Am I too poor to have a baby?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that...
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Why you should keep your therapy session even when you don’t have anything to talk about
Most weeks when I meet with my therapist, she triages some aspect of my life that is actively bursting at the seams — my inability...
How much should I have in common with my significant other?
Caroline Sacks wasn’t used to dating quiet guys, guys who liked meditation, yoga, and the Grateful Dead. Sacks, a 29-year-old content creator who lives in...
What should you be teaching your kids right now to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market?
I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question that stops me in my tracks. That’s...
What to say to relatives who love to needle you about politics
As someone who has predominantly lived in liberal cities, I am largely surrounded by people who share my political views. Guns, no way. LGBTQ+ rights,...
The secret to successful conversations with strangers
It’s time to let Sid go. | duncan1890/Getty Images You may generally disregard unfamiliar faces as background characters in the movie that is your life,...
3 things all great listeners do
Most of us would like to believe we’re good listeners — but the truth is, we all struggle to really pay attention when someone else...
I’m a semi-successful adult with a decent job. Why do financial conversations still make me feel clueless?
Financial literacy doesn’t have to feel punishing. | H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images When I was accused of being “financially illiterate” by a random guy in...
The ugly emotion pregnant people aren’t supposed to talk about
I have found pregnancy to be abhorrent. | Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images Greetings from hell — that is, the third trimester of my high-risk pregnancy...
4 ways people try to make their lives meaningful — and the one that works best for you
The most unique thing about human beings is this: We are creatures who long to matter. That’s according to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, the philosopher and...