Trouble at work: I'm very attracted to someone I'm pretty sure will end up crushing me. She is promiscuous, has shown that she is willing to lie or leave out important details, and to top it all off we work together (different departments within a large company). Even with these character faults I can't stop thinking about her and wanting to ask her if she is interested in something more than our current friendship at work. Even though I'm guessing that she does not want anything more than friendship I can't seem to let this go. Time has always worked in the past but I'm not getting enough time away from her because we work together and I really do enjoy the time we spend together at work... What can I do?

Life Sherpa: Ask her out! There are two very good reasons why you should.
1. You work in different departments within a large company, meaning you have a chance of avoiding her if things end badly.
2. She's promiscuous -- and what more of an explanation is needed on that point?

Sally Hamilton: Dear Life Sherpa,

Can you explain to me why women like to plan and organize more than men?

Sally

Life Sherpa: Sally, I understand your question and I wished you were on live right now because some details are missing.
In general, I think women and men both are capable of planning, but different events. A woman will plan a party or a shopping trip, while a guy will plan a road trip or a sporting-event excursion. I think they problem is that the genders like to plan DIFFERENT things, which leads men and women to believe that the other sex is disorganized.

krissy: why do guys lose interest in you once you sleep with them?

Life Sherpa: Aah, the ultimate question.
This goes to the very heart of the difference between men and women.
If you embrace the "nature" argument of human behavior, it can be explained this way: Men are destined to mate with as many women as possible for the survival of the species, and once that has been achieved, it's off to the next partner.
If, on the other hand, you go with the "nurture" side of the behavior coin, it goes like this: Men are (generally) raised to compete to be the best, to be goal-oriented in a specific manner. So once the pursuit is over (sleeping with someone), there is no challenge left and a new goal must be pursued.
Are, on a much more basic level:

Men Are Pigs

clean kathleen: Dear Sherpa,

This troubles me about men:

I see all these surveys that say men don't wash their hands after using the bathroom. WHY NOT? For Pete's sake WHY NOT??

Thanks.
Clean Kathleen

Life Sherpa: Well, it all depends on what activity in which the men were engaged. The more simple of the two basic activities (we're trying to be somewhat delicate here)requires no contact with anything unsanitary -- for we men know exactly where the dispenser has been.
If it is the more complex of the two activities, then it's just gross if a guy doesn't wash.
But my guess is that the survey focused on Acticity No. 1. Either that, or ....

Men are REALLY pigs

snack cake junkie: Oh wise Sherpa,

Hostess cupcakes or Ding Dongs? And in your life as a feature writer, can you research and find out what ever happened to Mickey's Banana Flip and Devil's Delight (might be Delite)?

Life Sherpa: I have on many occasions declared my belief that the Hostess Chocolate Cupcake is the most perfect snack cake ever invented. It is on the Mt. Rushmore of junk food -- with Double Stuff Oreos; Old Vienna St. Louis Style BBQ Chips; and the Mounds candy bars.
The Ding-Dong is fine, but the icing to cake ratio is too icing heavy.
And I remember both Mickey's snacks. the Devil's Delite was a Hostess-wannabe, but the Banana Flip was awesome!