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Category: Friendship

#1379: Friend is going back on an informal housing agreement.

June 22, 2022June 24, 2022 ~ JenniferP

The problem with informal agreements.

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!

#1376 Guest Post: “How do I find queer and trans friends and dates my own age?”

May 14, 2022 ~ sbearbergman

A guest post from S. Bear Bergman of Asking Bear about how to make new friends and find date partners. Bear will be answering questions live with the Captain on Sunday May 15, tix at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asking-bear-with-special-guest-captain-awkward-tickets-326018549257

#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.

#1370: “I feel suffocated and want to move away from my stingy roommate.”

March 28, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Nobody loves separating the books and dishtowels, but when it's time, it's time.

#1365: “I am being held hostage by the phone.”

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 ~ JenniferP

When someone who can't say no and someone who won't take no for an answer become friends and form an awkward puzzle of dysfunction.

#1356: “I don’t want to be friends with my neighbor anymore.”

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Are you overreacting or are you just reacting to evidence of observed behavior and patterns?

#1353: My friend always takes over a day to respond to messages.

November 3, 2021November 4, 2021 ~ JenniferP

If someone averages 36 hours between responses, what happens if you assume that their response time will be 36 hours?

#1348: “How to tell an ex you’re pregnant when it’s not theirs and not your ex”

September 14, 2021September 15, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Your partner's ex, your partner's friend group, your partner's life choices are your partner's job to manage.

#1347: “My friend asked me if we could add ‘benefits,’ I still feel weird about it, am I justified in ending the friendship?”

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 ~ JenniferP

"Good news, I finally persuaded my fiancée to let me sleep with other people, now we can finally act out all my fantasies about you over Zoom!" Whoa, seems sexy!

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