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Listen first, think second

My 17-year-old son and his 18-year-old girlfriend have a seven-month-old baby. The three of them live as a family at my house part time and…






Runaway hubby

My best friend’s husband has had girlfriends during their marriage and when she has asked him to quit he makes excuses, then continues. He leaves…



Push me, pull you

How do I end a relationship with a guy I like? My boyfriend and I have been together since our first date. Everything was perfect…


Like mother, like son

I am worried about my 38-year-old brother. Our mother is extremely controlling and runs his life. She disapproves of all the women he dates, insists…


Break the snoop loop

A friend of mine has a new boyfriend whom she idolizes. He seems no different from her last two husbands, but, as long as she’s…


The Disney trap

I love my girlfriend, but I’m not in love with her. I miss her when we’re not together, but I don’t feel the way I…


Delicate balance

How can I best find balance with family, partner, daughter, alone time, grad school, thesis, intimacy, work, athletics, etc.? Ditch the pie-chart mentality, that perfectionist…


To click or not to click

My boyfriend and I have been dating for over a year. Lately, I have been feeling like we don’t click, and our conversations seem meaningless….


Victim or savior?

I dated a girl for about a month. There were red flags: lectures I couldn’t grasp the point of, exaggerated focus on herself, a litany…


Who was I?

At 15, I had a brain injury. My family says I am not the same, so I have been searching for the person I am….