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 today. After the jump, we hear from “L Bomb Explosion,” who worried that her boyfriend of nearly a year still hadn’t told her he loved her despite her having told him recently. After the jump, read her 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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Rx Blues,” who was alarmed after discovering by accident that her boyfriend of seven years was taking an anti-depressant. She worried he’d been prescribed Paxil because he was unhappy with her and that he withheld the information from her because he knew she’d disapprove. She wondered if she should just pretend she didn’t know anything. After the jump, find out whether that’s what she decided to 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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Feeling Pathetic” who refused to believe her boyfriend had a wife and kids, even though after two years together he still wouldn’t let her see where he lived. Keep reading to see where things stand between them now.

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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Hopefully not 40-Year Old Virgin,” the 26-year-old self-described “nice guy” who had never kissed a girl. He had been dipping his toes into the online dating pool with only lukewarm reception. We all told him to change his attitude — and his profile! — STAT. Keep reading to see how he’s faring now.

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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Intern Love” whose letter appeared in a shortcuts column when she asked why this guy who she dated for a few weeks while he was in her town for an internship had suddenly seemed to lose interest once he returned home. Keep reading to see whether she’s still hung up on him.

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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Have Fiancé, Will Relocate” whose fiancé was unwilling to move to a town where she would have more room for career growth. Keep reading to see where things are with them since her letter was posted.

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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Offended In-Law” who was concerned about how to handle her sexist and bigoted father-in-law when she saw him during the holidays. “I’m not expecting him to change,” she wrote, “but if you have any suggestions for how I can tolerate being around him without blowing up in feminist rage or annoying my husband by complaining, I could really use the advice before Thanksgiving.” Keep reading to see whether you kept her feminist rage inside.

  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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Sibling Rivalry” who was upset that her parents, who are much better off now than when they were raising her, choose to lavish her younger brothers with gifts and art classes and don’t help out her and her husband who are struggling financially. Keep reading for her response to our advice.

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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Scarred by Past” whose ex-boyfriend confessed to cheating on her after she dumped him. She writes: “Why would someone in a healthy loving relationship do that to the person he loves? […] Will it always be impossible to be completely sure that the person you’re with, even if they love you to death, is not cheating on you? I know there must be guys out there that don’t do this stuff, but I think I’ll…

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 today. After the jump, we hear from “Anxious about Anxiety” who felt pressured to stay with a boyfriend because he had anxiety issues. Keep reading to see how she’s doing now.