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Category: advice

It Came From The Search Terms: June 2021 Is Busting Out All Over

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 ~ JenniferP ~ 87 Comments

Soft rejections, mixing finances, and a primer for dealing with loaded questions.

#1337: About more than a mug: Boundaries, housemates, aggression

June 10, 2021June 16, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Introducing The Mug of Perpetually Being Mad At You

#1336: “Shutting down pressure to see transphobic and homophobic family.”

June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Content note/reminder that describing bigotry accurately sometimes includes examples. Followed by the usual reminders that boundaries are more about deciding what you will do than about what you can convince other people to do.

#1335: Advice about anxiety about over-committing to in-person hangouts written by a person with ADHD who struggles with time.

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 ~ JenniferP

When fear of over-committing meets terror of letting other people down, that's where you'll find me and way more than one of you, if my inbox is any indication.

“I want to reach out but I have no idea what to say.”

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 ~ JenniferP

If you don't know what to say, revert to first principles: Something is probably better than nothing.

#1312: Did I make the wrong decision? And–why can’t I listen to everyone telling me I made the right decision?

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 ~ JenniferP ~ 1 Comment

I believe the classic phrase is "don't set yourself on fire to keep somebody else warm."

#1305: “Please help me close up the proverbial ‘woodwork’.”

December 29, 2020 ~ JenniferP ~ 2 Comments

"Say, Old Bean, it was really fun to have sex for a while, but I'm going to need you to find a new topic of conversation."

Links: The Holidays and What To Do About Them

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 ~ JenniferP

Weird holidays, weird year.

#1296: “Gender may be made up but it’s still messing with me”

October 28, 2020April 26, 2021 ~ raepracticalaudacity

Rae is back, restoring a sense of discovery and play to figuring out who the heck you are.

It Came From The Search Terms: October Symphony (Oct. 2020)

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 ~ JenniferP ~ 208 Comments

Greetings, it is the time for the periodic tradition where I answer search strings people typed in as if they are questions.  First, I want to share a few links - Here I am at Vice, writing about family arguments, and I also want to call attention to S. Bear Bergman's recent post there: How … Continue reading It Came From The Search Terms: October Symphony (Oct. 2020)

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