ArchivesHome / “I’m Overwhelmed With Caring for My Aging Parents”“I Can’t Afford The Charity Holiday Party I Agreed to Go To”‘Hope’ Is an Act of Resistance, Too“Please Help Me Decipher These Mixed Signals”“When Should I Tell Dates I Never Want to Live With Them?”“My Good Friend’s Husband is Sexist”“How Can I Stop Thinking of My Ex?”“How Do I Find a Quality Person to Date in My Podunk Town?”Quickies: “Our ‘Situationship’ Is Messing With My Head”“Is Our Friendship Salvageable?”Harris Walz 2024!“I Feel Put Out Hosting My Husband’s Family and Friends”“How Do I Ask My Much Younger Boyfriend to Propose to Me?”“One of My Friends is Ruining Our Weekend Get-Togethers”“Am I Wrong to Cheat on My Sick Husband?”“I Hate Seeing My Friends Have Babies”Weekly Forum Highlights“Why Did He Discard Me So Easily?”“Should We Give My Stepson His Mother’s Ashes?”“Am I Wrong to Enjoy Attention from My Ex?”“My Family Didn’t Visit Me in the Hospital”“My Parents Won’t Pay My Tuition If Live With My Boyfriend”“My Fiancé Doesn’t Want My Kids to Use Our Bathroom”“Should I Tell My Longtime Friend I Have Feelings for Her?”“Should I Leave Everything to My Friend Instead of My Kids?”“My Sister Is Taking Advantage of Our Elderly Parents”“The Israel-Hamas Conflict is Breaking Up My Family”“My Boyfriend Was Secretly Hiding his Ex in His House”“My Sister and I Disagree Over Who Gets to Keep Mom’s Things”Update: “Ready to Block” Responds“Can I Bring a Babysitter to a Wedding?”Weekend Open ThreadUpdate: “Ready to be a Snowbird” Responds“Should I Come Out to My College Girlfriend?”Update: “Ready to Move Forward” RespondsWishing You a Happy 2024!Update: “Caught in Wanderlust” Responds“I Want to Move back to Canada, but My New Husband Doesn’t Want to Leave the UK”“My Maid of Honor Keeps Talking About *Her* Relationship”“After Two Years, His Kids Still Don’t Know About Me”“My Husband Doesn’t Want Our Son Around My Sister Because She Smokes”“We’ve Discussed Marriage But I Can’t Handle Her Hoarding”“Should I Meet Up With My Old Friend?”“My Girlfriend Blindsided Me with a Breakup”Quickie: “AITA for Wanting Another Woman?”“My Daughter Brought Home a Puppy Without Asking”Update: “Hoping for a Resurrection” Responds“My Parents Lied About Their Will and I Feel Betrayed”“I’ve Been Asked to Be in Two Weddings on the Same Day”“When is the Right Time to Tell Someone How I Was Conceived?”“My Boyfriend Still Lives At Home and Pays His Parents’ Mortgage. Should I Move On?”“I’d Rather Watch British Period Dramas Than Watch My Husband’s Granddaughter”“My Boyfriend Won’t Allow My Grandkids In Our Home”“How Should I Ask My Daughter and Her Boyfriend About Their Marriage Plans?”Quickies: “My Boyfriend Isn’t Ready to Be My Kid’s Dad”“Should We Keep Living Together Even Though We Broke Up?”“Oops, I Invited My Boyfriend to Move in with Me, But I Made a Mistake”“My Mentally Ill Friend is Off His Meds and I Want to Block Him”“We’re the Only Same-Sex Couple in our Area and I Feel Self-Conscious”“My Boyfriend Still Financially Supports His Ex-Wife”“He Ghosted Me After I Got Mad He’s Still on Dating Apps”Update: “Missing My Fun, Sexy Wife” Responds“My Boyfriend’s Mother Is Interfering in Our Relationship”“My Kids’ Dad is in Jail and I Don’t Want Him in Their Life”“My Partner’s Grown Nephew Lives With Us Rent-Free and I’m Sick of It”“My Partner Can’t Travel As Much as I Like. Should We Break Up?”