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My man recently went with his buddies to a strip club and lied about it. Then about a month later, he went out and sent a message to his buddies saying, “If anyone asks, I was with you.” His buddies response was, “10-4.” So my man is gone ’til 4 am, parks where I can’t see or hear him, and goes to the cabin on the property instead of coming to our bed. I confront him and he’s drunk and doesn’t want to talk. I ask to see his phone and he says it’s up the hill in the car. I go looking for it only to go back by him to…

I have a son who is almost two years old. I knew growing up I always wanted children. I met my now-husband in college and having a family was high on both of our priority lists. We’ve been married now for about six years. We had a great relationship until we had our son. I’m not sure what has happened to us since then. We argue all the time. I feel like he has become so negative and he acts as though the world owes him something. He looks down on me for staying home even though he wanted me to. For example, any time I mention being tired, he’ll be say,…

It’s time again for Shortcuts. For every question, I’ll give my advice in just a few sentences because sometimes the answer to a person’s question is so obvious and the need to hear it so great that being as clear and frank as possible is simply the best way to go. I have a friends with benefits relationship with this guy, and just last night we got together and did our thing (not our first time). Well, when he was getting ready to drop me off, he called his buddy to come over to his place but, since his buddy had work in the morning, he then called a GIRL, telling me…

“I just turned 29 and I am having a bit of an existential crisis about turning 30 next year.”

My boyfriend and I have been dating almost a year. He was married and divorced and has one biological child, whom I absolutely love, with his ex-wife. After he was divorced, he dated a gal who has two children. When they split up, the woman’s 20-year-old daughter stayed with my boyfriend. She continues to live with him to this day. He does EVERYTHING for her and yet is a little hard on his own biological son. Since I have moved in, she disrespects me all the time. She is a total slob and leaves stuff all over expecting him to clean it up. I have taken on the roll of keeping the…

I have been a single mom raising my daughter for the past 14 years. Her dad moved out of the house when she was three years old. He has been supportive financially. My ex-husband was very close with his parents and never considered moving down south to be near my family. We spent holidays and other celebrations with his parents and his sister’s family. This always bothered me as I was very close with my family and it was one of the reasons we split up. When my parents retired and moved down to Florida a year after my daughter was born, I missed not having them around on holidays and their…