Advice Goddess
Atilla the Honey
Does a long-term relationship automatically grant you access to your partner’s email account? Is sharing a password necessary when sharing a life?
Mused and Abused
After my girlfriend and I split up, I wrote a creative nonfiction piece about our breakup (changing some identifying details). I published it on a popular blog and linked to it on Facebook. We’re back together, and things are great; however, she saw the story and was humiliated.
Baby Makes Flee
Oh, potential Dad. You thought your wife would be cool with your decision to live child-free. Now, you might want to free her up so she can find a man who can give her what she wants.
Vulture Capital
Amy gives advice on what to do when a potential business partner wants to engage in frisky business with your spouse.
Inner Booty
Beauty does count. And if you’re not beautiful, you better have something to make up for it.
Carpy Diem
Oh, to be young and in love! And without the depth of life experience to know whether it’s going to last…
Stare Way to Heaven
A guy wrote you about a girl he sees at a coffee shop — a girl he suspects is out of his league. You said the way to know for sure is by asking her out. Bad Advice Goddess! This suggests that he should regard all women with whatever she’s got — like if she’s “too beautiful” — as out of his league. That just isn’t right. There’s probably a “too beautiful” woman out there who’d go for him.
— Irked
Manure and Wife
My fiancee insists on having our wedding at “THE most magical place to get married,” this beautiful lake resort. Her family’s well-off, but having it there creates a financial hardship
Bodies at Rust
I’m a recently divorced 40-something woman, now dating again, and I’m wondering what the guidelines are on how long to wait to have sex. I’m not interested in casual sex, but I have a healthy libido.
The Spinster Cycle
I am a 32-year-old woman with a Ph.D. I’m beyond happy with my career, but I’m not meeting men I’m impressed with or inspired to see again …