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#465: Life after Darth

Hi there, An online friend and I were innocent email buds. One day, we start DMing which leads to texting/phone call. It gets sexual. Tells me he has a live in girlfriend but doesn’t ever say “maybe we shouldn’t go

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#454: Darth Vader is a tricksy hobbit.

Hello, Citizens of Friday. First order of business, this great nod of solidarity for the socially awkward from Dorothy Parker. ‎”Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.”

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#269: Anxiety, chemistry, and second chances.

Dear Captain Awkward: I’m caught in my own head and could use a guide to get out of it. There’s a gentleman who’s recently come back into my life. We first connected two years ago when he was separated from

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#261: I keep falling for fixer-uppers

Dear Captain Awkward, I hope you and your army of awesome readers can help me! I’m 28 and I find myself in the awkward position of getting divorced and simultaneously losing my best friend. Long story short, I was also dating my best

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#259: “I’m in love with someone who treats me badly.”

Hi Captain, I’m in a sucky situation. I’m in love with one of my friends and he doesn’t treat me very well – even as a friend.   I started seeing him very shortly after the end of a very

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Blogaversary!

I started this blog in the middle of an email thread with my lady friends about deciding where to eat brunch. (Answer: Wave) I had flirted with blogging before, starting a semi-professional blog (completely made obsolete by the awesome Short

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