“My In-Laws Want to Crash the First Week of My Baby’s Life”

My husband and I are expecting our first child in a couple of months (on Thanksgiving), and we are having some issues with my in-laws that I’m hoping you can help me with. My in-laws live out of state, and they are planning on coming into town to visit when the baby is born. I’m a pretty private person, and they can be very overwhelming. We’ve asked both families (mine is out of state as well) to please give us the first week to ourselves before coming to visit, but his parents told us they’re coming up for Thanksgiving anyway, because it is convenient for them and it’d be too difficult to…

“Do I Have Too Much Baggage For Him?”

I am divorced with two daughters, ages 15 and 12. My partner is divorced, too, but he has no kids. We have been together for two years now but only see each other twice a week. He wants marriage and kids. He speaks a lot about this. The thing that worries me is we can’t sort out when he will move in with me and my girls. He gets on with my youngest but not so much my eldest as she can be quite confident and forthcoming. I’m surprised he still likes me with my baggage. How do you make things work when things are like this? — Comes With Baggage

“I Still Don’t Have a Baby and It’s All My Boyfriend’s Fault!”

I’m 26 and have been in a relationship for the last six years with a man twelve years older than I, who has two kids, and whom I started living with almost immediately after we met. I never had any kids myself, but I’ve been pregnant twice and had abortions both times. I regret the decisions to abort every day, especially since now I yearn for kids of my own and haven’t been able to get pregnant with my boyfriend. About a year into our relationship, I realized that I had never seen him ejaculate before, so one night during sex I asked him about it and he was very nervous. I…

From the Mailbag: “Why Are Women Labeled ‘Insecure’?”

It’s been a while since I posted one of these: I’m responding to a post a woman wrote about her boyfriend looking at other naked women on calendars, the Internet, TV, etc. I don’t understand why you, like the majority of society, label a woman as “insecure” when she doesn’t like women being objectified, which is a normal feeling. It isn’t normal that women should just have to suck it up when guys look at naked women. It’s a double standard! Why not call it what it is and stop making women feel like there is something wrong with them if they don’t like their men looking at other naked women? Instead,…

“My Long Distance Boyfriend Is Moving Here, But I’m Unhappy”

I’ve been in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend for almost four years. We have been happily making it work, and now he’s planning to move to where I live by February. However, lately I’ve had fits of depression. I don’t feel like doing anything and he’s not trying to make things better. In fact, the emotion and charm he had when we first met seems to be lacking to the point that he says the same old stuff to me, like he’s going through the motions. He’s mentioned he’s not much of an emotional guy, but the reason I fell in love with him was because his charm lifted me up…

“What’s More Important: Rosh Hashanah or My Son’s Birthday?”

I am a Catholic married to a Jewish woman. My oldest son is from a previous marriage and his birthday falls on Rosh Hashanah this year. I want to celebrate his eighth birthday with a dinner with my family, yet my wife is hung up on her holiday. What’s more important? His birthday or Rosh Hashanah? Mind you, there are three days’ worth of celebration for Rosh Hashannah and only one day to celebrate my son’s birthday. In addition to my son, we have two other children together. I’m open to your comments. — Catholic Husband, Jewish Wife

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