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I met my girlfriend a little over two years ago while she was interning with a forensic psychologist who frequents my precinct. I wasn’t a believer in love at first sight before, but I am now after meeting her. Despite what could be obstacles — I’m 34 and she’s 22; I’m white and she’s Black; and she lives about two hours away — our relationship has continued to flourish. She’s gorgeous, extremely smart, and personable. We’ve been through a lot together and I’ve been a better man in every way since meeting her. With all of that being said, you should understand why I’d be devastated to lose her. She recently received…

“I have agreed to be a bridesmaid in my best friend’s wedding who lives 300 miles away from me. We are planning a trip for me to come down…”

My boyfriend and I had made plans to have three couples — his college friends and their girlfriends — over for a small dinner party on Halloween and to greet the trick-or-treaters. To prepare, I spent the better part of the day cooking and cleaning, and I was feeling very festive. Come 6:30 PM, only one of the couples had arrived, so we texted the other two to get an ETA. They both responded that they weren’t going to make it. I was so upset! It wasn’t as if this was a huge party; it was a small dinner party, and on top of that I had emailed everyone the day before…

My boyfriend of nine months and I broke up a few weeks ago, and I’m pretty devastated. I was in love with him (and still am), but he said he didn’t see a future with me. It’s sad and heartbreaking, but I do know that it was the right thing to do if there was no future. As it turns out, two weeks after we broke up, he got back together with the girl he dated before me. They had been together for six years, and she broke his heart a few months before we started dating, but when we were together he assured me he was over her and only missed…

I’m a single, 27-year-old woman with a really great, full life. I have amazing family and friends whom I’m close to, both emotionally and geographically, an active social life that gets me out of the house a few days a week, and a great job that I’ve held for 5.5 years. I lived at home for college and moved around a bit afterwards, and then I bought a house when I was 25, where I now live alone with my cat. I’m generally really happy, but I did experience a bout of depression from the ages of 18-23, during which I felt hopeless. I finally got help in the form of medicine…

“I’m a straight girl, who has always been just with guys, but recently I met a woman and I can’t think about anything or anyone else but her.”