“My New Boyfriend Left For the Holidays Without Telling Me!”

I dated my ex-boyfriend for almost one year and, even though he claimed he loved me, I had a problem with his lack of communication. He told me he was like that with everybody. He never returned calls or messages. He would go weeks without communicating and a couple of times he left town for work without informing me. He was a real workaholic and he would tell me that when he was working he couldn’t think of anything else. He would make plans with me and break them without informing me and then later tell me something work-related had come up. Eventually, I got tired of it and left. A month…

“I’m At My Wits’ End With My Fiancé’s Mother”

I’m having serious issues with my future mother-in-law. My fiancé and I are in the middle of wedding planning and my parents are paying for the entire thing (rehearsal dinner included), but FMIL threw a hissy fit saying she wanted to invite more guests, the food wasn’t right, etc. Well, that finally just ended after my mom threatened to not invite her or the family. And recently now, my fiancé cannot go to Christmas Eve with them because he is working late, and she threw a fit about that, blamed me, and is now having all the relatives call us saying how upset and disappointed they are. This has been an ongoing…

“Should I Sue My Dad?”

I’m 23 and moved back to my home state a year ago. My mother died when I was 14, and my dad (who adopted me when I was four and took care of me after my mom died but is not my biological father) won’t give me the key to the house to get my belongings he held for me when I moved out of state. He also will not give me some things that belonged to my mother (wedding dress, veil, her wedding rings, etc.). He is engaged to be married early next year. His fiancée has four kids who live at home. He doesn’t make time for me and would…

“My Mother-In-Law is a Control Freak Who Barges into Our Home!”

My MIL has three children. My husband is the oldest and the only one who has children. My husband and I have been together almost fifteen years and didn’t have our first child until six years ago. (We now have two boys, ages 5 and 2.) When my older son was born, my MIL came to the hospital right away and said how much the baby looked like my husband. (I don’t really see it, but whatever.) The day that we came home from the hospital she came to visit and stayed until 11:00 pm that night. I was tired, but she just wanted to keep holding my baby. Her stopping by…

“My Friend’s Mad That I Make More Money Than She Does”

In my small group of friends three of the gals have great jobs with lucrative careers. My other friend, Julie, and I are usually the ones struggling. Julie’s younger and just starting out and I have a mortgage and am a single mother who gets no financial support from my ex-husband. Our group of friends has always found a way to meet in the middle and enjoy our time together. A few months ago I began doing some consulting work on the side and my financial situation has improved drastically. I now have money to plan a vacation, buy concert tickets, and go out for nicer meals. For the most part though,…

“My Girlfriend’s Ex-Husband’s Stuff is Everywhere”

I moved in with my girlfriend months ago, but four years after her divorce, she still has a lot of her ex-husband’s things in her home and it makes me uncomfortable. His clothes are still here, wedding rings are still out in the open, and their pictures, though off the walls, are lying around everywhere. I got rid of all that kind of stuff from my marriage before deciding to date again, let alone move in with another person, and I figured this stuff of hers would have been long ago packed away and even then gone through when she asked me to move in. However, she has moved none of his…

“I’m Beginning to Suspect He Might Be Married”

I’ve been in a relationship for a year and six months and I still haven’t been introduced to my boyfriend’s mother or his kids. When I bring up the whole marriage subject he says, “I haven’t thought about it. I want to make sure my kids get off on the right track.” I feel like that’s an excuse. I have never been to his house before and now recently when I call his phone it rings once, then voice mail. I feel deep inside that he is hiding something from me — either he’s married already or he’s in a another relationship. — Suspicious  

“My Boyfriend Blows Me Off For His Mother All The Time!”

I am an independent 48-year-old female Ph.D, with a successful career, nice home and car, great children, and beautiful grandchildren. Although my life is blessed, I do have baggage. I am an alcoholic (currently sober) who was sexually abused as a child and sexually promiscuous as a teen. Relationship commitment has been problematic for me, and I have been married three times. It took me a long time to be comfortable and even happy being alone. Then two years ago I started dating a guy a year older than I who is really great: handsome, funny, loving, well-traveled and adventuresome. We hit it off right away, but a few months into the…

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