“I Fell in Love with a Man who Isn’t My Husband”

From the forums: My husband and I have discussed opening up our relationship since early on in our dating days, but didn’t begin experimenting until the past few months. We met in college, and have been together for almost six years. The beginning of our relationship was a struggle — he cheated on me right at the beginning before we became official and I dealt with trust issues for a long time, but as a result I also started to see how sex and love could possibly be two different things. I often felt that I tried harder and loved him more, but we had a good relationship overall and my gripes…

Your Turn: “My Facebook Fiancé Unfriended Me”

My boyfriend and I met on Facebook a year ago and started a relationship a few days later. We were happy and in love until he decided to visit me in the Philippines (from the US) two months later. We had a very wonderful time together — we went hiking, riding, swimming, and fishing. After a month, he went back to the US. A few months later, he said he wanted to come back for another visit. We missed each other, so he decided to cash his 401k because at that time he didn’t have a job. Before he came, he filed a fiancée visa for me, and we planned to wait…

“My Friend is Homophobic”

While having lunch with my fishing buddy recently the subject of same sex marriage came up. I strongly support LGBT issues and was shocked when he responded with disdain of same sex marriage in particular and homosexuality in general. We’re both seniors and have enjoyed discussing our commonality and differences for several years. Homosexuality never came up in our conversations before. He’s well educated, non-religious and has accomplished many admirable things, thus worthy of my respect until now. The issue doesn’t impact either of us personally beyond it’s ideology. As the decades pass I’ve lost too many friends to the great beyond who had different views than I have on various subjects…

“I’m Meeting My Monster Mother-In-Law for the First Time”

I might be meeting my mother-in-law for the first time over the holidays and I’m wondering how best to handle our first encounter. My husband of three years (5 years together) is an only child and he currently has no contact with either of his biological parents. His father walked out on the family when he was a baby, but his estrangement from his mother is more recent, although it pre-dates our relationship. She is a drug addict who refuses to get help and who drained my husband of money and assets. She also fraudulently used his SSN and ruined his credit for some time, although he has been able to straighten…

“My Marriage is Falling Apart. Should I MOA?”

I have been with my now husband for 15 years. When we first met, he didn’t want to get married; I did. So we did. In the last few years we have started our own business that is doing well. For the most part, we’ve been happy – with the usual problems, though – until the last 12-15 months or so. I wrote you earlier about my homeless father and some of the sister stuff I alluded to has reared it’s head again recently. I’ve been worried about it, but trying not to bring it into my home. They can take care of themselves – and have thus far. But it weighs…

“I’m Afraid to Leave my Kids With My Mother-In-Law”

I am a stay-at-home mom. My mother-in-law is our primary babysitter on the rare occasions one is needed. She loves our kids so much and they have a great time with her. On my husband’s side of the family, there is a history of Alzheimer’s. I’ve noticed many times that, unless I write down explicit directions, my MIL usually forgets them. It’s rarely a big deal, and I don’t mind writing things down for her if they are important. The other day, though, I got a little bit of a scare. When I came home, she told me how the baby had loved drinking water from a cup. The cup she held…

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