Help! Can I salvage this friendship even after experiencing the searing pain of rejection? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 8:34 AM - 13 answers

How can I start speaking confidently without worrying about people disagreeing with me? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 7:11 AM - 7 answers

How, if at all, is sex different after a vasectomy? NSFW details inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 7:11 AM - 12 answers

The world is full of lonely people. I'd like to bring some of them together... at least the ones in my general vicinity. But I need your help in finding the best ways to go about this. [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga at 9:41 PM - 13 answers

This is REALLY not about the toilet seat...or is it?!? Men, I need your advice!! Women, there is a question inside for you too! [more inside]
posted by hollygirl at 7:46 PM - 70 answers

So as fate would have it, I am sharing an apartment with a girl that I am very attracted to. And now it seems as if I've been perma-friended. (For the sake of discussion, lets forgo the “dating roommates is a bad idea” discussion.) [more inside]
posted by RandomGradStudent at 2:55 PM - 113 answers

What's the best way to stand up to my mother about Christmas and to handle her jealousy about our better relationship with my partner's parents? She's determined to make the holiday season into a zero sum game with my partner's mother [more inside]
posted by Flitcraft at 2:45 PM - 41 answers

How can I make space for my emotions and feel safe letting myself feel them? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 8:30 AM - 16 answers

Three years ago, I was date-raped by my then-boyfriend. Some of our mutual friends know, some don't. I just found out that a friend in the know is trying to set up another friend's sister with my rapist. What, if anything, should I do? (Apologies for the lengthy description that follows...) [more inside]
posted by honeybee413 at 12:09 AM - 58 answers

I'm finally on my own and liberal arts school should be the place for me. But I'm still approaching my coursework from the standpoint of "how little can I do and how late can I do it and still not utterly fail," and it's making me hate myself. [more inside]
posted by randomname25 at 10:17 PM - 22 answers

I tried to do someone a favor, it backfired and now I cannot get rid of them. How can I make it stop? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 7:52 PM - 17 answers

Help un-grinch my holiday season! Need suggestions for ways to get myself into the holiday spirit when I come from a family who does not really participate... [more inside]
posted by JoannaC at 11:51 AM - 15 answers

I've found a great potential job, given them references, and know the references will be contacted on Monday. To what extent is it typical to let your references know beforehand they will be contacted by my potential employer? [more inside]
posted by diode at 9:59 AM - 17 answers

Lonely and depressed...need advice [more inside]
posted by loser8008 at 9:05 PM - 17 answers

I need some advice about how to move my life forward. Relationship, job, and home. A simple question: should I stay here or should I go back home, but with the usual tortured backstory that I will try to keep as relevant as possible! [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 5:58 PM - 14 answers

How can I make my new partner come?? NSFW details follow. [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 8:53 AM - 23 answers

Little known facts about men [more inside]
posted by lunalaguna at 8:37 AM - 331 answers

GoodTimesFilter: Instead of going out and being social, I tend to make excuses, saying I need to stay in to complete work - which I often don't actually complete, due to procrastination and distraction issues. How I can quiet this negative voice, and go out to have a good time? [more inside]
posted by SNWidget at 8:31 AM - 11 answers

When your best actually isn’t good enough: What could a supervisor do to help you if you were under-performing at work? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 8:23 AM - 5 answers

My 3-year-old daughter suddenly hates drinking milk. Mealtimes are rife with tears and battles of will. How can we get her to drink milk happily and eagerly again? [more inside]
posted by lexfri at 5:29 AM - 78 answers