#242: Can I Tell Guys I Don’t Want to Date Them Before They Ask Me to Date Them?
“Casual lean, engaged! Precision eyebrow raise, activate! Look over here, over here, OVER HE-” Oh, hi I didn’t see you there. Dear Capt. Awkward, So, I’m a 25 year old lady. Like a lot of your readers...
View Article#453: Guest Post: How Do I Come Out to My Mom?
I’ll be quick- After getting my teaching degree abroad, I’ve moved back home with my folks because I have no money, and there are no teaching jobs (or really ANY jobs) in my area at the moment. I’m...
View Article#468 and #469: “Hey, knock it off”, or, Constructive Conflict, Continued.
Jolly’s great comment to Monday’s post is going to be very relevant to these seemingly very different questions: “You also don’t necessarily have to bring some of these things up in one big...
View Article#492: I am so not into the whole dating thing. How do I talk about that with...
Dear Captain and co. This is a not-quite problem that’s separated into two parts. I’m not interested in sex or dating/relationships. I’m not comfortable at the moment categorising myself as...
View ArticleGuest Post #496: I No Longer Have Pantsfeelings for the Only Partner I’ve Had
[Content note: purity culture] Dear Captain Awkward, I am married. My husband is a very lovely, supportive man, very devoted and considerate, and a great father to our small child. We’ve been together...
View ArticleIt Came From the Search Terms
Now and then it’s interesting to see the search terms that bring people here, and, since they are in the form of a question, give some short answers. I’ve added punctuation but otherwise left the texts...
View Article#693: When should I trust relationship advice and when should I trust my gut?
Hi Captain! This isn’t anything serious but I thought you would have some great advice or direction. My ex and I are seeing each other again. We dated for 4 years, 2 of which were living together. We...
View ArticleIt Came From The Search Terms: Busting out all over!
Hello! Let’s ease back into things with some short answers to some questions that people didn’t ask so much as typed into their friendly neighborhood search engines. 1. “My foot feels like it is...
View ArticleGuest Post: #909 “I Should Be Able To Do Money…But I Can’t”
Dear Captain Awkward, I am so scared. I keep messing things up financially. I just don’t know how to do it. How to DO MONEY. But it’s a paradox, because I am earning a decent amount. It’s a paradox...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Updates
As a Letter Writer to the blog, you are never obligated to update us. Use the advice that’s useful to you, ignore what isn’t useful, and go live your (hopefully) happy life where you are hopefully able...
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