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Category: ethics

#1309: My housemate is accidentally flashing me

January 13, 2021January 17, 2021 ~ JenniferP ~ 173 Comments

Probably just tell people when they have spinach in their teeth and when they have unintentional crotch displays.

#1308: How do I deal with my edgelord friend?

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Just spitballing here, but what if my fellow white people took bigotry in our social spaces incredibly fucking seriously for a change?

#1306: Flirting vs. Professional Friendliness at the Dentist: EDITED

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Was your dentist flirting with you?
No. And if he was, gross.

#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."

#1298: “Could my adult friend have been grooming me for years?”

November 19, 2020November 20, 2020 ~ JenniferP ~ 1 Comment

The subject line says it all, for content warning purposes, though if it helps: The Letter Writer sent the person packing and it was not a *successful* grooming attempt. 

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)

#1292: “My creep sister is forwarding my queer child’s social media posts to our conservative parents. How to draw a boundary without outing my kid?”

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 ~ JenniferP

"I'm not a bigot, I'm just really *worried* that you and your child are total deviants who don't deserve rights." -Some Dipshit

#1289: “A potential friend is now an ex, and I don’t know why.”

September 11, 2020September 14, 2020 ~ JenniferP

"Let's be friends 4-ever" is a wish, not a promise, so it was in the high school yearbook, and so it is at work. 

#1285: “My sister is in love with someone she knows tried to rape me.”

July 22, 2020July 23, 2020 ~ JenniferP

The subject title is the content warning. No graphic details, but the situation is exactly that bad. 

#1283: “I need to resign as my friend’s son’s godmother.”

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 ~ JenniferP

How do you back out when when someone manipulates you - successfully- into something you don't want to do? Plus, help for when you need to ghost a baby and his manipulative parents.

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