Beyond Inappropriate
I have an ex six years older than me. Our relationship was troubled in the end. He was doing drugs and drinking excessively, and I was obsessive about fixing him. Finally, I moved out without a goodbye and went back to my hometown many miles away. As terrible as our relationship […]
Direct Answers from Wayne and Tamara
Game, set, match
I don’t know whether to call it jealousy or insecurity. My husband and I have been married almost 30 years. Last year at my husband’s surprise birthday party, one of my friends asked who a certain woman in the room was.
Council Of Elders
I am writing because my wife just hit me with “I want another kid.” It’s no surprise — she comes from a family of four — and she has always said she wanted a big family. I was okay with that before I had two of my own. Now, not so much!
I […]
Prying Eyes
Okay, so I’m going to be 25 this summer, and I have lots of best friends. One of them is 35. She’s so cool and is super easy to talk to about crushes and stuff. The problem is, I know her dad’s side of the family really well, but I don’t know […]
Contradictions
I have been with my boyfriend almost two years. A year into the relationship, I found him chatting with girls online and discussing the serious doubts he had about us. I confronted him. He said he was sorry and wanted to go to therapy. He claimed he’s never been so […]
Meant To Be
Over two years ago, when I first began dating someone new, I wrote and asked for your advice. You told me to basically quit being an idiot and stop making issues where there were none. I followed your advice.
The other day, I was e-mailed a link to an old column of yours. […]
Buckle Up
I am a married woman in my 40s. Throughout the years, I’ve thought about the first guy I ever loved. We met in college when I was 18 and he was 20. We loved each other, but I was young and scared of commitment, so I kept running away from him […]
