Clarity in relationships, owning your own ambitions, gift-giving, death, love vs. family, and a review of boundary-setting.
Category: Overthinking It
#1455: “Single friend scorns the coupled. How can I have her meet my soon-to-be fiance without hurting anyone’s feelings?”
When friends tell you their good news, you have choices, like, not being a jerk about it.
#1454: “How long do I wait for a friend to get back to me about our interpersonal problems?”
Closure is a gift you give yourself, part infinity.
#1453: “Is my ADHD ruining my relationship or am I just with the wrong person for me?”
New year, same abuser playbook.
#1452: “Am I being unfair to a guy who told me he loved me on our third date?”
A Hallmark Movie where I descend like an angel and say, "I BRING YOU YEESH TIDINGS OF GREAT ICK. FLEE, FLEE, FLEE TO THE CITY AND LEAVE THIS MAN WHERE YOU FOUND HIM."
#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
#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.
#1441: “I want to travel with my friends but I’m afraid my brain will ruin my friendships.”
Is it your brain or is it the company?
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