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Author: JenniferP

Chicago filmmaker, teacher, and blogger.

It Came From The Search Terms: It’s Gonna Be May

May 18, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 142 Comments

Search strings, snap judgments. Comments are on, for a change!

#1377: Hosting two families with different conceptions of time.

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 ~ JenniferP

In which the Party Planning Committee consists of one exhausted pregnant lady trying to please everyone.

#1375: “Guilt trips with a side of trauma.”

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Both anxious and avoidant attachment styles respond badly to pressure and benefit from structure, or, "Mom, I can't be your on-call therapist."

#1374: “Help, a tutor keeps asking me for personal details.”

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 ~ JenniferP

"Tell me your phone number and exactly where you live so I can judge if you are a SERIOUS STUDENT." Yikes.

May 15: Asking Bear Live! (Virtual Event)

May 9, 2022May 14, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Come see S. Bear Bergman and me answer advice questions in real time. May 15, 8 pm Eastern, 7pm Central, live from the Internet. Ticket links and more info in post.

#1373: “Help me with this awkward stage fright.”

April 21, 2022April 22, 2022 ~ JenniferP

How to get over stage fright and interpersonal awkwardness.

#1372: “Help me plant the right boundaries for the future.”

April 13, 2022April 21, 2022 ~ JenniferP

There are a lot of steps between "starting a farm" and "figuring out who gets it after we die." Content Warning for ableism.

#1371: “I’m a cuckoo morning lark in a parliament of night owls.”

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 ~ JenniferP

It is okay to enjoy slightly different vacationing rules than other people.

#1370: “I feel suffocated and want to move away from my stingy roommate.”

March 28, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Nobody loves separating the books and dishtowels, but when it's time, it's time.

#1369: “Is there a polite way to tell my mother-in-law that she will, someday, die?”

March 14, 2022March 17, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Death comes for us all, but we don't have to like it.

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