DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #29: Go! Go! Go!
To get what you want in a romantic relationship you must say what you want.
Dear Sugar
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Dear Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, revealed in 2012 as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turned to for advice about writing, relationships, and so much more. This column ran on The Rumpus from 2009-2012 and many of the pieces were collected for the book Tiny Beautiful Things. Read our full archives here.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #28:
Jean-Paul Sartre famously said that “hell is other people,” which is true enough, but truer still is hell is other people’s boyfriends (or girlfriends, as the case may be).
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As for the fate of the country, my money is on roving diesel mobs. But then, my money has always been on roving diesel mobs.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #25
Them’s your options. It really depends on your priorities.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #23
It’s the good ones who smart, and the dumb ones who play it safe.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #22
Crazily enough, darling, I think you’re doing what you need to do.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #21
Do you trust this guy enough to level with him about your concerns?
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #19
I will remind you that you were not born into this world to suffer. Nobody is, actually.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #18
Do his other good qualities outweigh his inconsideration in this matter? I have a hunch you already know the answer to that one.