Nobody loves separating the books and dishtowels, but when it's time, it's time.
Category: Overthinking It
#1368: “The ethics of breaking up with someone when you live together and nothing is Glaringly Awful.”
If you need to go, go.
#1365: “I am being held hostage by the phone.”
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
The problem with ultimatums is sometimes people take you up on them.
#1356: “I don’t want to be friends with my neighbor anymore.”
Are you overreacting or are you just reacting to evidence of observed behavior and patterns?
#1352: Recovering from an Awkward Lie
Just because you're judging yourself inside your head, it doesn't mean that other people are participating.
#1349: “I asked out a shy guy, he told me his (non-existent) girlfriend would be jealous. What now?”
An invented girlfriend as an excuse to say "no" is in no way LESS of an impediment than an actual jealous girlfriend?
#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.
#1343: “How do I make myself stand the person in the friend group I can’t really stand?”
It's okay if someone you strongly dislike gets an inkling that the feeling is mutual.
#1340: “I sat for my friends’ cats for years, but they won’t return the favor now:” Friendship, Favors, and Reciprocity
There is "what might be technically owed" and "what is realistic and workable now." In general, don't try to extract the former at the expense of the latter with people you'd like to stay friends with.
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