Since You Asked

How to fight bad gossip

People are saying untrue things about me for no apparent reason

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Since You Asked, Gossip

I’m at a quarter-life crisis!

At 25, my plan isn't working out right

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 17
Life Since You Asked

Does my mom have BPD?

My mother has always been unstable and scary. Could she have borderline personality disorder?

Cary Tennis Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 13
Life Since You Asked

On bisexuality: An apology

Plus: I can't get close to him. We've been dating for two months and he still seems distant

Cary Tennis Friday, Apr 19, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 16
Life Since You Asked, dating

More thinking on bisexuality

My suggestion that the "B" in LGBTQ implies legalizing plural marriage got angry replies

Cary Tennis Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 69
Life Since You Asked, Bisexuality

Throws fits when packing

My daughter-in-law has scary outbursts and temper tantrums, especially at the end of a visit

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 38
Life Since You Asked

Dating: What to say about my kid?

As a single mom dating, how much should I reveal about my child's mild intellectual disability?

Cary Tennis Monday, Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 23
Life Since You Asked, dating

21 and bi: Should I marry?

I want to travel and have other partners. But I'm engaged to the man I love

Cary Tennis Friday, Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 40
Life Since You Asked, Bisexuality

My cat died and I feel blinded

I can't believe the pain of seeing him dead

Cary Tennis Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 70
Life Since You Asked, Pets, grieving

Should I offer to help?

My nephew lost his job. If I give him money, will it hurt his pride?

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 13
Life Since You Asked, Money, Family

Raskolnikov seeks mentor

I'm madly creative without a clue how to create

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18
Life Since You Asked, creativity

My secret condom use

My girlfriend didn't know I was using condoms even though she was taking birth control -- then all hell broke loose

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 56
Life Since You Asked, Condoms, Sex

Is journalism killing my creativity?

I'm a successful journalist, but I get stuck on novels and creative nonfiction

Cary Tennis Monday, Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Since You Asked, Writing, Writers

Assaulted by an art professor

As a woman on the faculty of a Northeastern university, I endured sexual harassment and attack by senior faculty

Cary Tennis Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 48
Life Since You Asked, Academia

I did not write a YA novel!

This publisher says I should make my novel over for young adults. But it's for grown-ups!

Cary Tennis Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 23
Life Since You Asked, Publishing

Becoming a musician — again

After trying a "practical" career path, I went back to music -- only the "impractical" is practical for me

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 10
Life Since You Asked, Music, Musicians

I miss playing music

What can ever replace the band, the clubs, the comradeship, the flow?

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 14
Life Since You Asked, Music, Musicians

I’m in a sexless gay couple

Why am I not getting what I want?

Cary Tennis Monday, Mar 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 28
Life Since You Asked, relationships

I woke up at age 35

Something about being alone in the universe, and accepting reality, now rings true for me

Cary Tennis Friday, Mar 22, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 13
Life Since You Asked, Philosophy

I froze up in the writers’ room

Went to L.A. but something went wrong. Maybe I wasn't meant to be there?

Cary Tennis Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 12
Life Since You Asked

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