Dear Olive, I’m an aspiring writer trying to develop my craft. In my hours outside work (which always seem too …
Asking for a Friend: I’m Tired of Aspiring
Asking For a Friend
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: I Can’t Plug In to Online Dating
Dear Olive, Why does internet dating suck? -Online and Unattached
Asking for a Friend: Get Me Off the Nice List!
Dear Olive, Why the hell do I manage to be nice ALL THE TIME (in caps, meaning I’m mad) to …
Asking for a Friend: How Do I Say “I Don’t Love You”?
Dear Olive, One of my oldest friends is in love with me, and I’m not in love with him. In …
Asking for a Friend: I Can’t Look Away from the News Feed
Dear Olive, I have become obsessed with the news. I was addicted to the scroll before, but with this new …
Asking for a Friend: Should I Strike Out Solo?
Dear Olive, How does one know if living alone is the right choice? Is it better to suffer through odd …
Asking for a Friend: I’m Getting Better. Now How Do I Get Going?
Dear Olive, I’ve spent the better part of the past three years in a deep clinical depression from which there …
Asking for a Friend: Did I Gamble On a Bad Friendship?
Dear Olive, I just ended a terrible, joyless marriage. Most of my savings went to the divorce settlement. I have …
Asking for a Friend: Commissions for Creatives
Dear Olive, If someone writes a book or records a record, why are secondhand vendors allowed to re-sell the wonderful …
Asking for a Friend: How Do I Break Up With a Bad BFF?
For a little unprofessional advice in these uncertain times, send your questions to our anonymous portal. We want it all, …