Stockholm Syndrome
#394: Discussing consent & rape with my mom is leaving us both shredded.
Behind a cut for sure. Reasons are in the title, and it gets pretty detailed, so be warned. About these ads
#292: Wealth (& massive insecurity) is messing up my love life.
Hello Captain Awkward, I have an issue that you probably don’t get every day. I have a problem with wealth and dating. I’m in my late 20′s, and I have had the good fortune of becoming quite wealthy. Unfortunately, I am having trouble finding women who like me for me and not my wealth. Back […]
#284: “My partner is controlling about my appearance.”
Dear Captain Awkward, I’m in a long term relationship (7 years now) that started in my last year of high school, and has been my only romantic relationship. As you may imagine, it’s been…interesting. He’s a great person, with many admirable qualities, whom I still like a lot as a person and enjoy spending time […]
Reader Question #6: I’m worried about my sister. She is still very close to our abusive parents.
Dear Captain Awkward, I currently have a kind of weird situation going on with my sister that I really don’t know how to deal with. My parents and I are estranged, and after many years of denial and telling myself that it was always my fault (when in fact, it never was, it was just […]
