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Category: COMMUNICATION

#1391: “Anxious Coworker Is Triggering My Mothering Instinct”

January 17, 2023January 19, 2023 ~ JenniferP

When work says, "We're like a family here," they never mean a happy, functional family.

#1390: My wife wants a divorce but I don’t want to go to court.

January 12, 2023January 13, 2023 ~ JenniferP

Think of a lawyer as a divorce expert who takes care of business so you can take care of feelings.

#1389: “I am taking over a course from a professor who died. How should I proceed?”

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 ~ JenniferP

"Hello, I wouldn't be here if your actual professor hadn't died. Who's ready to LEARN?"

#1384: “Was I stating a boundary, or was I abusing?”

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 ~ JenniferP

When someone is consistently mean to you, and you say "if you keep being mean to me, we might have to break up," may I humbly suggest that you are not The Problem.

It Came From The Search Terms: 33rd of August

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 29 Comments

It's that time! Sex, breakups, saying no to stuff you don't wanna do, red flags, Darcying

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

May 18, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 195 Comments

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

#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.

#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.

#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.

#1367: “I made a sacrifice to keep the peace. Was it right?”

March 7, 2022March 8, 2022 ~ JenniferP

"False Spring" in Chicago, is that wedding bells I hear?

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