Articles by Joey Garcia


Crushed

Joey advises a reader to understand that rejection is normal.


Future tensed

A reader doesn’t get why all of the planning for the future isn’t working out.


Family business

A reader wants to know if it’s wrong to want avoid having his brother-in-law handle the sale of his home.




Compulsory giving

An employee doesn’t feel that she should be pressured into paying for a gift for her well-off boss.


Be the change

If a partner won’t grow the way you thought they would, do you leave them, or do you change yourself?


Affection and absence

Her husband didn’t come on the family trip, where she met an old friend that clicked too smoothly. Will she cross the line?


Cut the wire

When a reader’s ex calls for help getting sober, what could possibly be the right response?




Shadowboxing

Joey takes a break from answering questions to confront the shadows in all of us.


Too many chances

After a meeting that felt like a dream, a reader is unsure why following dates feel so one-sided.


Vengeful victim

A reader’s sister won’t stop trying to get revenge on an ex through constant lawsuits.