With a little help from my friends
Nearly every week someone asks me what self-help books I read or would recommend. Well, I avoid self-help books and have for years. If I’m…
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I thought I was his first wife
My husband and I have been married for five years, happily I thought. Yesterday I received a phone call from a woman demanding that my…
Whose kids are these?
I have a 19-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter. They do not know their father. They only know that I divorced him because he was…
Mom! She’s copying me!
At Thanksgiving my older sister announced that she is pregnant. I am pregnant, too, and had planned to tell everyone, but after my sister’s news,…
Surviving the here and now
When I was 15, I met a 23-year-old guy who was leaving town to live with a woman in Seattle. We stole a few kisses….
Six sources of gratitude
Long Lines: It’s mandatory recess. When I’m stuck in an extended and slow-moving queue, I usually close my eyes and drop into meditation or prayer….
Answering the divine
I am obsessed with my ex-girlfriend who moved to Phoenix six months ago to start a new life without me. I keep contacting her. Even…
A painless breakup?
I’ve been in an “on again/off again” relationship for the past seven years. I was considering marriage until I ran into the woman who was…
Elements of deceit
I got back together with an old boyfriend even though I knew better. At the time, I was raw from other problems and in no…
Trust in time
I’m in a trippy situation and need your perspective. I met a woman last February who seemed to be the one. Three months later, she…
Read my mind and ask me out!
I am attracted to a man who is the director of our division but not my direct boss. When we see each other, I feel…
Outgrowing my girlfriend
I’m 21 years old and my girlfriend is 17. When we began dating last year, she was the most mature girl I had ever met….
Nosy or necessary?
My ex-boyfriend and I are talking about recommitting, but he refuses to tell me if he had sex with anyone while we were broken up….
Reflections on September 11
A letter to Sacramento.
Re-writing the textbook case
I’m a 29-year-old married mother of three who weighs over 350 pounds. My life story is a textbook case: As a child, I was molested…
Checking out of the Heartbreak Hotel
My wife and I agreed to a summer-long sabbatical from our marriage so that we could work on our individual issues. We lived separately with…
First love’s end
I’m a 19-year-old male college student. After three years of dating, my girlfriend says she is not in love with me. We were living together…