I did! Small, small world, isn’t it? :)

I-94?

I would be so uncomfortable with that. Receiving that email, I mean. Or Facebook message. Or anything, even in person. Asking your friends to fix you up with someone is a lot of pressure, and absolutely no guarantee that they can better find someone that suits you than you can. What if you don’t like that person…

Yes, I’ve been tested, and my testosterone is on the upper end of normal range.

You’re not wrong! I’m not sure exactly where the line is, and there is some variation on whether or not I want sexual activity (one partner I have is the easiest person for me, though since we see each other once a year, that makes it possible, and another partner is so difficult and I struggle with projecting my…

No, you’re absolutely right that a lot of people perform sexuality publicly and it’s not really real, and many of us have skewed ideas of what others experience in and out of relationships, but I’m talking more about my actual partners, rather than just celebrity crushes.

I think you misunderstood me: I’ve never really had an interest in sex. I was never a horndog, not in my youth, not with the “right partner”, not now.

I’ve used “demisexual” or “gray-A” to describe myself, mostly because as I’ve gotten older, it seems that my attraction really does seem to work a little differently than my friends’ does. I don’t think it’s oppressed or belongs in the DSM or needs a flag or whatever, but it’s nice to be able to have a term that sums…

Honestly, I could get on board if they went even more Juggalo. As it is, it’s an imitation of the weirdness of the Family. If they made it less Hot Topic-y and a lot more dirty, angry, weird-Gathering-in-a-field-and-Faygo, I think they could get something kinda interesting going. Sort of a Duela Dent/angry teen…

I agree totally :) I always tell people she’s from the shelter, because it helps break that stigma. Many people think shelter animals are full of behavioral troubles or else why would they be in the shelter? She was found just wandering down a road, happy as could be. She was obviously someone’s, as she loves…

Aww! Yes, brag away! What a brave, lovely girl you have, and she has a wonderful companion. How lucky you all are to have each other!

I posted above about my dog, but can anyone hold back on bragging about their lovely shelter pets?

She’s a beautiful dog! I had a Malamute as a kid, who was wonderful, and I like the Spitz dogs. I adopted a Spitz-type mix from the shelter, and I love her so much. We think she might be a Swedish elkhound/jämthund? Unlikely purebred, 10 years old, stubborn as a moose, sheds like a doggy waterfall, lazy as all get…

Hi, fellow Fargonian! I don’t live there anymore, but I grew up in the area.

“Hell yeah, it’s a story!”?

I disagree. Don’t you have friends that you go out with sometimes? Even one-on-one? I’ve gone to a fancy dinner and a show with just a friend, even on their dime (they really wanted to go and I didn’t really have the funds). I admit it’d be a bit much for the first time hanging out, but people are all different. …

Yeah, this really bothered me, too. I’m single because I want to be. I really do treasure friendships, and I love having close, emotional relationships that are largely platonic. I have no plans to partner up or to get married, because I’m just not interested in those things. I am sometimes sad when my friends…

LW1: It’s hard to make friends! Especially in a small town. But I agree with other commenters: give this particular friend a little space. He might come around again, he might not. It sucks when someone you really like and were close to pulls away, but pulling him back harder could damage your friendship. …

I am not a hugger. I hug my respective parent when s/he picks me up at the airport and when s/he drops me off again, more or less (I see her once a year, as we live far apart). If you are my close friend and I haven’t seen you in a long time, okay, I’ll give you a hug. But casual friends, co-workers, etc.? No, no…

Yeah, she was the Millihelen main writer, I think. Her approach is not for me personally, but some people seem to really enjoy her writing. I thought I’d give her advice column a shot, since it’s been a while since I last read her, and maybe my opinion had changed.