Advice - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/advice/?source=rss&aim=advice en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Why do we resist going to the doctor? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss I waited too long for my diagnosis: Whence such perversity? Childhood fears My boyfriend is my boss By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/23/boyfriend_is_boss/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/23/boyfriend_is_boss/index.html?source=rss I'm getting sick of being "the editor's girlfriend" I'm 22 and stuck! How do I break out? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/22/out_of_adolescence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/22/out_of_adolescence/index.html?source=rss I think I'm a writer, but fear paralyzes me Did someone slip DoubleX's advice columnist a mickey? By Amy Benfer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/15/rosenfeld_roofie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/15/rosenfeld_roofie/index.html?source=rss DoubleX's Lucinda Rosenfeld gives some stupendously bad counsel, and readers push back, with advice for her removal I'm bitter and resentful and have no trust By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/19/trust/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/19/trust/index.html?source=rss How can I overcome this debilitating distrust? A letter to readers By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/19/diagnosis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/19/diagnosis/index.html?source=rss On my current condition: Definitely treatable, definitely uncertain I'm an atheist surrounded by Catholics By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/17/atheism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/17/atheism/index.html?source=rss I try to go along but it's hard concealing my beliefs My friends don't have boyfriends and I think I know why By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/11/friends_without_boyfriends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/11/friends_without_boyfriends/index.html?source=rss My still-single friends ask me what they're doing wrong -- should I tell them? My commute is killing me and driving me insane By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/10/commuting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/10/commuting/index.html?source=rss I basically got a ticket for not driving like a crazy person! Two introverts in a tiny apartment: Help! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/09/cohabitation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/09/cohabitation/index.html?source=rss Ever since we moved in, we've been at each other. What happened? Cancer is killing my sex life By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/08/cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/08/cancer/index.html?source=rss My partner says he's just not attracted to me "right now" Proof: The Jerk-Weasel constant exists! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/05/the_jerk_weasel_constant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/05/the_jerk_weasel_constant/index.html?source=rss Is it just me, or is the world seriously not living up to its potential? The attorney next door holds views I detest By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss He denigrates gays and Muslims while I grit my teeth How can I detach from my mother? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/01/detachment_from_mother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/01/detachment_from_mother/index.html?source=rss If I distance myself from her, won't I feel like a horrible person? How can I get myself into a routine? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/29/routine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/29/routine/index.html?source=rss If I vacuum the house on the same day every week, will that give me a feeling of order? I can't get over my wife's rape -- 20 years ago By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/28/rape_in_the_past/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/28/rape_in_the_past/index.html?source=rss She has accepted it but I cannot let it rest in the past I like a guy but he thinks we're just friends By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/27/los_angeles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/27/los_angeles/index.html?source=rss How do I get over liking him so much? I know it can never work! My family of writers are all stuck in the past By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/26/family_writers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/26/family_writers/index.html?source=rss My relatives inscribe their unchangeable history on all of us -- who would like to be heard in the present! I moved cross-country with Mr. Wrong By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/25/moved_across_country/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/25/moved_across_country/index.html?source=rss I stuck with him so our kid would have a dad, but I think it's time to head back home Am I a blog stalker? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/22/blog_stalker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/22/blog_stalker/index.html?source=rss I've been reading this family blog, but they don't know. I think they think it's private! I'm way too detail-oriented! I notice everything! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/21/too_detail_oriented/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/21/too_detail_oriented/index.html?source=rss I cannot turn off this propensity for seeing what others miss I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/20/20_and_brilliant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/20/20_and_brilliant/index.html?source=rss I thought I knew what I wanted to do and now all I want to do is ... join the Navy or ... learn German! I'm sober and dating a drinker By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/dating_a_drinker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/dating_a_drinker/index.html?source=rss She was once in the program but says she's got no problem. Can that be true? There's a six-lane traffic jam in my head! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/traffic_jam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/traffic_jam/index.html?source=rss My thoughts run in circles! I'm all mixed up! My boyfriend's an iPhone addict! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/16/iphone_addict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/16/iphone_addict/index.html?source=rss He won't put down his toy, even at dinner