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 “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.

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 “Wants Kid-Free Wedding” who had decided not to invite kids to her upcoming wedding and wasn’t sure how to respond to a guest who said she may be bring her two kids “if that’s okay.” After the jump, find out how the situation was resolved.

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 “Disgruntled Bridesmaid” who was frustrated that she said “yes” to an old friend’s request to be in her wedding and was suddenly stuck planning both a bachelorette part and a bridal shower as the other bridesmaids shirked any responsibility. After the jump, find out how the bachelorette party went and whether she was stuck paying for (and planning) the whole thing 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 “No Delinquents, Please” who wondered if she was obligated to invite her bridesmaid’s deadbeat boyfriend to her wedding next May. “He’s been arrested numerous times for drugs, as well as for hitting her and other women. He’s currently in a rehab facility where he will be until November,” she explained. I told her that since her wedding wasn’t until May, there was a likely chance the lady-beater probably wouldn’t be in the picture by then…

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 “Dinner Date Dilemma” whose boyfriend of two months refused to have dinner with her parents while they were in town. I called out the guy for sounding young and immature but many of you said that two months was way too early to meet the parents and he was right to refuse. (I still stand by my initial response, by the way. If parents happen to be passing through town and invite you and your…

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 “Once a Cheater,” who had cheated on previous boyfriends in the past and expressed some concern that she was beginning to fantasize about other men again now that she has been relocated away from her boyfriend for six months. After the jump, find out how her relationship with her boyfriend is going now, halfway through their separation.

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 “Not Big Enough,” who had a great first date with a guy she met online, but who, afterward, told her he preferred heavier women — like his ex, who was over 300 lbs. — and that she simply wasn’t big enough for his taste. Still, NBE hoped to change his mind and win him over with her personality, but we all advised her to MOA. After the jump, find out whether she followed that advice…