“I’m Miserable in My New Town. Should I Leave My Husband?”

I am a newly married 26-year-old. My husband and I have been living together for three years. I moved five hours away from all my friends and family to be with him. Prior to moving here I lived in a small town and where we live now is much larger and very close to a big city. My problem is that I really do not like living here. Other than the fact that I miss my family and friends all the time, I also find the people here to be insufferable. Almost EVERYONE I come in contact with is demanding, demeaning, rude, and stuck up. It just seems to me that everyone…

“He Wants Us to Move Into His Parents’ Home”

My boyfriend’s parents are deceased and left him their house that he wants me to move into with him. Technically, it belongs to his two sisters as well, but they don’t want it for themselves — they have beautiful homes. The problem is the house is a huge museum to his parents, his siblings, a deceased brother, etc. It has great bones, but it hasn’t been remodeled since it was built in the 70s and needs to be completely updated. There are antiques everywhere (some of which are beautiful and we could keep them), artificial flowers, linoleum floors, no bathtubs and old bathrooms and appliances. When I say that it needs updating,…

“My FWB Totally Disrespected Me!”

So I’ve been in a friend-with-benefits relationship for over five months now, and we’ve basically become best friends. He was just out of a six-year relationship when we started hooking up, which is why we kept things casual, but we spend 3-4 evenings together, text and talk everyday. Plus, we work in the same field so we usually see each other most mornings. We had the usual FWB rules about sex — we didn’t tell people, I didn’t stay the night (my personal rule, not his), and at the start it was implied that we were free to see other people. I had another FWB thing going on, but to be honest…

“I Don’t Want This Woman at My Fiancé’s Birthday Party!”

My fiancé and my social circle is very close, hosting potlucks every weekend and celebrating most parties at a house that we call “S House,” for anonymity’s sake. Well, a couple in our group — Julie and Kent —recently went through a very nasty breakup. Julie has always been very demeaning of Kent, treating him like a dog, using him for what little money he has, cheating on him and the like. Everyone in our group has tried to sit down with Kent at one point to try to talk some sense into him – he deserves much better than Julie. Besides all that, Julie is morally corrupt (she’ll screw over or…

“I Have Feelings for My Friend’s Crush”

Through one of my close friends I met this guy. We quickly became friends and now hang out with the same group of people. His sense of humor is the same as mine and we also see eye-to-eye on many topics. He’s made it clear that he would be interested in a relationship and I think if we started dating, we would work well together. There’s just one thing stopping me, and that is the friend who introduced us. Not that long ago she mentioned that she’s interested in him and has been for a few years. When I think of the two of them together, I do think they would be…

“He Dumped Me When His Mother Died”

I am a 22-year-old college student, who has been on-and-off with one of my best friends (he’s 27) for the past 3 years. We met four years ago while working together, and we became good friends relatively quickly. I was seeing someone at the time, and deep down I knew he had feelings for me, but we never addressed it. A year later, my then-boyfriend and I broke up because my grandfather had passed away and he chose to not be there for me. However, my best friend was there for me and he helped my family out. Shortly after, best friend and I started seeing one another. It was definitely a…

“When Should I Tell Dates About My Health?”

How does someone approach the subject of poor health when dating? I’m a 26 year-old male who has a couple heart problems. I feel fine and my cardiologist says that I have just as much of a chance to live as long and good quality of a life as anyone, the only difference being daily medication, checkups twice a year and a new pacemaker every few years. But, sometimes people hear the words “pacemaker,” know that I take heart medication and or see that I take longer to recover from a workout at the gym and think I’m damage goods or something. I might be exaggerating a bit, but I do know…

“Being a Bridesmaid is Breaking My Budget!”

A friend of mine from high school asked me in December to be one of her bridesmaids in her July wedding. I was surprised she asked me, particularly because while we were close in our teens, she was usually too busy with her now-fiancé to catch up or respond to me when I was visiting our hometown. We talk occasionally and I know she does not have many female friends and considering how close we once were, I said yes. Well, fast forward to today and I really regret saying yes. Her older sister is the Matron of Honor and is a nightmare. The sister refuses to plan anything the way the…

“Should I Have an Intervention for My Friend’s Clingy Relationship?”

I’ve lived with the same four roommates for a little over a year, and since February, one of them — Rick — has been in a very clingy relationship. I feel guilty for meddling in Rick’s relationship, but I’m genuinely worried about both him and his girlfriend. When Rick and Lucy started dating, they would retreat to his room together for hours on end, never talking to anyone else or going out with friends. Rick even stopped showing up to his fraternity’s social events. However, Rick was the happiest I, or any of our other roommates, had seen him in a while, so we didn’t think too much of it. We all…

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