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…
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#479: Trying to be more social when you have serious dietary restrictions
Dear Captain, I’m in a very happy long term relationship. The biggest problem we face is we’re both introverts, and have some social anxiety along with it. It’s hard to make friends, but we’re trying. We’re very geeky, so we’re…
Tagged with: anxiety, Event planning, food, health, Meetup
Posted in Manners, Meetups, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
Posted in Manners, Meetups, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
#478: RSVP/Invitation Etiquette
Cap’n! I have a question about RSVP etiquette and other people’s family drama. Two other friends (A and B) and I are throwing a baby shower for a third friend (C). We’re inviting friends and any of C’s extended family…
Tagged with: Baby shower, Entertaining, home, RSVP
Posted in Manners, Parents, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
Posted in Manners, Parents, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
#474: How do I get my coworker to shut up?
Dear Captain Awkward, I need advice on how to tell a work friend politely to just shut up. He’s a very nice guy – super friendly and sociable, which is kind of the problem. You see, he is WAY too…
Tagged with: chatty people, coworkers, quiet time, shutting down conversations
Posted in Culture, Manners, Reader Questions, Work
Posted in Culture, Manners, Reader Questions, Work
#470, #471 and #472: Correcting Names
Dear Person, My friends have gotten into the habit of calling me by a nickname, which would be wonderful if they had asked first, but otherwise I’m okay with it. The problem comes when they introduce me to people using…
Tagged with: Boundaries, names, nicknames, speaking up
Posted in Families, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions
Posted in Families, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions
#466: Possessive friend is weirding me out/A constructive conflict review.
Dear Captain Awkward, My friend N alternately acts like she feels threatened by me and like she wants to be me. It’s really creepy but I don’t know how to address it without sounding jealous and paranoid. I met her…
Tagged with: Friendship, jealousy, The African Violet of Broken Friendship
Posted in Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions, rejection, Relationships
Posted in Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions, rejection, Relationships
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