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Category: Relationships

It Came From The Search Terms: It’s Gonna Be May

May 18, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 144 Comments

Search strings, snap judgments. Comments are on, for a change!

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

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 ~ JenniferP

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

#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

#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.

#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.

#1361: “I can’t leave that one unrequited love alone.”

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Your love and grief are real, even if they're inspired by an inadequate and disappointing source.

5 Answers to “That’s Certainly A Question”

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 ~ JenniferP

Answers to unpublishable questions, like a New Year's cleanse for upsetting letters.

It Came From The Search Terms: November 2021

November 30, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Somebody typed it into a search engine and ended up here. Challenge accepted!

#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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