Mastering Motivation

Dear Dr. Darcy: I am a little stuck in life lately.  I have dreams, but I don’t take the steps necessary to make them a reality.  I feel like I lack motivation or maybe I’m just lazy. I’ve been in the same job for 2 years and it was only supposed to be a temp…

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Sugar Daddy

Dear Dr. Darcy: I am a 35-year old gay man living with my 22-year old boyfriend.  I have a good job in finance and he is an aspiring designer.  When he moved in 6 months ago, the plan was that he’d have 3 months rent-free and he’d use that time to find a job or…

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Ready to Explore

Dear Dr. Darcy: I think I am a lesbian, or at least bisexual, but I don’t know how to explore it some more. And I tried talking to my best friend about it a little, but she thought I was joking, so I pretended I was because I have never been very good at sharing…

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The Terrible 20’s

Dear Dr. Darcy: My 23-year old daughter is ruining my life.  First of all, she lives with me, and she does absolutely nothing around the house.  But it’s the mess that drives me crazy.  Dishes in her room, you can’t even see the color of her carpet because she has so much clothing on the…

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The Work Spouse

Dear Dr. Darcy: I work in post-production (editing) and our company has had a huge project that’s caused me to work insanely long hours for almost 6 months now.  It’s put a strain on my relationship with my girlfriend and at the same time a co-worker of mine has become a little too close.  We’re…

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Miss Advised

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m getting divorced from my husband who is a no good son of a bitch and deserves to rot in hell, but that’s besides the point.  Anyways, the bastard is refusing to pay for my youngest daughter’s therapy because he says I’m the reason she needs therapy. I’m so committed to getting…

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Big Mouth

Dear Dr Darcy: I love my girlfriend but she is hugely inappropriate and I don’t know how to deal with this.  It was cool and funny when we were younger (we’ve been together 12 years since just after college) but now it just feels immature and stupid and really upsetting. When we met I loved…

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Habits Die Hard

Welcome to Format Free Fridays, the one day a week when I break the format of answering your questions and I dispense that which we rarely welcome in life: Unsolicited advice. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act…it’s a habit.” Aristotle With that said, old habits die hard.  Just recall your…

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