A writer with correspondence anxiety seeks advice from Olive, on the latest Asking for a Friend.
Asking for a Friend: Am I A Bad Friend If I Don’t Send Birthday Cards?
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More aggressively earnest advice coming from Olive soon!
In the meantime, listen in on her advice to podcast strangers on Slate’s Dear Prudence, and send your own questions big and small to [email protected] or to our anonymous portal. We want it all: the baffling, the embarrassing, the epistemological. What’s got you stumped or struggling?
By Olga Kreimer
Header art by Abby Litman
Asking for a Friend: My Lover Loves Jesus. Can It Work?
On Asking for a Friend, Olive answers a writer whose partner comes from a very different religious background — are they bound for heartbreak?
Asking for a Friend: Turns Out I Don’t Like Parenthood. Now What?
"Dear Olive, I have a one-year-old and a three-year-old, and honestly, it sucks."
Asking for a Friend: The Kvetching is Killing Me
Olive answers a writer whose friend is a little too familiar with the taste of fine whine.
Asking for a Friend: How To Be BFFs With Boundaries
Olive answers two questions from befuddled best friends, on this installment of "Asking for a Friend."
Asking for a Friend: I Want A Kid Even Though The World Might Be Ending
Olive answers a writer with outsized fears about becoming a mother.
Asking for a Friend: In Love and In Agony
In the latest "Asking for a Friend," Olive responds to a writer whose best friend doesn't reciprocate their affections.
Asking for a Friend: Is My Boyfriend Just a Boor?
In this installment of Asking for a Friend, Olive answers: what do I do about my boorish boyfriend?
Asking for a Friend: Try a Little Awkwardness
In this week's Asking for a Friend, Olive answers the pressing question, "How do I make friends outside of college?"
Asking for a Friend: Pondering Puppy Love
Olive answers this week's question on "Asking for a Friend": Pondering Puppy Love.