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#1140: Setting boundaries with a coworker moving to my neck of the woods.

~ JenniferP ~ 134 Comments

Hello Captain, I live in the ‘burbs with an hour+ work commute to the city. I enjoy the flexibility to work from home several times a week make my own schedule, which also varies due to the needs of the tech world. I enjoy separating my work and social life, which means keeping relationships at … Continue reading #1140: Setting boundaries with a coworker moving to my neck of the woods.

#1015: Touching, boundaries, and compatibility

~ JenniferP ~ 377 Comments

Hi, and thanks for an awesome and helpful site! My situation: I’ve recently begun a new relationship, and am experiencing some…friction. I’m having trouble telling how much of the issue is incompatibility, and how much is me being “rusty”/ungenerous/inflexible, and I would love some outside insight! A bit about me: I’ve never been a big … Continue reading #1015: Touching, boundaries, and compatibility

#966: “Boundaries, Love, Death, Denial, Manners, & Kink” or “1 Husband, 1 Lover, 1 Burned-Out Caregiver & The Next Five Years”

~ JenniferP ~ 275 Comments

Hi Captain! All names have been changed to protect the guilty. Sorry this is long, but the backstory is rather necessary. I’m a 45 year old pansexual poly woman. I’ve been with Wolfie since I was 18, married him at 23, and had two sons with him, who are now both out of the house. … Continue reading #966: “Boundaries, Love, Death, Denial, Manners, & Kink” or “1 Husband, 1 Lover, 1 Burned-Out Caregiver & The Next Five Years”

#917: “How to set boundaries with people who think boundaries and hurt are manipulative? AKA Help implementing boundary advice?”

~ JenniferP ~ 201 Comments

Hello, Cap and friends! I have a couple of questions about boundary-setting with people who don’t believe in boundaries. The Awkward team’s advice and scripts on setting boundaries have been so wonderfully helpful in my life, but what (if anything) can you say to people who believe that setting boundaries in a family is controlling? … Continue reading #917: “How to set boundaries with people who think boundaries and hurt are manipulative? AKA Help implementing boundary advice?”

#856: “Let’s totally do that thing together….sometime.” (Time, Planning, & Boundaries)

~ JenniferP ~ 170 Comments

Greetings, Captain! Long-time lurker checking in with a relationship problem. My boyfriend and I (she/her pronouns) have a lot of different interests. Which is fine! Not all my stuff is his cup of coffee! Not all his stuff is my cup of tea! The issue is when he says he wants to do something with … Continue reading #856: “Let’s totally do that thing together….sometime.” (Time, Planning, & Boundaries)

#833: When your spouse won’t set boundaries with your in-laws.

~ JenniferP ~ 268 Comments

Dear Captain, I am married to a wonderful, funny, smart man. We have an amazing two-year-old and I just found out that I am expecting again. Life is good, except that his normally-long-distance family is suddenly in the area (an hour’s drive away) and thus all the issues about my dislike of them that we … Continue reading #833: When your spouse won’t set boundaries with your in-laws.