Extremely Bad Advice
Extremely Bad Advice: Love At First Flight
Dear Steve: I met a man while on vacation in a Third World country. We were very much attracted to each other (not just physically) and he professed his love for me. I fell ...
Extremely Bad Advice: It Could Be Purse
Dear Steve: Recently I've run into some issues going to various cultural institutions and even some airlines. My satchel has not been allowed with me, either because I am trying to bring ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Psychiatric Devaluation
Dear Steve: I am the chairman of the department of psychiatry, and after 10 years of being the boss I will be stepping down and resigning from this position. My friends ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Baker's Cousin
I'm living in the city I was born in, which in the past I have only visited for a few weeks at a time. I live close to my cousin, who has always been a friend of mine. ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Naked Permission
Dear Steve, I started seeing someone and did what any normal person would do: Googled her and all her friends. In this process, I discovered that she had previously been a ...
Extremely Bad Advice: You Say Doctor X, I Say Professor Who. Let's Call The Whole Thing On. FIGHT!
Dear Steve, Which is nerdier, Doctor Who or X-Men? This has been an ongoing argument between myself, an X-Man fan, and my friend, a Doctor Who fan.
Extremely Bad Advice: Baby Got Crack
Dear Steve: My wife and I are thinking of having children. I recently read that children are bad for your career, bad for your sex life, bad for your health, bad for your bank balance and ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Analyze Miss
I have a shrink. She told me as a successful woman I am too
used to getting my own way and that I must wait patiently for true
love. But I'm going crazy over here!
Extremely Bad Advice: The Dark Sidler of the Room
Dear Steve: I work in an open-concept office with very little privacy aside from the small offices each supervisor occupies. Each time I am in my supervisor's office ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Jones The Podium
Dear Steve, I'm going through Olympics withdrawal symptoms. What can I do to recapture the magical power of the rings?Extremely Bad Advice: It Takes A Village (To Kill You)
Dear Steve, I currently am teaching English in rural South Korea. Where I am there is a small (30) community of foreigners in a tri-city area. I’ve recently hit a road bump in a relationship. ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Let Pooping Dogs Lie (In Heaven)
Dear Steve: About a year ago, my live-in lady and I adopted an older dog. I thought we were being quite charitable -- especially me, because I prefer cats. Unfortunately, ...
Extremely Bad Advice: Season Two For The Biggest Loser?
Dear Steve, I met a guy towards the end of last year and we totally hit it off. He had, and still has, nothing going for him (recently divorced, kids that he never sees ...
Extremely Bad Advice: I Would Stalk 500 Miles
Dear Steve: An opportunity for a relationship swirled down the drain, but not after we booked a trip together. We bought tickets separately to the same country with intent ...
Extremely Bad Advice: A Man After My Own Smarts
Dear Steve,
This town you call
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