It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing today. After the jump, we hear from “Moving Away from a Friend” who wasn’t crazy about her best friend’s boyfriend and wondered whether she could get away without having to hang out with him before she moved 1000 miles away in four months. Keep reading to see how she reacted to your advice.
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by Wendy on April 23, 2012
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It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing today. After the jump, we hear from “No Joking,” a woman who hated her boyfriend’s jokes. “He does a variety of bad puns and forced jokes, usually sexual, and usually during serious/romantic talks.” She wrote. “I’m in this for the long haul so I can’t just break up because I don’t like his jokes. But I’m not sure where we can find middle ground in this issue.” Keep reading to see whether they’ve managed to find middle ground since the letter was published.
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by Wendy on April 19, 2012
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It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing today. After the jump, we hear from “Too Good for Him” who worried about the repercussions of breaking up with her best friend’s brother, whom she’d been long distance dating for eight months and who she decided lacked the ambition she desires in a partner. Keep reading to see where things stand now.
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by Wendy on April 16, 2012
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It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing today. After the jump, we hear from “I Wish I Were Homeward Bound” who was annoyed that her live-in boyfriend insisted they spend every weekend with his parents out in the ‘burbs.”They’re lovely people,” she wrote, “but I can’t seem to get my boyfriend to understand that I don’t want to spend weekend nights at their place more often than maybe once a month, even if we don’t have anything else planned. I miss just being able to head out into the city at random, looking for things to do, which is what I did when I was single and even when my boyfriend and I weren’t living together.” Keep reading to see whether they’ve reached a compromise on how they spend their weekends.
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by Wendy on April 5, 2012
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