Advice Goddess | Thursday, April 26,2012

Vulture capital

This woman and I have been friends for a year. She’s a free spirit of sorts with zero boundaries. In the time I’ve known her, she’s been married and divorced and then engaged, and no

Advice Goddess | Thursday, April 19,2012

Inner booty

By Amy Alkon

In your answer to “Dismayed,” the 32-year-old woman with a Ph.D. who was unimpressed by the men she was meeting, I was struck by how cold and calculating it all sounds: Women evolved to ma

Advice Goddess | Thursday, April 12,2012

Carpy diem

By Amy Alkon

My boyfriend and I are college juniors, happily together 10 months and living together for five. An article I read said it’s healthy to argue with your partner, and I got a little worried. We so

Advice Goddess | Thursday, April 5,2012

waking thoughts poem

By Amy Alkon

waking thoughts poem This poem was recently emailedto Illinois Times anonymously.I gained the sender’s OK to printit. I only altered it to fit the formI use in this space, and took theliberty to

Advice Goddess | Thursday, April 5,2012

You lite up my life

By Amy Alkon

This man I’ve been dating didn’t want anything serious. I don’t either. I explained that I just wanted to hang out and have fun. We were going out several times a week, sleeping toge

Advice Goddess | Thursday, March 29,2012

Manure and wife

By Amy Alkon

My fiancee insists on having our wedding at “THE most magical place to get married,” this beautiful lake resort. Her family’s well-off, but having it there creates a financial hardsh

Advice Goddess | Thursday, March 22,2012

Bodies at rust

By Amy Alkon

I’m a recently divorced 40-something woman, now dating again, and I’m wondering what the guidelines are on how long to wait to have sex. I’m not interested in casual sex, but I have

Advice Goddess | Thursday, March 15,2012

Lard of the Dance

By Amy Alkon

When I got married, I was a slim 6 feet 2, but I’ve gained a lot of weight. My wife gained about 20 pounds but recently lost that and more. I’ve been as high as 265, but I’m now at 2

Advice Goddess | Thursday, March 8,2012

The spinster cycle

By Amy Alkon

I’m a 32-year-old woman with a Ph.D. I’m beyond happy with my career path, but I’m not meeting men I’m impressed with or inspired to see again. A girlfriend sent me a New York

Advice Goddess | Thursday, March 1,2012

Have a peasant day

By Amy Alkon

Your answer to “Roseless,” the woman bemoaning her boyfriend’s lack of “romantic ambition,” hit a nerve with me. My wife of 19 years and I shared equally in raising our t