It’s been a while since I’ve done these, but it feels like a good time to talk etiquette. And how to directly tell people to fuck right off. So here are some proper swear-filled answers to questions I’ve taken from various advice columns. A friend recently lost weight and shipped me some of her old […]
A blog post wherein I take etiquette questions from magazines and answer them myself. After having been largely indoors for months, I’m finding that I feel anxious about anything that requires going out, whether it’s an appointment or a drink with friends. Am I agoraphobic – and what can I do to change it? You […]
A blog post wherein I take etiquette questions from magazines and answer them myself. Here we go. My husband’s sister is morbidly obese, and we are very concerned about her health. We know her weight is a delicate topic, but if she were drowning in a lake instead of in fat, we would try to […]
Because a few years back, I traded in airline points for free magazines (and then somehow just kept getting them), I have stacks of magazines all around my place. One of my favorite things has always been reading the etiquette and advice questions people ask. But, I find the answers are much more kind, more […]
Journal entry – Tuesday, December 3, 2002 I am sad because the boyfriend made me his tuna pasta special last night, and today I think upon reheating it, it is causing me to be sick. I guess it’s my own fault because tuna from the can probably doesn’t belong in the microwave. Response – June […]