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Review Mode: What’s the Right Amount of Neurotic to Be About This?

Or: when the ever-changing norms of Partiful etiquette intersect with the ever-changing norms of new relationship etiquette

Jul 14 • Carson Olshansky

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June 2026

Review Mode: You Blew Your Compliment Load Too Early!

If you’re introduced to a bunch of people you admire all at once, you can’t be too effusive with the first one, or else what’ll you say to the others?

Jun 30 • Carson Olshansky

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Review Mode: When in Doubt, Go With “Great to See You”

It’s better to be told “Actually, we’ve never met” than “Actually, we’ve met four times.”

Jun 16 • Carson Olshansky

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Review Mode: Just Leave It at “Congratulations,” Killjoy

If a dear friend is telling you their good news, you REALLY don’t need to tell them about the logistical challenges that accompany that news.

Jun 2 • Carson Olshansky

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May 2026

Review Mode: Don’t Reassure Someone About Something They Don’t Feel Bad About Yet

If you’re going to console someone about how they did, first you should probably double-check that that’s what they’re upset about.

May 19 • Carson Olshansky

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Review Mode: Sometimes You're Allowed to Assume Two People Are Fckng

Sure, you can unlearn reductive ideas about romantic vs. platonic expressions of intimacy, but sometimes if two people are all over each other, it might…

May 5 • Carson Olshansky

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April 2026

Review Mode: Should I Not Out You as Having Kissed Me?

When you’ve got any kind of shared history with a friend, what are the baseline assumptions around how much you’re allowed to talk about it?

Apr 21 • Carson Olshansky

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Review Mode: Try to Avoid Giving Your Acquaintances Panic Attacks

If I didn’t want to alarm anyone, then I probably shouldn’t have used language that was INCREDIBLY ALARMING.

Apr 7 • Carson Olshansky

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March 2026

Review Mode: Dude, Just Say "Can I Walk You Home?"

When your cute date tells you which direction they live, the correct response isn’t going silent for a sec and then changing the subject.

Mar 24 • Carson Olshansky

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Review Mode: Maybe Don’t Loudly Invite Your Friend to Spill Your Secrets

If you don’t want everyone to know who your crushes are, then you probably shouldn’t shout “Hey Michael, guess which crush I was just hanging out with…

Mar 10 • Carson Olshansky

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February 2026

Review Mode: You’ve Gotta Wait 'Til You’re Friends to Be That Mean

Pro tip: if there’s someone you want to get to know better, then the first words you ever say to them probably shouldn’t be “My GOD, you’re so…

Feb 24 • Carson Olshansky

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Review Mode: Sorry That I Fist-Bump-Zoned You, Bro

When I went in for the fist bump instead of the hug, what I meant to communicate was “I’m not a girl,” not “I’m not your friend.”

Feb 10 • Carson Olshansky

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