John Paul Bramer

But it does feel like I have this Poppy persona.

There's a room in my brain that's dedicated to Poppy, and he's like this...

kind of separate person.

He has his own quirks.

He has his own way of doing things.

And I really like it that way because I have people ask me, you know, do you feel like you're wise enough to give advice?

Do you feel like you're the kind of person who can actually help someone?

And I'm like, not me, but like this thing in my brain or like this character up here kind of can.

And I really enjoy that because it lets me be as messy as I

So I go out and I collect the life experiences that Poppy needs to use to make advice.

I know.

Well, my favorite part of this letter is the part where she's like, I started liking the post.

I know.

You ever just like be on social media and do something that just makes you feel like an absolute creature?

Also, you know, in our culture, it's the norm to bring a really formal end to romantic relationships.

We have a system where it's like, okay, we need to both sit down and really declare this thing over with.

But we don't have that for friendships, which can –

just sort of drift away or can just wordlessly stop.

And often in advice column world, I have to do a lot of work to dress up the same three pieces of advice over and over again because most people are just one frank conversation away from the conclusion to their issue.

But luckily for us, they are now like half a year out from this wedding.