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I’m in high school and I like this gender fluid person (GFP). I’ve known them for a good three years and officially been friends with them for two years. They’re in a relationship, a tight one, and I am soooo clueless as to what to do! I definitely don’t plan to try to split them up at all, and I know, for that reason, I more than likely don’t have a chance with them. On top of that, today I found out that one of my friends likes them too, and the GFP likes them back and they used to date. So finding that out makes my chances even lower than they…

I am a 47-year-old divorced woman with an 18-year-old son. He is a high school senior and will be entering college next year. I support both of us. I have been dating “Frank,” a 51-year-old man, for 16 months. He has three children all living at home. He typically comes to my house every Friday and spends the weekends with me. His wife, the mother of his children, has been deceased two years now and Frank’s in-laws live within a block of his home. Frank’s home needs a lot of work, such as a new kitchen and windows, so I sort of understand why he hasn’t invited me to stay at his…

I’m a 21-year-old single mom of a little boy who is the center of my world. Just 20 months ago my fiancé (and son’s father) committed suicide in our first family home. It was very sudden and no one saw it coming. Our relationship hadn’t been the best, but we stuck by each other regardless. Since his death, his family and friends have blamed me for his dying. They have harassed me, abused me over social media, and just made my life hell, and because of that my son and I haven’t seen them in over a year. (They haven’t asked to see my son or tried to.) About a month ago…