“We Broke Up Because He Wanted Kids, But Now He Says He Can Live Without Them”“My Boyfriend Won’t Share His Food With Me!”From the Mailbag: “It’s Not Your Place to Tell People that Cousin Sex is Wrong!”Six Words to Describe the State of Your Love LifeQuickies: “My Boyfriend Has Been Sending Love Messages to His Ex”“I Want to Get Married But My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want to Be My Kids’ Stepdad”“My Family Is Refusing to Attend My Wedding”“I’m So Jealous Of How Lucky My Friend Is”How Did You Know You’d Found “The One”?“My Family Says They’ll Disown and Shun Me If I Divorce My Husband”“My In-Laws Screwed Over My Family and I Don’t Know How to Move Forward”“How Can I Resolve This Friendship Conflict?”What Household Chore Causes the Most Conflict in Your Relationship?What Secrets Have You Kept From A Significant Other?“My Boyfriend Still Hasn’t Told His Kids About Me”“My Mother-In-Law Got Me Stoned on Her Delicious Brownies and Now I’m Cutting Her Off”“Should I Take the Job to Move Closer to My Boyfriend Who Can’t Commit?”“My Massage Therapist Won’t Stop Flirting with Me”“It’s Been Six Months and My Boyfriend Still Hasn’t Introduced Me to His Kids”“My Newly Divorced Friend Needs a Place to Stay”“He’s Asked for Space. Should I Prepare for the Worst?”“Is It Wrong To Date Someone I Emotionally Cheated on My Late Husband With?”“My Friend’s Dog Harasses My Cats When They Come Visit”Miles, 2005 – 2023“My In-Laws Always Choose the Exes Over Me”Update: “Not Interested in Being a Super Breadwinner” Responds“She Hasn’t Asked Me to be a Bridesmaid Yet. Is it Too Early to Freak Out?”“Should I Tell His Wife Nothing Ever Happened Between Us?”“My Boyfriend Broke Up With Me Over False Cheating Accusations”“Should I Let My Ex Keep Calling Me?”“My Friend’s New Husband Keeps Sending Me Creepy Texts. Should I Tell Her?”“I Have to Beg My New Husband to Touch Me”“My Friends Aren’t Showing Up for my Wedding”Update: “Granny’s Got to Go” RespondsQuickies: “He Suddenly Lost Feelings for Me. Is it a Midlife Crisis?”How Did You Decide Whether to Have Another Baby?“My Girlfriend Once Had Threesomes and I Can’t Deal”“Should I Go to My Grandfather’s Funeral if it Would Cause Family Drama?”“How Can I Overcome My Wife’s Guilt Over Cheating on Me?”Update: “Devoted Dad” RespondsUpdate: “Fed Up with Flaccid” Responds“I Regret Signing a Lease with My Partner”“My New Man Wants Me to Give My Dogs to a Shelter”“My Friend’s Husband Hit On Me”“Now That I’m a Mother, I’m Angry About How My Mother Raised Me”“I Had an Affair with my Potential Boss”“My Boyfriend Talked Me Into Getting a Dog and I Hate It”“My Family Stood Me Up at My Own Wedding!”“Is the Tarot Telling Me to Confess My Crush?”“He Didn’t Think I Was Skinny Enough”“The Girl I’m Dating is On Vacation with Her Sugar Daddy”“Should I Keep My Toxic Friend in My Wedding?”“My Family Thinks I’m Abandoning My Sons”“My Brother Won’t Give Me Back My Late Husband’s Rolex”“My Wife’s Anxiety around Covid is Making Me Feel Like Prisoner”“My Girlfriend Wants Me to Change My Custody Arrangement”“Mom Won’t Come to Wedding If Stepmom is a Bridesmaid”“My Sister’s Mental Health is Damaging Our Relationship”Updates: “Trying to Keep the Family Harmony” Responds“I Found a Sexy Text He Sent Another Woman”“Is My Partner Interested in the Soccer Mom?”What Are You Reading This Winter?