How can I inspire people and act strong and firm and smart without letting go of wanting to also be protected and vulnerable?
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posted by dinosaurprincess
on May 21, 2013 -
17 answers
I'm 45, female and just discovered I'm bi. Now what?
Yes, I know it seems unlikely, and the nearest I can figure is my arousal/desire for every single one of my lovers has occurred after being desired, rather than finding someone hot in advance. I was married for a very long time, and possibly oblivious to any gay come-ons, in my premarital time. For the sake of the information I seek, can we please assume that I am correct - that I am bi, and that this wasn't just experimental? (which has been suggested to me by a straight friend).
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 25, 2013 -
23 answers
My best friend and I keep having drama in our friendship because of feelings. I had feelings for him, but he says he just wanted to stay friends. I told him I needed space to get rid of my feelings so we can stay friends. But he won't let me. He keeps bringing me back into his life. Even when he said he was starting a relationship with someone else. What do I do?
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posted by impactsmoothie
on Jan 9, 2013 -
55 answers
I recently travelled 8,000 miles home to visit family and see my sick grandad for possibly the last time. I brought $150s worth of gifts across for them from Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Lorraine, and Iceland. Now my mum is demanding an extra, more expensive gift that I post to my brother because his car broke down after he'd given me a lift to the airport. Reasonable or unreasonable? How would you navigate this?
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posted by everydayanewday
on Oct 9, 2012 -
64 answers
(warning: long w/ summary inside, and drama) We flirted and worked together. We never kissed, but I fell for him. But he didn't tell me he had a girlfriend until later. I backed off and he got engaged. I miss his friendship and want to get in touch. But I recently googled him and found that he is getting married in a month to someone else than who he was engaged to at first. Please help me.
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posted by skylines
on May 29, 2012 -
31 answers
I'm looking for some websites for the beginner. I'm fine with the animation part. That is (relatively) easy. But I'm pretty much totally lost on the Action script part of it, and the Adobe tutorials are a little complicated for my idiot self. I'm just a little ol' designer and all this talk of code and scripts and computer lingo is freaking me out. I'll take anything. Any ideas. Any help. Anything. Thank you.
posted by freakazoid
on Mar 21, 2012 -
6 answers
It's all in my head, I think. Questions about signals I thought were being sent by a woman I have strong feelings for. (..a little long)
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posted by Guyatoffice
on Mar 21, 2012 -
23 answers
Alright, so I'm not super talented, educated or driven... I should be happy with my less than fulfilling and menial day job, right? Please read further for possibly annoying details.
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posted by anoirmarie
on Feb 16, 2012 -
32 answers
Psychological/Romantic Filter:
I don't know what else to do anymore.
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Not asking for advice on taking rejection.
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posted by Angel of Khaos
on Jan 31, 2012 -
22 answers
Help me figure out what's going on with my sexuality and what it means for my long-time relationship.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 16, 2012 -
32 answers
It will be three years with my partner in November. She is ready to move forward from cohabitation into marriage. She is the nicest person I have dated, we are good match, and I'm at the time in my life when I am capable of making a new family the primary priority...
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 5, 2011 -
19 answers
Why does our kitten believe that dirty clothes hampers and toilets are one and the same?
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posted by item
on Jul 21, 2011 -
30 answers
Am I a lesbian? Bisexual? Or, straight but asexual? Please help. I am, obviously, very confused.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 24, 2011 -
33 answers
The relationship is not looking good, I'm trying to figure out if I can save this thing and if I can't, how the heck to get back into my own head and get her out of mine.
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posted by Nighthawk3729
on Jun 18, 2011 -
30 answers
You know how awkward you feel at 12 when you're trying to talk to the cutie in your class? Well, that's me, but at 27, and with women. I'm a woman, and I'm completely lost with how this works. Maybe lost is an understatement. Could you walk me through what you did, if you experienced this?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 28, 2011 -
12 answers
I had a crush on a boy. It ended badly; he confessed to me that he doesn’t know if he is straight or gay or bi. There was crying, hugging, and complete regret from him since he has never told anyone this ever.
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posted by jenlovesponies
on Jan 17, 2011 -
31 answers
How do bloggers or community websites deal with comments from new users which are on-topic for the site but off-topic for the current conversation? It happens regularly on my blog. Deletion seems harsh: if the person is interested in the subject it seems like a missed opportunity to get a new member and teach them how to use the internet appropriately. What are some alternatives?
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posted by harriet vane
on Aug 23, 2010 -
16 answers
If I want to do marketing research should I double major in Psychology and Marketing? Alternately, if I enjoy research psychology and conducting studies, what are other possible careers I might be interested in?
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posted by tweedle
on Nov 18, 2009 -
16 answers
Is health care a Ponzi scheme? I'm trying to work out my feelings about the health care debate, and our moral obligations to take care of each other. Will improved health care just lead to larger populations and longer life spans, and more and more expenses to take care of them all? Am I a bad person for thinking this? I smoke, so I'll probably check out early without consuming all your future resources on my elder care. Does this mitigate my xenocidal tendencies or make them worse?
posted by Area Control
on Sep 13, 2009 -
25 answers
I'm almost 30. I'm unemployed. I may or may not be able to attend college this year. I am halfway across the country from my friends and family, can't move in with my parents, don't have a license, and I am going to have to divorce my wife of four years. Where do I start? (Warning: Long)
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 19, 2009 -
9 answers
Please explain what happened in Edna O'Brien's short story "Old Wounds", published in the June 8-15 issue of the New Yorker (
link).
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posted by medusa
on Jun 12, 2009 -
5 answers
20 years old. 3rd year of college. Rejected from the design program I applied to. Now what?
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posted by ad4pt
on May 21, 2009 -
12 answers
Readers, Psychologist, Philosophers or Writers Please,
How not to get confused and feel unsetteled after reading different books and Theories?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 13, 2009 -
5 answers
KOREA FILTER: Help me decide if I should leave my current Korean university and move to Seoul to focus on Korean language learning.
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posted by Knigel
on Apr 12, 2009 -
4 answers
As I understand it, the US government is giving away $8000 each to almost all first-time home buyers this year. How do I protest the government giving away money for free?
posted by malp
on Apr 10, 2009 -
39 answers
How do I deal with my parents on limited resources without sending all of us into a fit? (likely to be TL;DR)
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posted by divabat
on Feb 20, 2009 -
13 answers
Should I ignore my Ex - Friend with Benefits Birthday tomorrow? And how speak to him after that after that?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 6, 2008 -
12 answers
I went to a bar with a girl I'm seeing and hung out with her group of friends...and also met two of her ex-boyfriends. I played it off, but when we met, she told me she was 140% lesbian. Am I being too hung up on labels or is it a little shady that she didn't tell me that she's bisexual?
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posted by jnaps
on Sep 22, 2008 -
33 answers
My wife and I want to start a blog. Amazing new idea, right?! Anyways, we're bored and we have too much free time, so we want a place to write down or show things we think are funny. I used to keep a blog on typepad, so I'm familiar with using a service like that, but how possible would it be to setup a website where there are two blogs on it, running side by side?
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posted by Bageena
on Jul 29, 2008 -
17 answers
Should I leave the city I've spent my whole life in when it seems like things are starting to go my way?
[apologies in advance. more information than is probably necessary/confused word vomit follows]
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posted by elr
on May 18, 2007 -
22 answers
Help me understand/explain anomalous laptop power adapter and/or battery behaviour. Why would it be dead, then fine? Why would the system crash when it should hibernate?
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posted by tiamat
on Oct 27, 2006 -
6 answers
