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“My wife told me last month that she wanted a temporary separation at the end of next month and I’m not going to throw a fit over it.”

I have been serious with my boyfriend for a little over two years and he moved in with me four months ago. At first he stayed only two to three nights at a time, but now he has a closet and what I hope are most of his things here. He has three children I have never met, and I haven’t met his mom either. I met his two brothers once because I had tickets and took all of them to a game. The relationship we have, in my eyes, is very mind/spirit/body — we get along awesomely! We enjoy each other’s company, laugh together, and share our thoughts. When he has his…

“My fiancé and I have been together for a little over four years and living together for about two.”

“I am a bride about to be married in August. My fiancé comes from a big family where is he number six out of seven kids.”

I have a recurring dating dilemma. I meet a guy and he asks for my number, sometimes we go out and sometimes he never does ask me out. Almost always the man just stops talking to me after maybe two weeks; sometimes months go by and I’ll receive a random text of desperation: “Hi, what happened to you? I had so much going on in my personal life at the time, but I’m ready to pursue you if you are still single.” I can’t tell you how many times I have received this text. I want to tell the guy to kick rocks, but I never do. I just take a bow….

“The other day I tried to break up with my boyfriend of one year. However, during the breakup, he pulled out the engagement ring he bought and proposed.”

“I’m 23, recently married, and pregnant with my first child. Throughout my relationship with my husband, my in-laws’ house has always been always disgusting.”

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about two months. Neither of us has properly met each other’s parents and, since my birthday is in a couple weeks I am planning a dinner so that he can meet my mom. However, even though my birthday’s on a Saturday, he works that day. Do you think it would be a big deal if he calls off work for this one day just to spend it with me? I mean he never called off work before and it wont be a “You’re fired!”-type situation. But he says that, no, he’s not calling off. Who’s wrong: him or me? And why??? — Birthday Girl

“The only daughter of my significant other (we’ve been together for four years, living together for one) is having a baby in July.”

“With the exception of maybe three weekends in the two years my partner and I have been together, we have spent every Sunday at her parents’ house for dinner. “