#85: Han and Matt Report Your Grandmother

Sep 12, 2018

Han and Matt tackle questions from some of their favorite advice sources from the week of September 2nd, 2018, and beyond, including:

1. BONUS: Opinion Overflow LIVE!
2. Ask a Manager: "HR wants our personal cell numbers in our out-of-office messages so we can always be contacted"
   • Ask a Manager: my manager shows up while I’m having chemotherapy to talk about work
   • Ask a Manager: my boss made me leave a work note at a grave, company won’t tell us when someone is fired, and more
3. Dear Mariella: "My boyfriend called me a slut now I dread seeing him"
   • Julia Clare: "Straight Women Need to Unionize" Tweet
4. Asking For a Friend: "I Want to Explore Polyamory, My Partner Doesn't. What Should I Do?"
5. Dear Abby: "Fiancee Wants Her Intended To Halt 'boys' Club' Culture"
6. Baggage Check: "My girlfriend complains that I am 'no fun' after losing weight"
   • Savage Love: "I'm Turned On When I Force My Boyfriend to Eat, but Am I Forcing Him to Eat Too Much?"
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8. Listener Zaphrus Sabersong, Stalwart Mystic: "Is It Okay to Lie to My Grandmother About Having Reported Her to the DMV?"
9. Update to the Nameless One's Question: "On Bodies, Weddings, and Chronic Illness (The POWER TRIO)
   • Reference: "#71: Han and Matt Hoard Their Apps"
10. Listener Rachel the Librarian Knows a Thing or Two About Attaining US Citizenship
    • Reference: "#82: Han and Matt Proceed With Caution"; Listener Sorrowfang: "Should I Get Married Quicker Than I'm Comfortable with so My Partner Can Get a Visa?"
11. Shoutout to Care and Feeding: "Can I ask my newly out son to be less flamboyant at school so his little brother won’t get bullied?"
12. Shoutout to Ask Amy: "The Other Woman Wants to Be the Only Woman"
13. Shoutout to My Kid Is Gay: "How Do I Talk About Periods with My Non-Binary Kid?"
14. Shoutout to Miss Manners: "Public confrontations: ineffective, counterproductive"
15. Shoutout to Ask a Manager: "update: my dad is dating my boss, and they want me to go to couples therapy with them"
16. Advice Column Alert: "The Activist Whisperer"on Lush

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