,
My last relationship lasted three months and that was four years ago. I am getting to the age where I need to hurry up and find a man before I'm too
. . . Read more. |
| 8/18/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
It Must Be the Booze, Not the Flooze
Dear Micah
My life is about to disintegrate because of some stupid actions on my part. My best friend and I have been close since the first grade.
. . . Read more. |
| 8/10/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Too Much to Lose?
Dear Micah,
I have been in love with my best guy friend for a long time now. He doesn't know anything about it. To him I am just his friend. He recently ended things
. . . Read more. |
| 8/3/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
The Favored Niece
Dear Micah,
My great aunt, whom I am very fond of, is giving me her china cabinet and all of her china. I don't particularly care for either, but I don't know how to
. . . Read more. |
| 7/20/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Affectionate Boy
Dear Micah,
My son has a playmate that is overly affectionate to people. He not only hugs and kisses his mother and father a lot but he also does this with the other
. . . Read more. |
| 7/13/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Raising Adults
Dear Micah,
All of the kids on our street are around the same age and they are all playmates. That's been great for most of us because we can all kind of follow each other
. . . Read more. |
| 7/6/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Worthless Father
Dear Micah,
Jake (I'll call him) and I divorced early this year after a long bad marriage. We have two kids. The short of it is that Jake doesn't call or see the kids
. . . Read more. |
| 6/21/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Tale of Two Mother-in-laws
Dear Ask Micah,
I have mother-in-law issues. My first husband died years back, but I have always made sure that his mother remain a part of our family and
. . . Read more. |
| 6/11/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
My Brother's Children's Keeper
Micah
I have racked my brains for a diplomatic way to handle my problem and I come up short every time. I need a gentle way to tell my brother
. . . Read more. |
| 6/2/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind Of Advice Column"
Church Business
Dear Micah,
My husband and I have decided to stop tithing to our church. We haven't been happy with some of the financial decisions being made lately. I've never been
. . . Read more. |
| 5/24/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
The Hands-Off Parenting Method
Dear Micah,
My parents have always been rather self absorbed people. As a child they never seemed to regard me in the same way other parents regarded their
. . . Read more. |
| 5/12/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
The Case of the Girlfriend's Friend
Dear Micah,
Lately I find myself drawn to one of my girlfriend's friends. I know it's not right, but whenever we are alone together we have a pretty
. . . Read more. |
| 5/5/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
Daughter Distress
Dear Micah
My daughter is causing me some measure of worry. She has an abundance of guy friends and it seems to me that her dates are more often than not with different
. . . Read more. |
| 4/26/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
Tag-Along Kid
Dear Micah,
My group of girlfriends and I all enjoy getting together fairly often. We may have lunch, or grab a quick bite to eat after work, or do some leisurely shopping
. . . Read more. |
| 4/16/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
Attack of the Wellness Program
Dear Micah,
I have started a new health regimen and Wellness program and I am having some trouble getting my husband to follow our new meal plan. We
. . . Read more. |
| 4/8/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
What's in a Name?
Dear Micah,
My son is planning on naming his son (due in three months) after his wife's father. This has hurt my husband very deeply. He had hoped that our son would
. . . Read more. |
| 3/29/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
Clean That House
Dear Micah,
My best friend has a problem with hoarding. I swear she could be on that show about those people. She has clutter everywhere. She saves magazines and keeps
. . . Read more. |
| 3/16/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
Family Reunion Holdouts
Dear Micah
I have been trying for years to get the family together for a reunion. Once, years ago when our parents were still with us, we saw each
. . . Read more. |
| 3/3/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different kind of advice column"
Stay Up Wind of Nancy
Micah,
I have a friend that I love hanging out with. I have been hanging out with her for a year or so. Recently, several other acquaintances of mine, made comments
. . . Read more. |
| 2/24/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind of Advice Column"
Why is it still beginning to look a lot like Christmas?
Dear Micah
Would it be rude if I carefully removed my neighbor's Christmas greenery and lights from their porch
. . . Read more. |
| 2/16/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind of Advice Column"
The Romance Rut
Dear Micah,
I have been looking for the right man, the one I am meant to be with, and every time I think I've found him he changes on me after a few
. . . Read more. |
| 2/9/2010 |
Ask Micah "A Different Kind of Advice Column"
The Cheater's Remorse
Dear Micah,
I am a divorced man with two kids under the age of ten. My marriage broke up after 12 years because my wife learned that I had been seeing another
. . . Read more. |
| 2/3/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind of Advice Column"
Overbearing Mom
Dear Micah
I have a 13 yr old daughter that I love more than anything. My problem is that I am way too hard on her all the time. I know that I am and I can't seem
. . . Read more. |
| 1/27/2010 |
Ask Micah: "A Different Kind of Advice Column"
Meddlesome Mom
Dear Micah
My husband told me tonight that our son is planning to ask his girlfriend to marry him on her birthday (which is this summer). Ever since I heard this news I am sick.
. . . Read more. |
Micah Cargo is a Birmingham business owner and self professed sage. He has been handing out common-sense advice to the senseless for most of his life. Being brought up by a single mom and three wise old southern grandparents equipped Micah with the tools needed to get through life with a little humor, a little intelligence, and not a small amount of bitterness. "My advice has helped many, guided some, and only rarely killed a few."
Visit Sanctuary's website at www.sanctuarywebsite.com
Without a doubt, the wittiest commentary I have read in some time - AND the advice is sound. Good for B-Metro for selecting such a top flight columnist.
This guy is a keeper. I will mutiny and remove my membership if he isn't made king of B-Metro.
Loved it! Good Advice and Humor~ The Sex and the City of Birmingham!
The most entertaining reading I've experienced in quite some time! I just love the "Bless it" remark. You're so right when you say it carries a different meaning here in the south. Our grandmothers must have known each other~mine said the same thing! Micah, if you wrote a book, there's no doubt it would be one you just couldn't put down! Have you ever given it any thought? Great find B-Metro!
I love it! Brutal honesty with humor! I need more of this.
Loved your article!!!! God Bless It!!
I LOVE IT!
There's an awesome Leonard Cohen song that starts off, "If it be your will that I speak no more and my voice be still, as it was before; I will speak no more, I shall abide until I am spoken for, if it be your will." How terrific that a song exists with the exact message a lot of us mothers need: to stay quiet until our advice is requested. I confess extreme weakness in this area, but I'm working on it. Thanks, Micah, for nailing many of us right where we need it.
Micah you truly are hilarious! I love and miss you!!!!!