Hello! There are two meetups on the books. 1. From Wiley in Washington, DC: I’m interested in doing a meetup for DC. I’ll be at Penn Social (http://pennsocialdc.com/) on October 11th at 7pm. There is a reasonable beer selection, snacks, and best…
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
#364: Should I have a different opinion about not having opinions?
Hi Captain, I have a kind of strange problem. People say that I’m not good at expressing my opinions, but I think that is because I just have so few of them. I have some rather simple opinions such as…
Tagged with: balance, Dating, decision fatigue, expressing preferences, fairness, opinion, opinions, Relationships
Posted in Dating, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions, Relationships
Posted in Dating, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions, Relationships
#363: My partner’s career is eating all their energy and attention.
Dear Captain Awkward: I’ve been with my partner for close to a decade now. In the past year or three, they’ve been getting way more into their career, to the point where they are barely home. Even when they are…
Tagged with: Boundaries, neglect, Relationships, resentment, rituals, touchstones, work-life balance
Posted in Families, Feminism, how to say no, Reader Questions, Relationships, Work
Posted in Families, Feminism, how to say no, Reader Questions, Relationships, Work
#362: Go the F*** to Sleep
Dear Captain Awkward, I write this as I lie in bed, too stressed to sleep. You think tonight I’d be feeling good. After more months then I’d like to admit to, I’ve finally got an interview on the books for…
Tagged with: disappointment, filial piety, highly difficult people, parents
Posted in Families, How Not To Be, manipulation, Manners, Overthinking It, Parents, Reader Questions, Relationships
Posted in Families, How Not To Be, manipulation, Manners, Overthinking It, Parents, Reader Questions, Relationships
#361: Friendship, obsession, and depression.
If reading about suicide and suicidal ideation would be troubling for you, stop here.
Tagged with: depression, emotional terrorism, Mary Karr, stalking, suicidal ideation, suicide, suicide threats
Posted in Friendship, manipulation, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Relationships, the gift of fear
Posted in Friendship, manipulation, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Relationships, the gift of fear
#360: My coworker called me a virgin, why did that hurt my feelings so much?
Dear Captain Awkward, I live and work at an isolated location with six other people. We are nearing the end of our work rotation and everyone is wearing a little thin emotionally so that might be partially where this problem…
Tagged with: being a jerk, manipulation, Mean Girls, virginity, workplace bullies
Posted in Culture, Feminism, How Not To Be, how to say no, manipulation, Manners, Reader Questions, Work
Posted in Culture, Feminism, How Not To Be, how to say no, manipulation, Manners, Reader Questions, Work
#359: Family & Business
Hi Captain, I want to move out at the end of the year and I had the idea of moving into my Grandmother’s unoccupied flat (she lives in a home).The only problem is my family. My Mother is my Grandmother’s Administrator…
Tagged with: asking for stuff, economics, family, finances, money
Posted in Families, how to say no, Parents, Reader Questions
Posted in Families, how to say no, Parents, Reader Questions
#358: MOAR crowdsourcing: Meeting new people in a rural area?
Hi Captain, You’ve provided some great advice for meeting new people. However, I’m wondering if the Awkward Army has any experience or advice for meeting people in a rural setting. I live in a rural state, and in a pretty…
Tagged with: Friendship, making friends, meeting people, rural life
Posted in Friendship, Meetups, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
Posted in Friendship, Meetups, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
#357: Dispatches from the Mean Old People Internet
Hi Captain Awkward, I want to preface my email by saying that I really love my mom. I really do. We had a great relationship when I was growing up and we still do, for the most part. Generally she…
Tagged with: current-events, elections, human-rights, politics, racism, Religion, the mean old man internet
Posted in Families, Parents, Reader Questions, Social Interactions, Social Media
Posted in Families, Parents, Reader Questions, Social Interactions, Social Media
#355: The old double-bind.
Ooh, these are posting out of order because I had several drafts in the hopper and scheduled them in the wrong order. We’ll live with it. Dear Captain Awkward, I am recently married and also a newbie mom. Before marriage…
Tagged with: postpartum depression, working moms
Posted in Families, manipulation, Manners, Mental Health, Parents, Reader Questions
Posted in Families, manipulation, Manners, Mental Health, Parents, Reader Questions
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