Hiatus, Holiday Open Thread, & #389: Friendly Social Coercion is Still Coercion

October 23, 2012October 24, 2012 ~ JenniferP ~ 527 Comments

Hello! I have a backlog of something like 300 unanswered questions in my inbox. I also have some travel, work deadlines, and life stuff that mean I will not be posting here or checking blog-related email until early November. I will try to clean out the spam filter every other day or so, but I'm … Continue reading Hiatus, Holiday Open Thread, & #389: Friendly Social Coercion is Still Coercion

#325: Reminder. Not everyone has to like you.

August 8, 2012August 8, 2012 ~ JenniferP ~ 58 Comments

Dear Captain Awkward, I recently have had the problem where I am involving myself in a new hobby, which is different from my other group of friends, whom I love and adore and have been really great to me since I moved over here a few years ago and didn't know anyone, I can be … Continue reading #325: Reminder. Not everyone has to like you.

#199: I have an embarrassing, unshakeable crush on my teacher.

March 2, 2012March 3, 2012 ~ JenniferP ~ 56 Comments

Dear Captain Awkward, I am 21 years old. I am in a long term relationship, which will be going on four years this spring. He and I have had our ups and downs, but for the most part our relationship has been great. We have a lot of fun together, and have been through so … Continue reading #199: I have an embarrassing, unshakeable crush on my teacher.