SubscribeAuthor: Megan Carpentier
Bitch, Please: The Answer Is Almost Always “Talk To The Person”
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it. More »
Bitch, Please: My Roommate’s A Racist And My Co-Worker Is Macking On Our Intern
Okay, I have no idea what the fuck to do about this. I moved in with a relatively quiet girl from my college earlier this year — we didn’t know each other that well, but we’d both recently moved to the same city and were roommate hunting and mutual acquaintances hooked us up. She seemed pretty normal, she had the money to pay the rent, what could go wrong, right? Wrong. It turns out she was a majorly closeted conservative and super-judgmental, which was bad enough to deal with (if I wanted someone to bitch about my cleavage and short skirts, I’d still live with my mom). But last week I had a little dinner party with 3 friends (a girl and two guys) and she left to give us some space only to come back at the end and flip her shit because one of my guests was black. More »
Bitch, Please: What To Do With A Friend Who Hates Your Boyfriend
My best friend “Eve” hates my boyfriend. She says she doesn’t hate him, hate him, she just doesn’t really like him. Of course, she expresses “not really liking him” by pointedly ignoring him when she can, tearing him down when she can’t ignore him and generally treating him as though he shit on the floor at the party. Of course, she denies that it’s about him and keeps hinting it’s about how he treats me, but she never comes out and says it. What do I do? More »
Bitch, Please: Taking Sides In A Friend Break-Up And Friends’ Break-Ups
There’s been some drama in my group of friends, and I’m not sure what I should do. I have a couple of close friends that I’ve known for ages, we all moved to [redacted] after graduation to take jobs in the same industry, which is a pretty small circle where we live, so most of the people around our age all socialize together after work. But most of them are a couple years older than the three of us and they’re pretty cliquey, so it can be hard to really feel like a part of the group or get invited to the non-networking social events, but for the last few months, they’ve been inviting me. More »
Bitch, Please: Yes, Your Friend Is Too Good To Stay With An Abuser
A good friend of mine began seriously dating a very shy boy I knew from classes a while ago. At first, I acted happy for her, since I was certain it wouldn’t last long, but the first thing that bothered me was when he moved in with her. She’s a hardworking student, whereas he’d never (and still hasn’t) held a job in his life. At first I merely disapproved of the obvious codependency, but then, during a visit to her house, he began making crude remarks about their sex life. When she asked him to stop, he started hitting her in front of me! The more she asked him to stop, the more he hit her, until finally I broke out of my shocked stupor and intervened. After that, I wasn’t invited to her house ever again. When I asked her why not, she replied, “He’s just not comfortable with you around.” He’s not comfortable! The more that I hear about their relationship, the more I can’t believe what she’s putting up with! More »
Bitch, Please: What Can You Do When Your Friend Is ‘The Other Woman’?
Last night, over drinks, my friend “Ann” told me she was seeing this amazing guy, and spent I swear an entire hour gushing about how sweet he is, and how attentive he is, and how respectful he is and, of course, how hot the sex is. There was a lot about how how the sex is. And then when she was done describing how great his penis was, the other shoe dropped: he’s married.
He’s not married and in an open relationship or something, and I know because the following 30 minutes she spent talking about what a bitch his wife supposedly is, how she let herself go after they got married, how she hates sex, how they fight all the time, how they’re only together for the kids, how if his wife wasn’t so terrible he would never cheat, and on and on and on. And she expects me to be supportive and hate on the wife with her and tell her how great it is that she’s happy… but I can’t. My last boyfriend cheated on me for ages and I heard back from people that (minus the kids and the fat part) he said all that same shit about me. I don’t want to be a huge bitch to my friend, but I seriously can’t sit through another conversation like that again. More »
Bitch, Please: Tell The Vultures To STFU And The Bride To Temper Her Expectations
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
My great-aunt (with whom my immediate family was pretty close) died recently after a long illness. While we have a large extended family, she was preceded by her husband and two kids, so she’s got no immediately apparent heirs — but… More »
Bitch, Please: What Your Friend Isn’t Telling You About Being A Bridesmaid
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
You wrote last week how that girl could get out of being a bridesmaid, but how do you kick a bridesmaid out? I asked one of my best friends to be a bridesmaid and she said yes, but then when I… More »
Bitch, Please: Just Say No To The Bridesmaid’s Dress If It’s That Bad A Marriage
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
You can title this: My Friend Is Marrying a Stupid Asshole Who Doesn’t Deserve Her and I Do Not Want to Be in Her Wedding. That pretty much says it all: my friend has been with this… More »
Bitch, Please: My Best Friend’s An Addict And My Boss Is A Slob
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
Over the past three years, my friend has gone from being a flaky person who occasionally dabbled in recreational drugs to a relatively incoherent unemployed shitshow whose health is suffering and whose personal life is a complete shambles. She moved in… More »
Bitch, Please: How Do You Ask Someone For A Wedding Gift After The Wedding?
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
Is there anything I can do about a friend who showed up for my wedding and didn’t even bring (let alone send!) a card? I had a really expensive wedding because I wanted my friends around to celebrate our marriage; but… More »
Bitch, Please: When Facebook Turns Into A Train Wreck, Do You Have To Look Away?
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
I’m one of those Facebook addicts who constantly puts links to articles on their pages in order to engage with new friends and old (yes, I know it’s cheezy). Sometimes, it results in drama. I mean, I know a de-friending is… More »
Bitch, Please: No Conversation About Sex Work Comes Out Of Nowhere
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
What do I do when my friend tells me she used to be a high class prostitute? I mean, I’m glad she told me and trusts me as a friend, but I also don’t think it matters what she used to… More »
Bitch, Please: Your Sister Hates Your Boyfriend And Didn’t Want Him At Her Wedding
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
My sister got married earlier this year (I was a bridesmaid) and she didn’t allow me to bring my boyfriend of 8 months. My other sister (also a bridesmaid) was allowed to bring her boyfriend and my cousins and the bride’s… More »
Bitch, Please: When Your Friends’ (Open) Marriage Is Out In The Open
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
I have been friends for 20 years with a married couple, let’s call them “Lilith” and “Adam.” Last year, another woman, let’s call her Eve, entered the picture and became friends with all of us. Adam and… More »
Bitch, Please: When Co-Workers Start Working For You
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
I have been working at the same company for a couple of years, and I totally love it. I mean, it sounds crazy, but it’s been my whole life for the last couple of years, and I worked… More »
Bitch, Please: Negotiating Crazy At Weddings and Work
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
My boss is driving me crazy. One minute, I’m her BFF who she can’t live without, and the next I’m a crazy bitch trying to sabotage her so that I can have her job. It’s… More »
Bitch, Please: Your Passed-Along Ex Shouldn’t Get A Pass
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
My ex-boyfriend and I didn’t initially have the most amicable break-up in the world, mostly because we broke up over his dickish behavior, but we sort of figured out that as long as we weren’t dating, he wasn’t… More »
Bitch, Please: Other Women Don’t Hate You Because You’re Beautiful
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
How do you make friends with other women? Ever since I was a teenager, I really haven’t had any female friends, but not because I don’t want to! It’s just I feel like I get along better with… More »
Bitch, Please: When Being The Good Daughter Doesn’t Pay
Do you have issues with your no-longer-best girlfriend? Is your coworker driving you crazy? Megan Carpentier is here to give you the life advice that you don’t want to hear, told in the way you absolutely need to hear it.
I work really hard at my job, but I am starting to feel like it’s all pointless because of one of my coworkers. I come in on time, work like a fiend on my own projects, contribute (where… More »
