“I Don’t Feel Safe with My Boyfriend”
“I have been with my boyfriend for a year and a half now. I would like to outline the pros and cons of the relationship.”
Shortcuts: “I’ve Fallen in Love With a Married Man”
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.
“My New Friend Keeps Discussing Her Depression”
I recently made friends with someone who keeps talking about her postpartum depression every time we meet. She always seems stressed out, she talks a lot, and it’s hard to get a word in when she starts talking. She has two kids (one toddler and a 5 year-old) and has a good career. The kids seem ok, though I know the older one gets spanked from time to time if he misbehaves. She has shared that one of the reasons for her depression in the past was a negligent partner and that she was hospitalized once after her second one was born. I don’t know how to deal with this situation since…
“My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want to Raise My Baby”
I’m 19 years old, and I have an 8-month-old daughter with a man who hasn’t been involved in my daughter’s life since he found out I was pregnant earlier last year. I’m currently in a relationship with another man, Josh, 21, and we’ve been dating for about five months. Josh was a friend whom I could go to when I needed someone to talk to while I was pregnant. He recently told me that he doesn’t want to raise someone else’s child, but he still wants us to be together and that it doesn’t mean that in the future he couldn’t change his mind. Although I haven’t given him any responsibility in…
“I Broke My Engagement Because My Parents Disapprove of My Boyfriend’s Class”
“A week before Christmas my boyfriend of three years proposed. I called to tell my mom about the engagement, and she spoke to me with great disappointment.”
“My Daughter Is Leading on A Guy Who Would Be Perfect for My Other Daughter”
“My daughter has started talking to a couple of guys, one of whom seems great. She, however, says he is a redneck.”
“Wedding Chaos: I Don’t Have Enough Bridesmaids”
My fiancé and I have been engaged for a little over a year. When we started planning, I immediately asked my best friend to be my Maid of Honor. We’ve been friends since we were ten, so it was a no-brainer. I wanted to ask my three other friends from high school, but, because there weren’t three guys my fiancé wanted as groomsmen, we decided I would ask different people to be bridesmaids (so as to not pick one or two of my friends over the others). So I asked a friend whom I had met at my job (and whom at the time I was close with) and my fiancé’s cousin…
“He Made Me Sleep on a Yoga Mat For Four Days!”
“My partner, “Bob,” and I are in our mid- to late- 50s, and, although we’re compatible in many ways and enjoy each other’s company, there is one significant barrier to our relationship: his attachment to his older sister.”
Poll: What Are Your Deal Breakers?
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that new research suggests people give more weight to deal breakers, the traits that fall on their lists of cons, than deal makers, the traits they consider positive ones, when it comes to their search for a relationship. “Think of it as the relationship version of the economic loss-aversion theory, which holds that people prioritize avoiding risk over acquiring gains. In mating, people pay more attention to what’s wrong with a would-be partner than what is right.” In a series of six recent studies, researchers learned that women have more deal-breakers than men, people who consider themselves big catches have more deal breakers than average, and…
“My ‘High-Society’ Boyfriend’s Gifts Are So Cheap!”
“I have an issue I don’t know how to address in a “normal” way because I grew up in a severely dysfunctional home. “
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