“My Sister Invites Mutual Friends to Our Weekend House and Doesn’t Invite Me!”“Am I Letting My Siblings’ Engagements Ruin My Relationship?”“My Fiancé Will Take My Name When We Marry, And Now His Parents Won’t Come to Our Wedding”“My Boyfriend Still Hasn’t Introduced Me to His Parents and I Don’t Know Why”“My Dad Won’t Tell Me Where My Mom’s Ashes Are”“My Mother Has Been Overtaken With Religion and Can’t Accept That I’m a Lesbian”What Are Your Favorite Books You’ve Read This Year?“My Boyfriend of Three Years Won’t Divorce His Ex. Should I Walk Away?”Update: “Scared He’ll Be a Schlub” Responds“How Can I Be Less Annoying to My Friends?”“My Fiancé Acts Like He Doesn’t Love Me Anymore”“My Family Rejected Me After I Came Out as Trans”“My Mom Won’t Share Details About her Cancer With Me”Update: “Sick to my Stomach” Responds“My Friend Has Major Hygiene Issues”“Should I Tell My Kids the Truth About their Dad?”“My Daughters Won’t Speak to Me Since I Got Engaged”“My Friend Went to Our High School Reunion Without Telling Me”“My Boyfriend Is Too Depressed For Sex”“My Boyfriend Hasn’t Paid His Taxes in Ten Years. Can We Still Have a Future Together?”“My Brother and Sister-in-Law are Mad That I Said That Their 3-Year-Old Daughter Might Have a Girlfriend One Day”Topic of the Day: “Dating App Red Flags”Update: “Not His Mistress” Responds“My 41-Year-Old Boyfriend Still Lives With His Parents”From the Mailbag: “The Stupid Stuff You Wrote Pisses Me Off!”“Does My Boyfriend Have an Anger Management Problem?”“I’m Self-Conscious of My Chicken Pox Scars”“I’ve Been Banned from my Guy Friend’s Life”Update: “Feeling Abandoned” Responds“I’m Pregnant and My Boyfriend’s Mother Hates Me”Update: “What to Say?” RespondsYour Turn: “How Many Gifts Do I Have to Give as a Bridesmaid?”“I Feel Guilty for Being Wealthier Than My Friends”“My BFF Dumped Me Over a Birthday Gift”“My Best Friend Stood Me Up After I Said I Was Suicidal”“Should I Say Yes to Babysitting My Niece Once a Week?”Update: Sister of “Questioning my Sister” Responds (Again)“My Ex-Partner Said He’d Report Me to the Police if I Contact Him Again”Update: “Muted Voice” Responds“I Don’t Want to Have Sex with My Girlfriend Anymore”“Should My Husband and I Move to the US?”Update: Sister of “Questioning my Sister” RespondsTopic of the Day: Do You Say ‘Partner’ to Refer to Your Significant Other?Update: “Scared He’ll Be a Schlub” Responds“I’m Afraid My Boyfriend’s Going to Attend My Friend’s Wedding Looking like a Schlub”“My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want to Have Sex With Me”Update: “Not So Transparent” Responds“Should I Tell My Friend I’m Concerned Her Child is Delayed?”“My Wife Wants to Open Our Marriage, But Only on Her Side”“My Sister Is Giving Her Teenage Sons Bad Advice”“I Have Cold Feet A Month After Proposing”“I RSVPd Too Late. Can I Still Go?”“My Terminally Ill Spouse Refuses to Stop Cheating”“My Husband Lied to Me About What Job He Wanted to Pursue”“My Boyfriend Blames Me For His ED”“My Mother Has Abandoned Our Relationship”“My Son Lives with his Girlfriend and I Don’t Want to Stay in Their Home”“I’m a Afraid of Commitment. Should I Pause My Relationship?”