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#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

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#464: My mom died and my dad started having sex with men. A LOT of men. Should I talk to him about it?

Dear Captain Awkward, My mom died suddenly and unexpectedly 2 months ago. My parents had been married almost 40 years. A month after her passing, I accidentally discovered that my dad has been sleeping with multiple men he meets on

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#406: By staying with my first partner, am I missing out on the single life?

Hello Captain, My problem isn’t really a problem as such, I am well aware that I’ve got it pretty good and most likely I am in a state of ‘the grass is greener’, but I need help figuring out what

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#403: Fat rape survivor seeks the super handsome guy at work.

Hello Captain and Co.! Here’s my super sad background: I am a fat (stats redacted), black, straight, able-bodied, 33 year-old woman. I haven’t had sex in 13 years. I’ve come to realize that my one sex partner kinda raped away

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#401: I can’t tell whether my girlfriend wants to have sex with me. (Spoiler: She doesn’t!)

As of 12/7 comments on this discussion are closed.   Hello Captain! I need a script for talking to my girlfriend about what she wants in bed. She’s eighteen and I’m twenty and we’ve been together for four years. Neither

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#383 & #384: Ladyboners

Dear Team Awwkard, Ok so here it is: I’m back at university after having to take time out due to depression and a very bad reaction to meds last year. I have a feeling that the depression was in a

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#379 & #380: Sex Education for Teens

Dear Captain Awkward: I found your website a few months ago and have been reading it every day since.  I think this might be a new one for you… I have a 15-year-old daughter.  The prevailing philosophy in our house

Posted in Families, Parents, Reader Questions, Relationships, Sex

#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

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Posted in Enthusiastic Consent, Feminism, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Sex, Social Interactions

#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

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#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:

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