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On tough shit

I cheated, came clean, and after some work, he forgave me. We’ve been together for over a year and shit has been fantastic. He’s my dream dude, so why am I the one having trouble trusting him?You’re...

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On fancy fuck buddies

Is there a difference between fuck buddies, friends with benefits, and an “erotic friendship” (a term a guy with whom I’m beginning my first explorations into polyamory coined)? I feel like there is...

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On fun-sized advice

Why can’t I seem to stay in a relationship past 3 or 4 months?Because that’s the shelf life of bullshit.The girl I’m casually seeing just told me no one’s ever been able to make her come. What should I...

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On strip club expectations

As a stripper who’s been in the industry for 6 years now, I’d be interested to hear your reasons for telling that newbie couple to "keep [their] expectations low". Are you saying they should keep their...

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On not playing the victim

My friend is a lesbian who’s very extreme in her views and is often quite offensive to me about being straight and how my relationship is ‘boring and meaningless’ because of this. How do I show her...

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On setting emotional boundaries

I’ve been exclusively dating this guy for almost 2 months now. From our very first date, things seemed to click. We would spend hours talking and have no idea how much time had passed. I’ve never felt...

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On why this shit infuriates me

Terry Richardson is a sleaze, but I feel that some (not all) of those ladies wanted to be a part of his sleaze for fame. So, they’re fame-whores who ended up regretting their own bid for fame when it...

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On fun-sized advice

If you claim that everything really means nothing, then why give a flying fuck whether or not “those whores” got what they had coming?Because existential nihilism isn’t a license to be an asshole.You...

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On priggish killjoys

You shouldn’t tell people to kill themselves, even if you’re joking, because someone might. Plus it makes you sound like an abusive asshole, in the same way that using “gay” as a slur makes you sound...

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On the methods to my madness

Ugh coke, what happened to you? you used to be witty and funny in your cynicism. now you just sound like a jaded old dried out cunt whose lost her thunder.I was never a cynic, fucknuts. There just...

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On an open marriage full of lies

My husband’s been cheating on me. We are supposed to have an open marriage, and the agreed terms are that we know what each other has been up to. Not that he hasn’t denied doing anything until he has...

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On the gender of your neighbor's baby

Our neighbours just had a baby and are trying out the idea of not revealing its gender in order to disrupt and challenge the gender expectations people will invariably place on the baby. I get it, but...

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On getting into hotel rooftop pools

This is probably the most stupid question you’ll get today, but how does one get into rooftop hotel pools? Do you have to check in first? Do you book a room for that particular afternoon to read books...

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On the coquette troll

Long time reader here. I didn’t pose the original question, but let me just say — I totally understand the broader implications of your reply, and still thought that was the most insufferable bit of...

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On basic skullduggery

I was recently handed information that could be the tipping point for a co-worker who has an extensive history of sub-par performance and general bitchery. She and I have never got along that well as I...

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On a good person

Do you think you’re a good person?Sure, but that’s not the right question.I’m human. I’m capable of both good and evil, to the extent that those concepts even have meaning beyond our limited moral...

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On feminists and vegans

I’m curious as to what you think about the “To be a Feminist is to be a Vegan” argument? Considering you’re a feminist, and clearly not vegan or vegetarian.I had to google this ridiculousness. The...

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On fun-sized advice

Do you think Beyonce & Jay-Z have a monogamous marriage?I don’t think it’s any of our motherfucking business.Why do I scare guys I like away, and attract the ones I don’t?That’s just your...

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On private lives

Jay Z and Beyoncé exploit their own relationship. It might as well be our business what they do in their private lives if they’re offering it to us to buy and admire.Hell no. Anyone who wears a wedding...

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On secret lives

"Everybody has a public, a private, and a secret life" Ok, I’ll take the bait. Could you elaborate on the distinction, in your view, between private life and secret life?Yeah, I talked about that a...

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