Dear SpaceManAndy, I love Christmas time, but I really hate all the obligatory gift giving. I mean, I there are some people in my life like co-workers, or family friends, or neighbors that I just don’t like that much. Every December, I find myself obligated to get them a gift that doesn’t make me a […]
Category: Advice
DON’T BE A DICK
The season of crazy holiday busyness is upon us. In the evenings there will be many parties populated by people we barely know. At work there will be flurries of last chance stressful strategy sessions to plan and organize before the New Year hits. It is the time family gatherings with distant relatives we rarely […]
SpaceManAndy’s Advice for Self-Conscious in SoHo
Dear SpaceManAndy, I am a woman from good eastern european stock. Dark hair, dark eyes, the whole nine yards. And I’ve never thought of myself as particularly hairy, just dark haired. It’s all pretty soft and lovely. Anyway, here’s the thing – when I was in middle school a couple a**hole friends of mine (guys […]
SpaceManAndy’s advice for Hungry in Beantown
Dear SpaceManAndy, There’s this cute girl at work, and I think she likes me but I’m not sure. Growing up as a nerdy Jewish boy, the whole reading of these situations went to hell and never really developed. Anyway, she stops by my desk almost every day, even when it doesn’t seem to be in […]
Second Annual National Coming Out Day Post
Hello friends, As some of you may remember, last year I did a post for National Coming Out Day featuring the stories of 8 out and coming-out LGBT individuals (including myself). Coming out is a difficult and often confusing process. I hope that hearing more stories of people coming out will help inspire courage in […]
SpaceManAndy’s Advice for Unlucky Online
Dear SpaceManAndy, I’ve been trying online dating for a while without success. I feel like the only people who hit me up are just looking for sex, or they say hi, and I say hi back, and our conversation really doesn’t go anywhere. That’s on the rare occasions that someone actually sends me a message. […]