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#908: “Staying the night with someone carries a lot of intimacy weight for...
Dear Captain Awkward: A girl I’ve been seeing for 5 weeks broke up with me and it hit me really hard. It took me a night to realize that I had attributed a lot of emotional weight to staying over at...
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It Came From The Search Terms: September Morn
Every month (thanks to nice Patreon supporters!) we examine the things that people typed into search engines to find this place. 1. “My bf is younger to me by two years and is half bald..but still he...
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#912: “My partner says he’s probably done with our relationship. How can I...
Dear Captain Awkward: My partner and I have been together for 6 years and we recently moved to another country where I know the language and have some friends. My partner has been focused on...
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#915: All In The Family Politics
Oh captain, my captain! I have been with my partner for 5 years and our families get on well. For the past year we have been living in his parents house, but up until about two weeks ago his parents...
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#919:”Metamour vetoed me, he wants a relationship anyway.”
Dear Captain, This is a bit messy, please bear with me… One year ago, a long time acquaintance, “John”, figured out my interest in BDSM. It turned out him and his wife “Julia”, were a dominant and...
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#920: “I have trouble forming or expressing opinions and it’s bugging my...
Dear Cap’n Awkward! I have a weird one, I’m hoping you might have some insight. I had a not great childhood, a turbulent teenagehood, and then spent my entire 20s with an abusive husband and a major...
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#921: “Captain, can you e-slap some sense into me, please?” or, 12 steps for...
Dear Captain Awkward… I started seeing a man who claimed he and his wife were ok to seek outside relationships. He said the friendship of those outside liaisons was important to him. Seemed on-board;...
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#922: “Is it selfish to break up with this person even though he’s not doing...
Captain, It might be selfish, but I need to break up with this guy. We’ve been going out for just about 4 months, and for over a month of this time, I have been on the receiving end of hearing about...
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#926: How to deal with a well-meaning but controlling mother-in-law?
Hi, Me and my husband have been together for a bit less than seven years now. I have never really liked my mother-in-law and my husband doesn’t really like her company either. Also, everyone who has...
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#927 & #928 Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh, and The Sweet Gift of Breaking Up With...
Ahoy there Captain! My boyfriend, who I met online through a mutual friend, and I have been dating for about two years now. When we first started talking online, we lived on opposite sides of the...
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#930: Getting Rid of Unwanted Holiday Houseguests
Dear Captain I live with my partner and we have a lodger (H). W has a friend who lives abroad (M). M is an alcoholic with a coke problem (not addressed). He has just lost his licence for driving drunk...
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#933: “Should two bisexual, polyamorous sisters date the same guy?”
Dear Captain Awkward, Context: My sister and I are incredibly close and talk about everything. We grew up in a Charismatic Christian home. We’ve spent a long time trying to work out The Right Thing,...
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#940: “My wedding is in 20 days and I think I gotta cancel.”
Ahoy Captain and Commentariat! I feel horrible for writing in with this question because Fiancee and I are supposed to be getting married in roughly 20 days. This was the healthiest relationship I’ve...
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#941: How do I tell my parents I’m a) gay and b) married?
Ahoy Captain! I am a lesbian in her mid-twenties who grew up in a very religious (and homophobic) environment. In my last year of college, I began dating one of my best friends who lived in another...
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#944 and #945: Dudes Who Come With A High Degree of Difficulty
Dear Captain Awkward, I’m afraid I might be walking into an Alice situation (a la letter #247). My boyfriend’s family is very conservative and even though he is an adult, he not only lives with them...
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It Came From The Search Terms: Sometimes It Snows In April
It’s that time of the month where we treat the search strings people typed in as actual questions. Before I dive in: The trip to France was wonderful. We ate all the foods and saw all the arts and...
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#952: “Respect and learning to drive.”
Dear Captain Awkward, I hope you’ll be able to help me out with this one, because it’s driving me batty. I suspect I already know what I should do, but wouldn’t mind confirmation. To be succinct, my...
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#954: “I know that ‘a girlfriend is not a pacifier’ but I’m worried that I’m...
hi captain, i want to thank you so much for your website and lovely community and i hope this message finds you well. i’m having a hard time sorting through some relationship stuff and i’m hoping for...
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#955: “I’m in a rat trap of my own making.”
Hi, Cappy! I recently discovered your column and am so grateful for it. You’re amazing and helpful! I really could use some situational advice, but it’s a long and complex story, sorry! I’m a single...
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#956: “How do I reassure someone I love about their body issues without being...
Hi Captain, My husband, at the ripe age of 35, is losing his hair. He has had luxuriant long locks since he was a young teenager, long before I knew him. He fought multiple administrative battles with...
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