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Category: Overthinking It

#1394, #1395, and #1396: Crush Stories

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 ~ JenniferP

The candy is half-price the flowers are wilting, and in my inbox some sweet folks are a-jilting. My manuscript's growing, my brain needs a break, so time for some letters about hope and heartbreak.

#1391: “Anxious Coworker Is Triggering My Mothering Instinct”

January 17, 2023January 19, 2023 ~ JenniferP

When work says, "We're like a family here," they never mean a happy, functional family.

#1389: “I am taking over a course from a professor who died. How should I proceed?”

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 ~ JenniferP

"Hello, I wouldn't be here if your actual professor hadn't died. Who's ready to LEARN?"

#1388: “A woman wants to bond with me over our shared history of an abusive man – and I’m struggling to be polite while also maintaining boundaries.”

December 9, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is not your friend, and that's okay. Content note for mention (but not details) of past abusive relationships.

Should you stay or should you go?

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Convert "What should I do?" questions to "How will I do the thing I'm most afraid of?" and see how you feel.

#1380: “He’s been playing games since I told him that I think he’s attractive.”

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 ~ JenniferP

People* are in the mood for something with relatively low stakes, right?

*Me, I'm 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.

#1368: “The ethics of breaking up with someone when you live together and nothing is Glaringly Awful.”

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 115 Comments

If you need to go, go.

#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.

#1359: Sibling’s Christmas Decorations Are Making My Parents Break Down

December 22, 2021December 23, 2021 ~ JenniferP

The problem with ultimatums is sometimes people take you up on them.

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