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#470, #471 and #472: Correcting Names

Posted on April 18, 2013 by JenniferP

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…

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Tagged with: Boundaries, names, nicknames, speaking up
Posted in Families, Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions

#468 and #469: “Hey, knock it off”, or, Constructive Conflict, Continued.

Posted on April 17, 2013 by JenniferP

Jolly’s great comment to Monday’s post is going to be very relevant to these seemingly very different questions: “You also don’t necessarily have to bring some of these things up in one big confrontation about The Whole Pattern Of Her…

#460: Boundaries are good, even if other people don’t enjoy it when you set them.

Posted on March 15, 2013 by JenniferP

This is a very smart post on moving on and setting boundaries with an ex from Jenn Vicious at In Our Words: “There’s this thing that sometimes happens when people break up but still care about each other: they want…

Tagged with: alcohol, Boundaries, coercion, conversation, intrusive questions
Posted in manipulation, Manners, Reader Questions, saying no

#446 and #447: Aging, family, and boundaries

Posted on February 9, 2013 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward: I’m having a bit of trouble with my parents. To start off with, I’m in my mid-40s and have been living on my own since I was 19. My parents are in their late 60s. They’re both…

Tagged with: Boundaries, hoarding, mental illness, parents, time management
Posted in Families, Manners, Mental Health, Parents, Personal Safety, Reader Questions

#429 & #430: When depression is contagious.

Posted on January 5, 2013 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward: I need some advice on being a decent human being. My wife and I have been together for 8 years, married for 5. She has severe depression and anxiety. She’s been in therapy since before I met…

Tagged with: Boundaries, depression, health, mental health
Posted in Families, Mental Health, Reader Questions, Relationships

#422: Setting expectations about frequency of communication.

Posted on January 3, 2013 by JenniferP

Hey Cap’n, My ex and I were in a long distance relationship for a year and a half. We broke up about a year and a half ago, quite amicably. She was my first love, and we were best friends…

Tagged with: Boundaries, Friendship, long distance, Long-distance relationship, Skype
Posted in Friendship, Manners, Reader Questions, rejection

#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…

#369: Breaking off contact with an ex.

Posted on October 3, 2012 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward: A year ago I broke up with a girlfriend of three years. Before she was my girlfriend she had been my best friend for over 10 years, and was someone whom I deeply trusted with pretty much…

#363: My partner’s career is eating all their energy and attention.

Posted on September 26, 2012 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward: I’ve been with my partner for close to a decade now. In the past year or three, they’ve been getting way more into their career, to the point where they are barely home. Even when they are…

Tagged with: Boundaries, neglect, Relationships, resentment, rituals, touchstones, work-life balance
Posted in Families, Feminism, how to say no, Reader Questions, Relationships, Work

#356: My parents want me to parent my brother.

Posted on September 17, 2012 by JenniferP

Dear Captain Awkward, I love my parents and younger brother – just in small doses. I currently live about a thousand miles away from them, which is great for me, although sadly, it hasn’t kept me out of the family…

Tagged with: Boundaries, family drama, free-floating anxiety, mom and dad, parents
Posted in Families, manipulation, Parents, Reader Questions, saying no

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