Advice Goddess
Wait Problems
By Amy Alkon A friend of a year has a pattern of raving about people she meets and then completely cooling on them. Last week, she met a man online.
Golden Pond Scum
By Amy Alkon I went to meet my girlfriend’s 90-year-old father. They have a conflicted relationship. He doesn’t “agree” with his daughter’s homosexuality, generally looks down on women, and believes
Tease For Two
“It’s long been believed that we each have one consistent “self,” with stable preferences, leading us to make consistent choices from situation to situation. That actually isn’t the case.” By
Social Notworking
By Amy Alkon My 40-something younger brother has been “friending” my hot female friends on Facebook, women I have befriended in real life whom he’s never even met! I said
Office Despot
By Amy Alkon I just started a new job. My boss and I were having a meeting, and he started asking me about my personal life — whether I have
Going Code Turkey
By Amy Alkon I broke up with a boyfriend a few years ago because I wasn’t getting what I wanted from him. I’d give him subtle cues, and when he
Going Code Turkey
“Although men and women are psychologically similar in many ways, studies by social psychologist Judith A. Hall and others find that women are more accurate in sussing out the meaning
Groin Pains
By Amy Alkon I’m 21, and I’ve just gotten my first girlfriend, this amazing girl I’ve known since high school. I lost my virginity to her, and I’ve since started
Till Dead End Do Us Part
By Amy Alkon I’ve been separated from my husband for two years. (Our divorce isn’t yet final.) A terrific man sought me out when he was breaking up with his
When Hurry Met Sally
By Amy Alkon I planned a cross-country trip to introduce my girlfriend of five months to my family. She just sprang on me that she wants my family to meet
