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#467: How do I help my partner communicate better with his family?

Posted on April 16, 2013 by JenniferP

Dear Cap’n, I don’t know how best to help my DH. This message follows us having a long, slightly drunk but happy and loving chat about his life. DH’s family history is complicated. His upbringing includes some things which, when…

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Tagged with: family, Parent, Relationships, Sibling
Posted in Families, Feminism, forced teaming, Mental Health, Parents, Reader Questions, Relationships

Cohabitation Situations: Ambivalence Deliverance (#451) & Eviction Prescription (#452)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by JenniferP

Before we jump into sad, serious things, Gollum dreamed a dream (of coming to your party?) Courtesy of my friend @spyscribe. You guys watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, right? Now, some letters about living situations gone bad (#451) and very, very…

Tagged with: breaking up, cohabitation, living together, mental health, Relationship breakup
Posted in forced teaming, manipulation, Mental Health, Reader Questions, rejection, Relationships, Roommates, saying no

#418: My mom wants me to prioritize caring for my sister over caring for myself. What do I do?

Posted on January 1, 2013 by JenniferP

Hey Capt., Cliff notes. My sister got pregnant three years in a row, giving birth to three healthy babies by c-section. With baby 1 she was put into bed rest almost immediately and I was assigned to make sure she…

Tagged with: family, health, mental health, parents, Sibling
Posted in Families, forced teaming, manipulation, Mental Health, Reader Questions, saying no

#407: Was I “leading this guy on” when I asked him if we could be friends and then he suddenly showed up where I live?

Posted on December 18, 2012 by JenniferP

Hi! This is very sweet, right? But don’t spring it on someone the first or second time you meet them. Friend-date people for a little while and if you’re meant to be friends you will totally figure it out. Dear…

Tagged with: Entitlement, Relationships, wishful thinking, you can't really lead people on
Posted in Darth Vader Boyfriend, Dating, Feminism, forced teaming, manipulation, Overthinking It, Personal Safety, predators, Reader Questions, rejection, Relationships, the gift of fear

#371: “How do I end this misery?”

Posted on October 7, 2012 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward: About ten months ago, I started a relationship (a really-long-distance relationship with someone I met on a website). At first, and I have to be honest here, I was just fooling around, I couldn’t believe that you…

Tagged with: Boundaries, guilt, manipulation, removing terrible people from your life, resisting stalkers, stalkers, suicidal threats
Posted in Abuse, bad internet dating, forced teaming, manipulation, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, rejection, Relationships, saying no, the gift of fear

#335: How do I set a boundary with my friend without hurting her feelings?

Posted on August 25, 2012 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward, I have a best friend. We’ve known each other for a long time, gone through some really rough times together as we both coped with mental illness, toxic families, financial hardship and general shenanigans. Being single ladies…

Tagged with: Boundaries, enforcing boundaries, Friendship, personality disorder, single ladies
Posted in forced teaming, Friendship, Geek Social Fallacies, how to say no, manipulation, Manners, Mental Health, Reader Questions, Relationships, saying no

#315: The boundary-crossing neighbor

Posted on July 31, 2012 by JenniferP

Hi, Captain Awkward, My Beloved and I bought a house around three years ago, which shares a driveway with another neighbor (the property line literally goes right down the center of the drive). We were very optimistic about this, initially,…

Tagged with: Boundaries, Neighbors
Posted in forced teaming, Manners

#305: “Quit helping so much! I’m not going to fall in love with you.”

Posted on July 20, 2012 by JenniferP

Dear Captain, I am having a hard time finding my words, or finding words that will get through. Here’s the situation: I am a thirty-something female who has, after several years of struggle, come to terms with her complete lack…

Tagged with: angry guy, disability, phantom of the opera, Relationships, saying no, unwanted help
Posted in Abuse, forced teaming, Friendship, Geek Social Fallacies, How Not To Be, how to say no, manipulation, Manners, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, rejection, Roommates, the gift of fear

#258 = #191 + Bridesmaidery

Posted on May 29, 2012 by JenniferP

This is a follow-up to this post: http://captainawkward.com/2012/02/15/191-annual-reminder-time-get-your-teeth-cleaned-get-your-eyesnaughty-bits-checked-and-stop-hanging-out-with-crappy-people/ Dear Captain Awkward: First of all, I want to thank you and your commenters SO MUCH for being such kick-ass human beings and providing so much support and insight into the situation…

Tagged with: bridesmaidery, crappy people, opting out, saying no, stop hanging out with crappy people, The African Violet of Broken Friendship, Weddings
Posted in forced teaming, Friendship, How Not To Be, how to say no, manipulation, Manners, Reader Questions, saying no

#255: Breaking up with a client (and surviving the resulting guilt-trip).

Posted on May 25, 2012 by JenniferP

In linkmania and internet fame news, Proffitt from Good Girls Gone Geek interviews me about this here site today. And now, a question. Hey Cap’, I’ve wound up in a rather unpleasant business arrangement, and I was hoping for some…

Tagged with: breaking up with a client, severing working relationships, Work
Posted in forced teaming, how to say no, manipulation, Manners, Reader Questions, rejection, saying no, Work

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