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I didn’t get an invitation to my fiancé’s daughter’s baby shower. The mother is the one who sent the invitations. My fiancé asked his daughter about it and she said she had given her mother our address. I did receive an invite yesterday by text. From my fiancé’s daughter. I then got a call from his ex-wife saying she thought she mailed it. She also said baby showers aren’t fun anyway. I am hurt I wasn’t invited. Please help me make sense of this. — Only Invited by Text

“I work with a man who has been my friend for several years. We have both been in and out of other relationships over the years.”

“What really upset me was that the other day his cousin invited us to dinner and, even though my boyfriend and I paid separately, I saw his cousin reimburse my boyfriend for both of our meals. “

“I have been dating my girlfriend for six years. I really love her and she loves me too, but we’ve had lots of issues along the way.”

“I’m 26 and have a 4-year-old daughter who loves and adores my boyfriend “Shane” (who is 35). We moved in with Shane three months after I met him.”

I’m in a relationship, but my partner and I are swingers. For fun, I like to browse dating/ casual encounter apps fairly regularly, for entertainment value more than anything. I rarely answer anything as I think a sizable % of posters are trolls or cheaters. However, I started seeing an profile, about once a month or so, that seemed real to me. It was from a woman who, for medical reasons, cannot have sex with her husband anymore. She was looking for someone to “take care of that” for her — a FWB for him, as she called it. I am not sure I could have done that when I was married. It…

I’m recently coming out later in life as a lesbian in my 30s. My mother, whom I live with and am financially dependent on, is against my lifestyle. She reacted so negatively the first time I tried to tell her that I dropped the subject. For now, she still thinks I’m heterosexual. But if I again attempt to tell her I’m a lesbian, there is a large possibility of me being kicked out and becoming homeless. Living a double life of pretending to be straight at home, while only being “out” when I privately go to occasional LGBTQIA+ events, is beyond stressful. I have also talked to a psychiatrist. But everyone who…

I am in my late 30s, and I’ve been dating a man in his late 40s for about four months now, although I’ve known him socially for several years. We were close prior to dating, and we are pretty intense about one another, complete with the “I love you’s,” spending lots of time together, etc. We have not moved in together, and we won’t be able to do so for a minimum of another year or two due to a variety of logistical reasons. However, we spend every weekend together, as well as one evening during the week. I’ve met his parents and siblings, and vice versa. We socialize as a couple…