Updates

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Addicted to His Sext” who was in a long-term relationship with one man but couldn’t stop sexting another guy from her long-ago past whom she’d recently reconnected with on LinkedIn. She updated us once before to say she was working on her relationship (including counseling) but admitted that she still occasionally texted the long-ago fling. She wrote: “Do I need to completely cut the sexting to work on my current relationship? Or what is the place of…

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “The Bride’s Not The Crazy One” who was afraid her mentally ill dad would cause a scene at her wedding if allowed to give a toast. Keep reading to see how her wedding turned out.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Wife Fluffer” who worried about being in a pattern of boyfriends dumping her for their exes. Keep reading for an update.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Tired of His Intrusive Mother” who was tired of her boyfriend’s mother dropping by their place unannounced and snooping through their closets. She was upfront that they lived rent-free in a home owned by her boyfriend’s parents, but she didn’t think that meant they had to give up any of their privacy. Her boyfriend, unfortunately, didn’t understand why she was upset. Keep reading to see whether they’ve resolved this issue.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Fit To Be Crossed” whose boyfriend was so obsessed with CrossFit that he skipped her daughter’s high school graduation to attend a CrossFit party. Keep reading to see whether she’s still fit to be crossed.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Paranoid about Being Paranoid” who was bothered by her boyfriend’s online behavior on social networks. “He sometimes makes sexist remarks,” she wrote, “and uses language I find really rude and disturbing. He said online he was an atheist when in real life he is a Christian who used to work for a church, attends church regularly, discusses scripture and spirituality with me regularly, etc.” Hmm. Keep reading to see whether the mystery has been solved.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from today’s LW (yes, fastest update ever), “Peeved About Dinner Date Flakes.” Keep reading to see how she decided to handle the issue of her friends bailing on her dinner party last week.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Reality Bites” whose long-distance boyfriend confessed he never wanted to leave his hometown after leading her to believe he was prepared to move. They’d been ring shopping and she said: “I’m not young (35) and afraid, if I walk away because of location, I may regret it big time. My priorities are shifting and career/goals are becoming less important, but general happiness as an individual is really important to me, married or single, and I’m trying to…

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Wary of the Class Flirt” who was upset when she found some emails her husband exchanged with a particularly flirty woman he reconnected with at his high school reunion. Keep reading to see whether all is forgiven.

It’s time again for “Dear Wendy Updates,” a feature where people I’ve given advice to in the past let us know whether they followed the advice and how they’re doing now. Today, we hear from “Not a Daddy’s Girl” who wanted a better relationship with her once-abusive father. “My father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s,” she wrote, “which has swiftly changed him from the ultimate authority figure to a fragile, confused old man. It is now occurring to me that I am running out of time to connect with my father and have the close father-daughter relationship I always wanted.” Keep reading to see whether their relationship has gotten closer in the three…