“My Husband Won’t Allow Me to Wear Skirts or Post Selfies”“Should I Cut Off My Bigoted Client?”“My Sister wants 12 Thousand Dollars to Freeze Her Eggs”“My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want to Include My Son’s Dad in Birthday Festivities”“I Moved To Be With My Boyfriend But The Pandemic is Ruining Our Relationship”“My Fiance’s Female Friend is Obsessed with Him”“My Husband Keeps Calling Me By His Ex-Wife’s Name”“Can I Get a Second Chance with My Co-Worker?”“My Neighbors Are Sabotaging My Christmas Light Show”“Do I Need a Dog Instead or a Husband?”“Can My Marriage By Saved?”“My Fiancé Sexted My Daughter. Should I Forgive Him?”“Menopause Is Affecting My Girlfriend’s Libido”“My Boyfriend Refuses Sell and Buy a House with Me”“My Wife Can’t Remember If She Cheated On Me”“I’m Nervous Sparks Will Fly When He Has a Family Dinner with His Wife”Shortcuts: “He Kept His Kids a Secret From Me”“My Boyfriend is Acting Distant with Me”Update: “On the Fence” Responds (Again)“I Make a Lot More Money Than My Boyfriend. Should I Break Up With Him?”“My Future Mother-in-Law is Judgmental of Body Size”“My Elderly Father’s ‘Wife’ is Ruining Our Relationship”“My Husband Is Buying Us a House Before Letting Me See It”“He Said ‘I Love You’ After a Month, But I’m Not Ready to Say it Back Yet”“My Partner Took A Job Working For Her Ex and I’m Jealous”“We’re on a Break. Should I Confront Him about Whether He’s Seeing Anyone?”Update: “Annoyed By His Behavior” Responds“My Boyfriend Won’t Quit Working with His Ex!!”“My Girlfriend Wants Me to Choose Between My Kids and Her”“My Boyfriend Says I’m Not Strict Enough with My Kids”“I Want a Baby but My Husband Wants to Wait”Update: “Deprived Newlywed” Responds“I Have a Boyfriend But I’m Still Obsessed With A Guy I Dated for A Week in College”“My Sister’s Angry That I’m Skipping Her Bachelorette Party This Weekend Because of Covid”Update: “Am I Being a Bridezilla?” RespondsQuickies: “Why Did He Have Sex With Me If He’s Not Attracted to Me?”What are Some of the Pandemic Positives in Your Life?Morning Quickies: “The Man I’m Seeing is Dating Other People”“There Has Never Been Any Intimacy in My Four-Year Relationship with My Fianc锓My Husband Wants a Second Baby, But I’m Done after One”“My Daughters Hate Me”“Should I Stay With My Partner For My Son’s Sake?”Update: “On The Fence” Responds“My Friend Has Cancer and Doesn’t Want to Talk to Me About It”“My Matron of Honor Hates the Color of Her Dress”“My Close Guy Friend Refuses To Introduce Me to His Girlfriend”“My Boyfriend Treats His Daughter Like She’s His Girlfriend”In Other Words: “Our Houseguests Woke Us with Their Loud Sex!”Update: “Feeling Regret” Responds“My Girlfriend Won’t Let Me Come Over”Shortcuts: “My Online Boyfriend Sent a Racist Article”“My Friend Called Me Out For Taking Medication for My Mental Illness”“We Practically Live Together But He Doesn’t Love Me Yet”“I Faked a Pregnancy To Scare Off My FWB”“Should I Tell My Boyfriend I Had a Miscarriage?”“We Broke Up Because I Wouldn’t Marry Her”Update: “Feeling Controlled” Responds“Am I Demanding Too Much By Asking My Long Distance Boyfriend to Call Me?”Update: “Moth-to-the-flame” Responds“My Boyfriend Is Always Naked In His Mom’s House”“My Girlfriend Says My Anxious Attachment Style Is Too Much”“My Fiancé Messaged His Ex Minutes After We Slept Together”Update: “A Forty-Something Friend” Responds“I Live with My Girlfriend and Her Kids, But They Still Think I’m Just Her ‘Best Friend’”“He Is Obsessed With His Ex-Girlfriend’s Daughter”“Is It Wise To Leave My Husband Doing this Uncertain Time?”