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Online Meetup
Please note that all times listed in this post are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+8). People from other parts of the world are very welcome to join us. Fans of Captain Awkward online meetup When: Saturday 19th December 7:00 – 8:30pm AWST Where:Discord voice and/or text chat – I will add the link to this … Continue reading Online Meetup
#1304: “Fox News stole my mom and replaced her with a ranting lady who won’t let me say or do anything without it setting her off. How do I get along with her until I can leave for college?”
On calling bluffs, escape velocity, and the futile, necessary, but probably still futile, work of reclaiming some of our relatives from history's flaming dumpster. Content note: Sometimes honestly talking about authoritarian stuff and white supremacy means describing it, so there are examples of actual racist and xenophobic statements from relatives herein.
#1303: “He said he doesn’t love me or want me anymore, so why does he still call me every $%#! day?”
Ahhhh, the breakup where the dude wants to both sleep with other people and remain the center of your world. A classic!
#1302: Guest Post: “When your hosts are doing you a favor but their housekeeping habits are making you sad and ill.”
Hello, this week we have a guest post from Rachel Hoffman of Unf*ck Your Habitat blog and book fame about the tricky balance of maintaining your own sanity (and sanitation) in a house where you are a guest.
#1301: “This kitchen ain’t big enough for the both of us.”
"You're chopping the peppers wrong," or, when cooking together stops being a fun date-night activity.
#1300: “Chronically-single abuse survivor tired of dating disasters.”
What if a) loneliness really sucks and b) finding romantic love is not primarily an internal and external makeover project?
#1299: “Any tips for non-binary people with vaginismus?”
Rae McDaniel is back today, with many expert recommendations for interrupting the body-parts-gone-rogue => pain => anxiety about pain => weird body feelings- cycle.
#1298: “Could my adult friend have been grooming me for years?”
The subject line says it all, for content warning purposes, though if it helps: The Letter Writer sent the person packing and it was not a *successful* grooming attempt.
London virtual meetup, 21st November
Edit: zoom now sorted thanks Hi everyone, Kate from the London meetups here. Apologies for being AWOL so long but I have not had any spare energy to organise anything. I am going to attempt to run a London virtual meetup this weekend, as an experiment. For the first time, I'm limiting this to people … Continue reading London virtual meetup, 21st November
