manslations

Let’s close out the week with a question from Jazebel — everything seems to be going extremely well with her ex husband, so how come he won’t consider getting back together with her? What’s wrong with him? Well…maybe nothing. Let’s get the details. Dear Jeff, My ex and I divorced 4 years ago. I had [...]

Howdy, loyal readers. (And also to the disloyal ones who for some reason still refuse to sign the Jeff Mac Loyalty Oath — traitors!) We’ve got a young lady calling herself angelynnlove, who has a guy who just keeps on coming back for more…misery. They can’t seem to make it work, and for some reason [...]

Nora is confused. How do I know that? She says it, right there at the end of her request. (Pfft. Tell ME I don’t read all the way to the bottom!) Nora’s got a long-distance relationship, and it just doesn’t seem to be moving forward. No introductions to the family, and now he’s claiming to [...]

The age-old question from a reader named kaizen: He’s not asking…should she? The answer isn’t always so intuitive unless you know what you’re looking for. Let’s take a look at her situation, and see what’s what: Hi Jeff, Just found your side today and I spent hours reading. I was googling my angst about asking [...]

A quick question from Gabrielle, who appears to have caught the fancy of a young lad. Like, young enough that she’s going to be writing her next manslations request from prison, if things happened to go that way. She wants to know — is he actually interested in her? And if so, how can she [...]

A reader named Rebecca is having some mixed feelings about a guy who she’s been electronically communicating with for over a year. Here are a few excerpts of the request (full text at the end.) Eventually he transferred to a different division of the company, but we’ve kept an ongoing conversation through email for almost [...]

Bobbie’s got an issue with her would-be man. He just can’t reach escape velocity from his nasty, old ex. Why, why, why would he dump HER to go back to the devil herself? Let’s see what we’ve got here… Why does a man love a woman even though she is cheating on him left and [...]

Frustrated & Sad in Whittier is her name, and dealing with her man when her son comes home to roost is her game. After the son came back, the BF suddenly seemed needy. Easy to explain? Well, sorta… Hi Jeff, Well just to let you know I read your manslations everyday and they are very [...]

A reader who goes by the handle “Blind-Sided Katja” was minding her own business, having a friendly fling. All of a sudden, WHAM (yes, it actually went “wham”, I’m sure of it) she started having real feelings for the dude. She thought he was as well. He says he was not. Was she misreading him [...]

We’ve got a logistics question today from Jen, who can’t understand how a dude can like you, be attracted to you, but not, like, LIKE-like you. How is this possible? I think I can help. And so I shall, so I shall… Hi Jeff!  I really love your site–very hilarious and also very insightful. I [...]