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Category: self-care

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

June 22, 2022June 24, 2022 ~ JenniferP

The problem with informal agreements.

#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.

#1362: “Family being opposite but equal butts about COVID – How do I maintain sanity?”

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 ~ JenniferP ~ 1 Comment

There's a reason parents of little kids are freaking out right now, howabout we start with not treating their fear like it's a baseless inconvenience?

#1358: GUEST POST: “I think my professors $#@%-ed me up.”

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Thriller author Amy Gentry answers this letter about abusive professors who feed like vampires on the potential of their students.

#1345: Newborns, vaccines, and visiting relatives.

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Wear a seatbelt! Where's your helmet? Will there be parents there? Parenthood requires willingness to say no to lots of fun stuff in the name of safety, there's no time like the present to get started.

#1343: “How do I make myself stand the person in the friend group I can’t really stand?”

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 ~ JenniferP

It's okay if someone you strongly dislike gets an inkling that the feeling is mutual. 

#1337: About more than a mug: Boundaries, housemates, aggression

June 10, 2021June 16, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Introducing The Mug of Perpetually Being Mad At You

#1334: “If someone keeps RSVP-ing “yes” but never attending, do I have to keep inviting them to stuff?”

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 ~ JenniferP

Here is blanket permission to not worry very much about offending people who neither show up to your parties nor ever explain why.

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