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#992: “My husband is dating my mom.”
You read that right. Welcome. Dear Captain Awkward, I am a 34 year old straight woman in an open marriage with a 39 year straight man. I have taken far more advantage of the openness of our marriage...
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#1002: “My boyfriend doesn’t believe in my dreams.”
Dear Captain Awkward, What do you do if your significant other thinks that you will go no where with your dream? My boyfriend is a well known, local photographer. He does mainly fashion photo-shoots...
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So, about those pesky Nazis again.
This is an amalgamation of actual letters in my actual inbox: Dear Captain Awkward, I’m dating someone wonderful who really loves me, he (IT’S ALWAYS HE, DON’T @ME) but he has terrible political views,...
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#1029: “I know this relationship is over, why can’t I let go?”
Dear Captain, I am currently with someone whom I know is completely toxic for me. He’s selfish, emotionally unavailable, dismissive of my needs and feelings, and apparently very depressed due to...
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#1032: “Fiancé thinks I’m still in love with the ex!”
Dear Captain Awkward: I have been engaged for 1 1/2 years now. We are both in our 40’s and have been married before. I have no contact with my ex. When my fiancé and I first got together I made the...
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#1037: “What should I do when the guy I like ghosts on me?”
Dear Captain Awkward, I’ve been dating this guy for 3 months now. He has this pattern of disappearing for a couple of days and then come back. At the beginning he was all super flirty on text and...
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#1085: “My partner keeps inviting his ex-girlfriend to stay with us and by...
Hi Cap’n. Here is issue: My partners’ ex, and boundaries. I have great relationships with my exes, I think it’s healthy and awesome. This is a new and different world, apparently. My partner’s most...
View Article#1144: “My best friend is having ex-sex and I don’t know how to support her.”
Dear Captain Awkward, A couple of months ago, one of my best friends (we’ll call her Beth) and her partner (we’ll call him Dylan) broke up. Beth and Dylan had been together for six years and living...
View Article#1147: “My lover wants me to keep our relationship secret from his ex and kids.”
Hello! I’m sorry, this is complicated. I am in my late thirties and have fallen in love for the first time in my life. We have been in love for a year. I believe he is the love of my life, which I have...
View Article#1149: “We decided to leave our abusive ex and move to another state, only...
This letter contains emotional abuse of people, potential physical harm of animals (now stopped/interrupted/not ongoing/the animals are ok for now!, but still I know some people can’t safely read about...
View Article#1186: “How do I rebuild trust in my relationship?”
Hi Captain Awkward, My partner [26M] and I have been together for about 6 months. We both genuinely love each other, and have been telling each other that we love each other for the last few months;...
View Article#1192: Guest Post “The Accidental Ex-Mistress”
CN: brief mention of sexual assault Hi Captain, A little over a year ago I got my recently dumped, heartbroken self into a casual “relationship” with someone who ended up assaulting me, though I wasn’t...
View ArticleIt Came From The Search Terms: The Last Day In May
Hello gentle friends, it’s time for that thing where we treat the things people typed into their search engines to find this place as if they are questions in their own right. As is traditional, we...
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#1236: “My ex keeps gnawing at the edges of my work and social life.”
Behind a cut for mention of consent violations. Hi Captain, I (she/her) divorced my ex (he/him) a year ago. There were a lot of reasons, but one reason was constant sexual pressure to perform and do...
View Article#1303: “He said he doesn’t love me or want me anymore, so why does he still...
Ahhhh, the breakup where the dude wants to both sleep with other people and remain the center of your world. A classic!
View Article#1312: Did I make the wrong decision? And–why can’t I listen to everyone...
I believe the classic phrase is "don't set yourself on fire to keep somebody else warm."
View Article#1383 “Is it okay for my female friends to exclude my male friend’s awful...
The Geek Social Fallacies are powerful, but they are not invincible.
View Article#1436: “Why Do Abusers Take Your Stuff?”
Abusers are so boringly alike. #ThisFuckingGuy rides again.
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