Mixed Signals

Screen shot 2012-01-02 at 10.11.02 AM Dear Dr. Darcy: This girl and I, both 22-year old females, have been college classmates for a few years but started hanging out lately.  The first time we hung out was a few weeks ago where we drank at her house. She was buzzed but not drunk. I had…

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2012

Welcome to Format Free Fridays at AskDrDarcy.com, the one day a week when I break the format of answering your questions and I dispense that which we rarely welcome in life: Unsolicited advice. It’s that time of year again:  Time for me to reflect on the past year, to evaluate, and to identify a new…

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Family Feud

Dear Dr. Darcy: My daughter is (and always has been) a big problem in our family. She sucks the life out of her father and me (and always has), she shares secrets which creates unnecessary drama between her siblings, she overspends at college (putting us in terrible debt) and is committed to destroying every family…

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Am I Causing The Bullying?

Dr. Darcy: I have been bullied my whole life. I am an 18 year old female and when I was in grade 6 I went into the bathroom and sat in the stall and locked the door because I was to scared to come out. I have gotten so mad at people for bullying me…

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The Adult Child

Dear Dr. Darcy: I came out to my parents as bisexual when I was 17.  Shortly after, I started dating my girlfriend of nearly 5 years.  We are on our way to marriage and a family as soon as the money is right.  It seems that my faithfulness to a woman has made my father…

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