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#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.

#1333: Multi-Level Marketing Cults & Performative Friendship

May 17, 2021May 18, 2021 ~ JenniferP

How to plot the accumulated costs of "useless objects" vs. "pointless arguments" over time?

#1331 and #1332: Awkward Neighbor Stuff!

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Good fences continue to make good neighbors, metaphorically and literally.

#1329: “Is this ever going to work out in my favor?”

May 3, 2021May 4, 2021 ~ JenniferP ~ 1 Comment

When someone says "I don't have romantic feelings for you," take them at their word.

#1327: “My best friend’s other best friend is The Worst. How do I free myself without losing my friend?”

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Sometimes when you stop trying to make yourself like someone, it's easier to keep the peace at parties.

#1324: “I moved out of a terrible roommate situation two years ago, but our mutuals won’t stop trying to ‘make peace.'”

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 ~ JenniferP

"I hated living with them so I moved the hell out. What is there to 'mediate?'"

#1323: “People keep using a filler-word that bugs me and I want to not care.”

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 ~ JenniferP

"This bugs me" doesn't equal "This is wrong," and this Letter Writer gets that. 🙂

Crossover: Ask A(n Awkward) Manager

March 15, 2021March 14, 2021 ~ JenniferP ~ 56 Comments

Sometimes Alison at Ask A Manager and I like to answer questions about workplace awkwardness together.

#1316: “I finally have a friend and my wife is jealous.”

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Feelings (jealousy, discomfort, biphobia) clean-up in Aisle 7.

#1315: How do I tell acquaintances about a death in the family without sounding dramatic?

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 ~ JenniferP

When you want to share an extremely mood-ruining thing (death of a parent) without ruining the mood: Be brief and direct, and let other people be nice to you for a minute.

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