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Mallory Ortberg

Daniel Mallory Ortberg (born November 28, 1986) is an American author, editor, and a co-founder of the feminist general interest site The Toast. Ortberg is the author of the books Texts from Jane Eyre (2014) and The Merry Spinster (2018) as well as Slate's "Dear Prudence" advice column. Ortberg also hosts the Dear Prudence podcast.

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If and when you do decide to share your experience with your husband, it should be because you feel ready to do so, not for any other reason.

Experience, Husband, Ifs And, Reason, Share

If this is something you'd truly like to work on, not out of a sense of guilt but because you would enjoy occasionally reciprocating, there are a wealth of resources out there for the enthusiastic amateur (you are far from the only would-be blow-jobber whose spirit is willing but gag reflex is weak). You have more options than "no blow jobs, ever" and "regular whole-hog sessions to completion that result in vomiting. "

Blow, Guilt, Jobs, Options, Regular

LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin.

Face, Faces, Higher, Homelessness, Lgbt, Risk

One of the glorious things about being a person in the world is that you don't have to worry about whether or not someone else is trying to be creepy.

Creepy, Glorious, Trying, Worry

Diapers do not belong on the same table as food.

Tables, Diapers, Belong, Table, Food

Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.

Struggle, Hard Work, Counseling, Stripped, Salvaged, Hard

Addicts sometimes have a penchant for becoming the center of attention at other people's celebrations.

People, Attention, Becoming, Celebrations, Center

Someone who has a disability is not necessarily in distress. You may be embarrassing and inconveniencing someone by butting in and making assumptions.

Assumption, Disability, Embarrassing, Making, May

You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents.

Children, Closeness, Grandparent, Grandparents, Prevent

Most of us, however committed we are to our ideals, will find ourselves every now and again reading an attention-grabbing headline from the Daily Mail or some other lowest-common denominator. That's not the same thing as frequenting a site like the white supremacist Stormfront.

Attention, Committed, Daily, Ideals, Reading, White

No one is right when it comes to destination weddings. It's a big ask, requesting people take time off work and fly off to take a cruise just to see you get married.

Cruise, Destination, Married, People, Weddings, Work

Reciprocating oral sex is, in general, a very good idea!

Good, Idea, Ideas, Sex, Very Good

It can't hurt to have a backup.

Backup, Hurt

I hate to get gender essentialist, but I'm starting to think that a lot of married men have some sort of heterosexually induced dentistry aversion.

Dentistry, Hate, Induced, Men, Starting, Thinking

If you go out with someone and decide you don't want to see them again, do them the courtesy of saying, "Hey, I had a nice time, but I don't think things are going to work out between us. " Only you can help fight ghosting.

Fighting, Ghosting, Help, Nice, Thinking, Time

The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.

Annual, Asking, Bonus, Hives, Idea, Ideas

If your wife briefly corrects someone with "Actually, I'm bisexual" during conversation, it hardly sounds like attempting to remain an object of desire to me. If she went around saying, "Actually, I'm still very interested in men, particularly you, you massive dose of sexual charisma," you might have a case.

Bisexual, Conversation, Men, Sexual, Sounds, Wife

I'm forgetful by nature and often ask family, friends, and co-workers the same question.

Co Worker, Family, Family Friends, Forgetful, Nature, Question

If someone you know is diagnosed with cancer, give them a call or send them a letter to tell them how sorry you are and to let them know how much you care.

Cancer, Care, Give, Giving, Sorry

Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.

Asexuality, Challenges, Doe, People, Sexual, Worse

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