“The Guy I’m Seeing Still Has a Drawer Full of His Ex-Wife’s Underwear”Update: “Needs Space” RespondsDrinking with Dear Wendy: Black IrishUpdate: “Assessing The Risk” Responds“My Boyfriend of Seven Years Thinks He’s Gay”“My Boyfriend Won’t Help Pay For My Birth Control”“My Sister Is Leaving Town For My Milestone Birthday!”“My Husband Wants Me to Cancel My Trip Because of the Coronavirus, But I Don’t Want To”“My Sisters Haven’t Supported My Son Since His Partner Died”“How Will I Know When I’ve Found ‘The One’?”“My Boyfriend is a Sperm Donor and I Can’t Get Over It”“My Boyfriend Says He Likes Blondes, But I’m a Brunette!”“My Ex-Wife Caught Our Son Smoking Weed. He Says It’s Because His Mom Let Her Boyfriend Move In”“I Have Months To Live. Should I Have an Affair with My First Love While I Still Can?”“My Husband’s Snoring is So Bad, I’m Considering Divorce”“My Parents Gave My Sister 10K For Her Wedding, But They Haven’t Offered Me A Penny for Mine”“In Two Years, My Boyfriend and I Have Seen Each Other Just Twelve Times”Update: “Missed an Opportunity for an Affair” Responds“My Boyfriend Was Accused of Rape and I’m Afraid to Ask Him About It”“We Stopped Dating Because I Didn’t Want a Baby. Now I Do. How Should I Tell Him?”Update: “Concerned Husband” Responds“I Just Learned my Long-Lost Love Is Dead and I Can’t Accept It”Update: “Torn Apart” Responds“My Partner Wants to Move Out and Open Our Relationship”Drinking with Dear Wendy: Mr. Black Espresso MartiniUpdate: “Language Barrier” Responds“My Husband Wished His Female Colleague a Happy Valentine’s Day Before He Wished Me One”Morning Quickies: “Should I Tell His Wife About Our Online Affair?”“Should I Tell My Boyfriend I’m Getting an Abortion or Let Him Think it’s a Miscarriage?”“How Do I Navigate The Dating World as a 27-Year-Old Virgin?”“We Bought Their Plane Tickets. Should We Ask For the Vouchers They Received to Change Flights?”“How Can I Make Him Want a Relationship With Me?”“Should I Tell My Boyfriend I Kissed Someone While Drunk?”“How Can I Better Show Up For My Grieving Friends?”“Should I Get Married Just So People Don’t Think I’m Gay?”“My Ex-Wife Has Been Trying to Have a Baby with Me For a Year. Should I Tell Her About My Vasectomy?”“My Ex-Husband Brought His New Girlfriend To Meet My Family”I’ve Fallen In Love with My Girlfriend’s Daughter-in-Law”“My Boyfriend Gave Me a Spa Gift Certificate For Christmas And I Blew Up at Him”“Do I Tell Him I Got Him a Christmas Gift?”Quickies: “I’m Newly Engaged and My Fiancé Won’t Spend Time with Me”“Why Couldn’t My Husband Love Me?”“I’m Falling In Love with My Dead Sister’s Boyfriend”Update: “Straight-Up In Love” Responds“My Boyfriend Won’t Kick His Mother Out of Our Place”From the Mailbag: “An Advice Column is Not the Place for Political Pontification”“I’ve Gone Broke Buying Gifts But My Boyfriend isn’t Giving Me Anything for Christmas!”My Favorite Reads This Year Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 … 9 Next Page
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