Eeewwwww.... Oh Gosh Alexa!! Well I hope there is enough alcohol to go around. At least that's what I always make sure of when I know the holidays are here. I don't know what I'd do if my 55 year old mother had a boyfriend. I might look at him with despise also. Im 25 and from L.I. and will be in the city next year. Well just play with your nieces and nephews, everyone will think it's cute and at least it'll keep you sane!! Have fun- Reyna

I thought I saw you on my flight from Newark to National, but obviously it was someone else. Flew back after seeing U2.

I hate Dulles - it takes so long for everything. National was a breeze.

He said WHAT?!!! OMG, you are gonna have to take this guy DOWN!! I don't know how you are going to pull this off without looking like a spoiled rotten brat, but somehow, someway, it MUST be accomplished!

Why is it any of your business who your mother wants to date? Do you welcome her advice to you on who you should date, what you should do - how you should live your life?

I'm not condoning his remarks, or course, and the guy may be a complete snake. But it's your mother's choice to make about what she does with her life. Eh?

Of course, he might not even be racist in the slightest. Granted, saying "jew you out" certainly isn't politically correct in any way, shape, or form; however, it is still an expression, and I'm sure hundreds of people say it every day without meaning to come off as racist. Still though, I'd watch out for these church friends.

I've learned that when someone meets new "church friends," nothing good ever comes of it.

Not close, JLo. Using the word "jew" as a verb is in no way an acceptable expression. A chruch-going Christian using "jew" as a verb is no different than a white person calling someone "ni**er rich" or an mafioso calling someone "half a fag". It's disgusting and has no place in any circle, politically correct or not. That expression carries with it centuries of negative connotations about Jews used by a group who has routinely oppressed them and no one who interacts with Jews on a regular basis (as I suspect Alexa does) would feel comfortable using it as such.

I'll write off your ignorance to the fact that you are young and go to a christian college in the South and therefore probably don't know many Jews.

The question is not whether Neal is an anti-Semite, he is clearly either blythely so or overtly so. The question is how Alexa should deal with Neal and her mother having a relationship.

Personally, I think Alexa has to tell her mom. Certainly at a time when both are calm and not part of another discussion. Maybe bring it up in a question, like "Mom, have you ever used "jew" as a verb?" "What about Neal, does he say that alot, because we had a strange conversation." I'd avoid loaded language like "racist" or "anti-semitic" Either way, sounds like you have to get this out of your system and soon, from the nightmare thread above.

Puh-lease! I grew up with a gaggle of Jewish kids. We all hung out together. No big deal. My Jewish friends growing up, however, were the ones from whom I first heard the term "jew" used as a verb. They used it frequently to make fun of each other and all of the rest of us. Some of us non-Jewish kids started using it too. No one ever thought of it as derisive or bad. It was simply a funny thing to say. No one ever got upset.

I think you all have bought way too deeply into the political correctness thing. Alexa talks about being bored to tears by her mother's horribly "vanilla" new boyfriend. Well, I'm afraid that thoughtlessly succumbing to the all-mighty lords of political correctness is about as bland as you can get. The line of reasoning that suggests all irreverance based on sex, religion, race, or sexual orientation (gasp!) is off-limits is the direct result of a mind that cannot discern shades of gray. Unless, of course, the irreverence is aimed at conservative Christians or the various others who may disagree with your closed PC world view. Cozmo, you're right, the question is not whether Neal is an anti-Semite for saying what he did, it's a question of how frightfully overreactive you are to suggest that Alexa initiate some sort of inquisition with her mother for a comment that was more than likely completely innocent. Cozmo, have you, by chance, studied the methods of Joe McCarthy? You sure seem to be a disciple, my friend. Hitler was an anti-Semite. Neal was making an off-color joke.

And, no, I'm not from the South. I'm from a major metropolitan area on the West coast. I even belong to a religion that is frequently bashed. Oh, and no, I'm also not a Republican. Sorry to disappoint all of you who think that the only folks who could possibly still think this way in today's day and age are isolated in lonely inbred enclaves in places like Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, or, or...Utah. Gosh! That's sooo PC of you guys to think that way.

Is it just me, or did it possibly sound like he said "They really chew you out that way?" In any case you really need to have a talk before he gets to call your mom "Mom" around you.