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 “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…

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 “Rape Survivor” who wondered how (and when) she should tell dates that she had been raped a year ago as a virgin.

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 “Baggage Claim” whose letter appeared in a “Your Turn” column late last month month. She was the 21-year-old military woman who’d just ended a whirlwind marriage that went from bad to worse really quickly. And while she was relieved to close that dramatic chapter of her life, she wrote: “I don’t know how I can move past these angry feelings and finally feel a full sense of closure […]. I feel like I can’t trust…

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 “Waiting for the L-Word” whose boyfriend once told her he cared for her but didn’t think he was capable of love. Still, she kept hoping he’d eventually drop the L-Bomb and wondered if she should ask him directly to say it. After the jump, find out whether she’s finally heard those three little words.

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 “Worried for His Patients” who wondered if she should report her abusive ex-boyfriend whom she’d recently heard was getting certified to be a therapist. “My soul itches at the thought of this guy near vulnerable women,” she wrote. After the jump, find out if she’s decided to pursue reporting 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. Today we hear from “Downhill Sex” who write in last week about her frustration with her boyfriend for not initiating sex anymore. After the jump, she clarifies a little about her situation.