Enthusiastic Consent
#484: “How do I minimize embarrassment when telling a partner that I have a body and a past?”
Hello Captain and Company! About a year and a half ago I had my primary outbreak of genital herpes. It was excruciating, both physically and emotionally, but I’m finally starting to pick up the pieces and feel like myself again. I’m starting to feel like I maybe want to date again, finally (yay), but I’d […]
#482: Sexy drunk texts vs. sober rejection: I don’t know what to believe!
Hi Captain: There is this totally awesome and beautiful girl in some of my graduate classes. I sat next to her and before I knew it we started texting a lot and it looked like it was leading to something more. I tried taking her out to dinner but once she had something come up […]
#444: “Do we hug? Because my feeling is that no, we don’t.”
Hi Captain Awkward! I have a social situation question: What do you do if you don’t want to hug someone, but they want to hug you? This has happened to me about three times in the past 6 months, all with guys. I don’t think they were trying anything creepy, just trying to be friendly […]
#350: Let’s crowdsource some feminist sex ed for frat guys.
Dear Captain Awkward, Due to a current organizing position I hold I have been asked to deliver brief presentations to each of the Greek chapters on my campus discussing the importance of women’s reproductive health issues in the upcoming election and subsequently registering people to vote while perhaps even sneaking in tidbits about safe sex […]
#347: A Consent Question
Dear Captain Awkward, I’m a single woman that just got out of a 1 1/2 year relationship. I’m not very relationship savvy (who is?) and this was my first *real* relationship, but I have always made a point of having clear boundaries and been all about enthusiastic consent. If I wasn’t in the mood I […]
The C-Word
Hello there, Entire Internet! Thank you for stopping by. Edited to Add: As of Monday, 8/13 I’ve locked commenting on this post. The moderation demands are overwhelming. Thanks for your constructive contributions! We’ll pick this discussion back up another time.</EDIT> ————– Right now I’m fielding a lot of emails and comments from guys who are […]
#319: Captain Awkward Writes Your Casual Encounters Ad
Dear Captain Awkward, I’m a single straight guy in my early 30s. I’m also a virgin. (Or at least I identify as one. I wouldn’t quibble with anyone who’d say I’m not. I have some limited experience receiving oral sex, for example.) I’m far from the negative virgin stereotypes, I think: I have plenty of female friends, I have […]
#300: My relationship is awesome y/n
Hi Captain & Team Awkward, I’ve been enjoying the site for a while now and have been able to take quite a few pointers from y’all, so thanks! I guess the shortest way to ask my question is this: What are the green flags in any (budding) relationship? Best wishes – Looking Forward […]
#267: How do I talk about sex with my first sex partner?
Dear Captain, I am in an awkward sexy-times situation (the best kind of awkward! …Or is it?), and am in need of a script and Jedi hugs. Halp? I grew up in a horribly repressive, fundamentalist Christian household; the entirety of my sexual education came from the church, and can be summed up into: 1. […]
#216: I broke up with someone because she cheated on me. Was that sexist?
First, I love this: How do work up the courage to kiss the girl I like? Second, a letter: Hail to thee, O Captain, Perhaps I’m taking a different approach than other letter writers, but I would like your thoughts and judgment on events that quickly transpired this weekend. I had little time to deliberate, […]
