"Tell me your phone number and exactly where you live so I can judge if you are a SERIOUS STUDENT." Yikes.
Category: ethics
#1370: “I feel suffocated and want to move away from my stingy roommate.”
Nobody loves separating the books and dishtowels, but when it's time, it's time.
#1368: “The ethics of breaking up with someone when you live together and nothing is Glaringly Awful.”
If you need to go, go.
#1364: “Gender is elusive, and I cannot teach it to you, Mother!”
Don't let a side quest for understanding get in the way of doing - or demanding - care and kindness.
#1362: “Family being opposite but equal butts about COVID – How do I maintain sanity?”
There's a reason parents of little kids are freaking out right now, howabout we start with not treating their fear like it's a baseless inconvenience?
#1358: GUEST POST: “I think my professors $#@%-ed me up.”
Thriller author Amy Gentry answers this letter about abusive professors who feed like vampires on the potential of their students.
#1352: Recovering from an Awkward Lie
Just because you're judging yourself inside your head, it doesn't mean that other people are participating.
#1351: “Can I use my ex’s pseudonym in my novel?”
You can obviously write whatever you want about whoever you want. You cannot control how people will feel about it or what they'll do about it.
#1348: “How to tell an ex you’re pregnant when it’s not theirs and not your ex”
Your partner's ex, your partner's friend group, your partner's life choices are your partner's job to manage.
#1346: “My new ‘friend’ has alt-right skeletons in her closet. How do I nope out?”
"Inside this lady are two bigots, one is capable of acting nice sometimes and the other is not, don't feed either of them with your time, sympathy, or attention."
CaptainAwkward.com 