Clarity in relationships, owning your own ambitions, gift-giving, death, love vs. family, and a review of boundary-setting.
Category: Social Interactions
#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.
#1435: Friendship After Work
The art of making friends will come in handy again and again in this life.
#1430: “I tried to end a friendship with a neighbor, but she won’t let me.”
Cursèd are the peacemakers who want to sacrifice your peace for their comfort.
#1416: “Help with mass-produced holiday photo cards of smug fake victories?”
Truly I get the impulse to build a little spite house in your soul, but sometimes it's okay to just let people like things.
#1391: “Anxious Coworker Is Triggering My Mothering Instinct”
When work says, "We're like a family here," they never mean a happy, functional family.
It Came From The Search Terms: It’s Gonna Be May
Search strings, snap judgments. Comments are on, for a change!
It Came From The Search Terms: November 2021
Somebody typed it into a search engine and ended up here. Challenge accepted!
#1353: My friend always takes over a day to respond to messages.
If someone averages 36 hours between responses, what happens if you assume that their response time will be 36 hours?
#1348: “How to tell an ex you’re pregnant when it’s not theirs and not your ex”
Your partner's ex, your partner's friend group, your partner's life choices are your partner's job to manage.
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