My boy puppy (now over a year old) won’t lift his leg to pee! I’ve raised many puppies but have encountered a problem for the first time. As a result, he often pees on the back of his front leg. We praise him effusively when he sometimes slightly raises a leg (if there is a piece of tall grass, for example), but the…

People have a fundamental right to decide what goes on inside their own bodies.

LW1: My partner is a little bit shorter than me (maybe 5'6" to my 5'9") and I actually never thought much about it, because he didn’t indicate he thought much about it. I’m an attractive, athletic, and independent attorney who has lots of friends and hobbies, and used to have problems with men acting intimidated by…

“I hope it stays buried forever so that those two don’t have to be subjected to another round of beatings.”

Yes! So much better when it was a Sports Club L.A.

I hear you. Every January, I’m tempted to walk through my gym floor every morning yelling “GIVE UP NOW, YOU’RE GOING TO DIE SOON ANYWAY!!!” to discourage them :)

Most important: CROWDING. I hate my super-expensive gym (Equinox) b/c they sell too many memberships and I was having to wait in a line of 10-20 people to take a shower in the morning. Ain’t nobody got time for that! I eventually had to shift my schedule to wake up EVEN EARLIER (and I was already getting up at 5:30…

Yes, the actual professional advice for many people (like me) to address this problem is to go negative: actually think through the worst-case scenario in a detailed way, including by addressing potential solutions, because it helps you realize that (1) even the worst-case scenario isn’t actually that bad and (2) you…

Same. And we do the “window and aisle” trick but lately almost every single flight has someone in the middle. At least they’re always pleasantly surprised when my partner lets them switch to the window or aisle so he can be next to me in the middle.

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Thank you for doing this! I’m 42 and have been a long-distance runner since 9th grade. Is there anything that runners like me should be paying more attention to as they get into their 40s-50s, to avoid injury? I imagine cross-training to focus on core-strengthening in order to protect the back/hips is important (and…

Nope... $52.60

Nope... $52.60

As a fellow only child (who is 42), I would gently encourage you to discuss this with a therapist who can help you drawn clear boundaries about your responsibilities. For me, that meant making clear to my parents now — while they are relatively healthy — that they should be planning for their long-term care because…

She doesn’t seem to understand why the “mistake” isn’t the biggest problem, it’s that she took the photo in the first place. I always thought it seemed like overkill that my gym locker room has a sign banning all cellphone use inside, but now I guess I get it...

Meh, young children come home from preschool/day care literally COVERED in viruses and bacteria that have a much higher chance of making you sick than anything you might get from your dog. Sharing your life and home with other beings entails inherent risk... I assume most people who choose to do so believe the many…

Oh god, the downtime. I WISH I could allow my parents to quietly read for a bit. That’s what *I* need, but my mother expects 24/7 togetherness. It makes me feel like I’m losing my mind! All I can do is limit their visits to no more than 3 days, which is still extremely stressful but not panic-inducing.

This is so wonderful (I loved your book, too) that I’m going to save it to give it to new sponsees. I too, was perplexed by how to actually stop (and I had to practice quitting a lot, too) until I realized that it really is that simple: You don’t go to the store to buy more alcohol, you don’t pour it into a glass, you…

I’m too old to have cared about Pokemon the first time it was popular, but I live in a big city and walk about 4-6 miles a day just as part of my commute, walking the dogs, etc., so it’s something amusing to do while I’d be out walking anyway.

I’m too old to have cared about Pokemon the first time around, but I still think it’s fun. :)

Yes, all animals should be chipped, but based on the NextDoor posts I see in my neighborhood, a surprisingly large number of people aren’t aware that chips exist or don’t know that you can take an animal to pretty much any vet or SPCA office and they’ll quickly scan the chip for free. Many people just keep the animal…