Advice Goddess

Back to homepage
Advice Advice Goddess

Atilla the Honey

Does a long-term relationship automatically grant you access to your partner’s email account? Is sharing a password necessary when sharing a life?

Advice Advice Goddess

Mused and Abused

After my girlfriend and I split up, I wrote a creative nonfiction piece about our breakup (changing some identifying details). I published it on a popular blog and linked to it on Facebook. We’re back together, and things are great; however, she saw the story and was humiliated.

Advice Advice Goddess

Baby Makes Flee

Oh, potential Dad. You thought your wife would be cool with your decision to live child-free. Now, you might want to free her up so she can find a man who can give her what she wants.

Advice Advice Goddess

Vulture Capital

Amy gives advice on what to do when a potential business partner wants to engage in frisky business with your spouse.

Advice Advice Goddess

Inner Booty

Beauty does count. And if you’re not beautiful, you better have something to make up for it.

Advice Advice Goddess

Carpy Diem

Oh, to be young and in love! And without the depth of life experience to know whether it’s going to last…

Advice Advice Goddess

Stare Way to Heaven

A guy wrote you about a girl he sees at a coffee shop — a girl he suspects is out of his league. You said the way to know for sure is by asking her out. Bad Advice Goddess! This suggests that he should regard all women with whatever she’s got — like if she’s “too beautiful” — as out of his league. That just isn’t right. There’s probably a “too beautiful” woman out there who’d go for him.

— Irked

Advice Advice Goddess

Manure and Wife

My fiancee insists on having our wedding at “THE most magical place to get married,” this beautiful lake resort. Her family’s well-off, but having it there creates a financial hardship

Advice Advice Goddess

Bodies at Rust

I’m a recently divorced 40-something woman, now dating again, and I’m wondering what the guidelines are on how long to wait to have sex. I’m not interested in casual sex, but I have a healthy libido.

Advice Advice Goddess

The Spinster Cycle

I am a 32-year-old woman with a Ph.D. I’m beyond happy with my career, but I’m not meeting men I’m impressed with or inspired to see again …