I want to show my students Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" video. I would also like to have them answer some questions about it, but I'm stuck. Some help? [more inside]
posted by CrazyLemonade on Oct 14, 2009 - 10 answers

Love filter. How is gay love different from straight love? [more inside]
posted by VikingSword on Oct 5, 2009 - 43 answers

I want to become more of a peacemaker. [more inside]
posted by allkindsoftime on Sep 28, 2009 - 10 answers

Is it okay if I don't stay with my grandmother when I go visit my sick father? [more inside]
posted by DuckGirl on Jul 24, 2009 - 9 answers

What should I do about my terrible family situation? What approach should I have towards my family members? [more inside]
posted by ThrowawayName on Mar 10, 2009 - 28 answers

I noticed a suspicious-looking sore on my boyfriend... how to sensitively ask him to get tested? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 15, 2009 - 32 answers

Fundamentalist sister coming to visit; won't stay at our place because we are not married! [more inside]
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit on Oct 27, 2008 - 34 answers

Flame war burn victim asks: how do *you* perform soul grafts after a devastating flame war? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 6, 2008 - 19 answers

How do I get over a girl who has lead me on/won't commit, but I like very much? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 26, 2008 - 36 answers

Does your workplace have a clearly-stated 'organizational culture' or defined theme or an All-Encompassing Guiding Principle for employees? I've been told to create one for our company. From scratch. HELP! [more inside]
posted by GuffProof on May 17, 2008 - 19 answers

So there's this girl. She is brilliant and wryly funny and beautiful and we are grad students together in a program that will shortly be ending. Explain to me in the simplest possible terms - as though I were an extraterrestrial anthropologist with an academic interest in, but little direct experience with, human interaction - how I can show her that I'm interested in being more than friends... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 12, 2008 - 20 answers

I have a coworker with intermittent odor issues (cigarette smoke and stinky food) and am hoping for some new suggestions in dealing with them. Non-confrontational, passive methods preferred. [more inside]
posted by cuddles.mcsnuggy on Dec 11, 2007 - 36 answers

So, despite no one having told me this through high school, now that I'm in college I've been informed that everyone, everywhere, thinks I'm gay (and high school friends have confirmed this, now that I've asked). Men, women, doesn't matter. I am aware that I have a (very) slight lisp, which I hate because I can't control it (from birth). I am aware that I'm upbeat and tend to talk fast when excited. My body language is probably somewhat submissive, but I don't think it's THAT bad. I'm shy around a lot of women, don't make eye contact a lot, and a lot of guys don't like me because I'm not that into the "guy topics of conversation". Aside from, you know, how EFFING HOT random girl #43 is. (Cause she was!) The point is, I'm disturbingly straight and finding out what everyone really thinks has thrown me for a huge loop--not only am I being perceived as something I'm not, but it's also been (continually) detrimental to my success with women and social acceptance by guys... and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. [more inside]
posted by dmaterialized on Dec 10, 2006 - 68 answers

How do you get people to do things you tell them to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 25, 2006 - 25 answers

How do you deal with someone who constantly seeks attention through exaggerations and impulsiveness? [more inside]
posted by pricklypear on Aug 14, 2006 - 9 answers

How can I stop blushing? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 18, 2005 - 11 answers

I really am not excited about a friend's engagement and I think it's really stupid and rushed into. They're throwing a party. This is the second time they're trying to throw it, and I have a suspicion (because it was never cancelled before) that nobody even came the first time. I don't even want to be her friend anymore. Do I have to go? More generally, is it at all possible to handle the end of the friendship well?
posted by anonymous on Jan 9, 2005 - 21 answers

Are there any circumstances under which adult children become responsible for a parent's debts? [more inside]
posted by widdershins on Oct 28, 2004 - 4 answers

Do you play armchair pyschiatrist? How sure are you that you're right about people's inner lives? Do you act on your hunches? [More Inside.] [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Sep 10, 2004 - 25 answers