Clarity in relationships, owning your own ambitions, gift-giving, death, love vs. family, and a review of boundary-setting.
Category: Manners
#1451: Love and money and compatibility
More money, fewer problems, but not zero.
#1450: “Stimming In The Office With Nosy Coworkers”
Commiseration a-plenty.
#1448: “Paying the check when you are the Dinner Puritan.”
I Saw Goody Trueworth Requesting Separate Checks In The Dining Establishment
#1447: “My stepmom just voted my rights away and I’m mad at my dad about it.”
My brain feels like a test pattern right now, so I do not promise you either eloquence or coherence. Fortunately this is a well-covered topic and the archives are robust.
#1446: Preventing Random Acts of Trauma-Dumping
"Dear Captain Awkward, how can I prevent awkward conversations?" You can't. You can only control how you respond.
#1444: The whole group and nothing but the group
Why do people who can't live with you being mad at anyone do the exact thing that ensures you will transfer your anger to them? I don't know, but I know it when I see it.
#1440: “Microaggressive grenades are blowing up my friend group. Are there scripts to save us?”
Blessings and apologies to The Peacemakers, but I do not have a set of scripts you can use to get your friends to change their entire personalities.
#1439: “I’ve observed some problems in my neighbors’ marriage. Should I sit them down over a cup of tea and share my insights?”
Unreliable narrators are my kryptonite, and I'm only human.
It Came From The Search Terms: Summer In The City
Search terms! Divorce haircuts, flirtation, awkward questions, how to let people down without trying to make it easy, and the single life.
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