Your Turn

In a feature I call “Your Turn,” in which you, the readers, get to answer the question, I’m presenting the following letter without commentary from me: I have been seeing a guy for about seven months, but I am worried to become more serious due to his family situation. He supports his entire family, meaning he works a lot and money is really tight. I wouldn’t have such an issue with it if I didn’t feel that his family was taking advantage of him. His mother does not work due to medical issues, so I understand helping her. But both of his sisters have children with no support from the fathers, yet…

In a feature I call “Your Turn,” in which you, the readers, get to answer the question, I’m presenting the following letter without commentary from me: I am writing to you for some advice on how to be mature and forget these feelings of jealousy I am having about a budding friendship between two of my girlfriends. I’ve known the people in my social circle for many years, but I’ve noticed over the past few months that two of the girls, “Meghan*” and “Kristen,” have gotten VERY close. They talk on the phone every night, write cute messages on each other’s Facebook walls, and always want me to take pictures of them….

In a feature I call “Your Turn,” in which you, the readers, get to answer the question, I’m presenting the following letter without commentary from me: I really dislike my job. The work I do is meaningless and boring, I’m not at all passionate about or interested in the industry, and my boss is an extremely cold and unforgiving person. I took the job out of college because I couldn’t mooch off of my parents, and because at first it wasn’t so bad. Plus, it’s close to home, it pays decently enough, the hours are good, the health insurance is fantastic, etc. But I’ve been here almost a year and a half…

I’m about to enter the last semester of my sophomore year in college and I have YET to find a solid group of friends. I hang out with lots of these people, but I’m a floater. I float from group to group, never really finding people to stick to because it just never…flows like that. I feel like I would have to force it. And then I get depressed because I feel like a freak who can’t make friends yet. I know they like me, because they ask me to hang with them from time to time, but I’m sure they don’t want another person to add to their troupe. I think…

I’m 22 and met this girl online, through some other friends, about ten years ago and have been talking to her ever since. In October of this year (2011) I took the plunge and drove all the way to Calgary to finally meet her in person. I only had a week to spend with her, but it was the best week of my young life. I knew I loved her before I ever went up to visit, but being there really sealed it. We agreed that we’d try the long distance relationship thing and work on being together permanently (which would mean her moving down here to the US, as I couldn’t…

In a feature I call “Your Turn,” in which you, the readers, get to answer the question, I’m presenting the following letter without commentary from me: At the beginning of this past winter semester, “Jay” and I started hooking up. He initially asked me out and seemed really into me (he once loudly and clearly moaned “I love you” while we were having sex). I made it pretty clear that it was just sex and that I was not his girl if he was looking for a relationship, but he kept coming back. Eventually, he started to pull away, and we went through periods where he would be super close and friendly…