“My Parents Crash With Us For Months While They Rent Out Their Condo”
“My parents rent their condo out for three months a year to make money because they are broke from supporting my brother…”
“My Friend is Getting Married Just to Have a Bachelor Party”
“My friend s getting married, and I’m worried that he doesn’t grasp the magnitude of the commitment he’s making.”
“I Had Sex with Him and Now He’s Ghosting Me”
“I am 30 years old and I met a man close to my age on a dating app. At the end of our second date we slept together. Up until that moment I was a virgin…”
“My Boyfriend Isn’t in a Hurry to Have Kids and It Makes Me Cry Nearly Every Day”
I’m a 37-year-old woman who struggles with depression and anxiety, emphasis on the depression. I’ve been in a relationship with my boyfriend for just about five years now. We’re the same age and have a lot in common. I made clear to him in the beginning that I am looking to get married and have children one day. He concurred that was something he wanted, too. He had previously been married for three years, no kids, and it was a very ugly divorce. Just recently, the subject of marriage came up and he said, to my surprise, that he doesn’t ever want to marry again. That he “doesn’t believe in it anymore.”…
“Should I Tell My Family My Husband and I Have a Boyfriend?”
Advice for a polyamorous couple who are considering introducing their boyfriend to their conservative family.
Updates: “Not Staying in a Hotel” Responds
It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today we hear from “Not Staying in a Hotel” whose boyfriend’s friends made her uncomfortable during there twice-a-month weekend visits. She wrote: “I recently learned that one of these friends had said he didn’t want to come in this weekend unless our dog and I got a hotel room—and my boyfriend had responded with, ‘I wish I could.’ This really hurt my feelings. How can I talk to him about this?” Her update below.
“My Family Wants Me to Get Back with My Husband For Our Kids’ Sake”
“I’ve been married for 5 years. We were together for 13 years before that. We share two children under 5 years of age, and we have been separated for a year.”
“Is My Reputation Damaged Forever?”
“I recently moved to a new city to attend a pretty prestigious, though small, professional school in my state — a school where everyone gossips and your reputation follows you everywhere, even later in your career…”
“My Girlfriend is Grieving Her Dead Male Co-Worker Like She Was In Love With Him”
My situation is similar to LW1’s in this column but with some big differences. My girlfriend and I have been dating for two years, and about a year into our relationship her coworker died. (I am 26, she is 23, and he was 31.) They worked in a restaurant together and I knew they were close friends as she told me a lot about him. I met him once briefly and he seemed like a good guy. I always trusted her and never thought there was anything more than friendship between the two of them. When he died, she was very sad and I tried my very best to be there for…
“My Boyfriend Died. What Should I Do With My Engagement Ring?”
“Months before his death we had talked about marrying and he bought me a ring. He told me he had hidden it.”
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