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 “Complicated Communicator” whose letter — and my advice — stirred up quite a bit of controversy when she wrote in in June. As you might remember, she and her boyfriend had a big argument on the phone one evening when he mentioned a TV personality and the LW responded that he was a “fraud and an asshole.” She wrote: “He said I invalidated his opinion with mine, and that I do it all the time,…

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 “Girl from the Bar,” whose letter appeared in a “His Take” column when she wrote in wondering if a guy she met in a bar and hooked up with later that night was only interested in her for the sex since he wasn’t texting her each and every day.

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 “Concerned Submissive Feminist,” who had recently started hooking up with a guy she met on Craigslist to explore her submission fetish and worried about whether she was promoting violence against women by letting him dominate her sexually. After the jump, find out whether she came to a resolution for herself.

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 “Wanting To Do The Right Thing” a young woman in her mid-twenties whose conservative, Latino immigrant parents still gave her a curfew when she came home to visit from grad school and forbade her from sleeping over at her boyfriend’s house. After the jump, find out if her parents ever lightened up and whether she’s still with her boyfriend.

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 “Drunk Punch Love” who wondered if she should continue a long distance relationship she’d been in for about a year and a half with a man who was recovering alcoholic just recently out of rehab. She wrote: “Is it unhealthy to be in a relationship with him? He lives halfway across the country and is a recovering alcoholic. But I care about him more than I’ve ever cared about any guy and I don’t want…

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 “First-Time Heartbreak,” whose letter appeared in a “Your Turn” column when she asked for advice on dealing with her first heartbreak. After the jump, read about how your great advice has helped her cope.

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 “Mommy Issues,” a 20-year-old college student who was raised by her grandparents and whose relationship with her mother left a little to be desired.

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 “Facebook Flashback” who got a friend request from the ex who impregnated her years ago. She gave the baby up for adoption, and the young couple soon broke up. They had agreed to stay in contact should their biological son want to look them up, but he “dropped off the planet” a few years after their breakup … until this random friend request one day. After the jump, find out if she accepted the request…

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 “Love or Adventure” who was conflicted about whether to stay with her boyfriend in their small town and put down roots, or to spread her wings and travel the world and perhaps even live outside the country before settling down. She writes: “Meeting my boyfriend was a happy accident, and I’ve loved every second of our relationship and could see it having real potential for the future, yet, I’m worried that if I stay here,…

New readers, welcome to Dear Wendy, a relationship advice blog. If you don’t find the info you need in this column, please visit the Dear Wendy archives or the forums (you can even start your own thread), or submit a question for advice. About five weeks ago, I met a guy at a bar. We drank a lot and I ended up bringing him home. He was nice, good looking and it has been a really long while since I’ve had sex. He stayed the night and left around 11:00 the next day. I really didn’t expect anything to happen, but I got a text a few hours later and then a…