Ask Joey

What do you do if that “real” feeling never shows up?

A reader’s ex-wife is enabling their daughter to go against his instructions.

Joey advises a reader to understand that rejection is normal.

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

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

If everything about your partner is great aside from a lack of sexual attraction, should you stay together?

When you meet a potential partner, how do you know if they’re awake?

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

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

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

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

A reader suffering through grief asks how to approach an empty holiday season.

We all come with other people’s baggage. Joey has some tips for how to overcome it.

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

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

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