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Category: Families

#1386: “How do I go No Contact with my dad again now that he’s no longer dying?”

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 ~ JenniferP

"We had the dramatic deathbed reunion everybody pressured me into and then the jerk lived. What now?"

#1382: “My mum won’t accept anything I tell her unless it’s been ‘fact-checked’ by my brother or my dad.”

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Bold of your mom to set herself up as the sole arbiter of your life circumstances, Letter Writer!

#1381: “How to make someone known for going back on their promises put a big financial promise into writing.”

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 ~ JenniferP

The answer to "how to make someone _____" is almost always, "Sorry, you can't make anybody do anything."

#1377: Hosting two families with different conceptions of time.

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 1 Comment

In which the Party Planning Committee consists of one exhausted pregnant lady trying to please everyone.

#1375: “Guilt trips with a side of trauma.”

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Both anxious and avoidant attachment styles respond badly to pressure and benefit from structure, or, "Mom, I can't be your on-call therapist."

#1372: “Help me plant the right boundaries for the future.”

April 13, 2022April 21, 2022 ~ JenniferP

There are a lot of steps between "starting a farm" and "figuring out who gets it after we die." Content Warning for ableism.

#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?

#1366: “Malicious, controlling mother-in-law wants to move in”

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Ultimatums are scary for a reason: Sometimes people force you to follow through on them.

#1364: “Gender is elusive, and I cannot teach it to you, Mother!”

January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Don't let a side quest for understanding get in the way of doing - or demanding - care and kindness.

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