“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.”
Shortcuts: “My Sugar Daddy Got Me Pregnant”
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’m a 20-year-old girl who got pregnant by my sugar daddy. I DON’T want the child and I want to have an abortion. My problem is that my sugar daddy wants me to keep the child. He has a wife and he is very old. I don’t want a child with him, but he won’t give me the money for a…
“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.”
“It’s 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. “
“My Brother is Bailing on My Wedding!”
“Last week, my brother informed me that he couldn’t attend my wedding as he’d just realized the date was the same as his best friend’s, for whom he is going to be best man.”
Update From Our Holiday Book Drive
Our fourth annual holiday book drive earlier this month, our biggest one yet, resulted in 200 books being sent to students at four different schools around the country. Those students have been receiving their books over the last week or so before they leave for winter break, and I wanted to share some photos and words their teachers and schools have sent. Above is a photo from teacher, Ogo A., who says: “Thanks so much to you and your readers for the awesome books. My students were really excited and began reading them straight away.” And if this doesn’t warm your heart, then it must be made of ice:
“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…
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