Dear C; When his wife divorced him, my brother, Tom, was devastated. She moved to another state and he moved into a rented room. Then he had a run of bad lack that seemed due to severe depression. and got evicted for non-payment. Tom and I have always been close and I needed help with […]
Dear C; OK, I’ll just come out with it: I prefer my sex toys to sex with guys. I feel like I have somehow crossed a line and I can only respond to my vibrator, and the guy is just someone who can either accept the vibrator or not. I don’t really care. I know […]
Dear C; Sarah answered my ad when I was looking for a roommate. She was very open about her life; she told me she’d made some bad decisions when her marriage ended, had to declare bankruptcy on credit card debts, and ended up losing everything. She was actually homeless when she came to my door. […]
Dear C; My friend Rick is driving me crazy. He has type 2 diabetes and knows that he should not be eating sugar or drinking on an empty stomach. But he does this over and over again. I’ll hear him complain about how he’s feeling lightheaded, or get an email saying that he almost passed […]
Dear C, I am as horrified as everyone else about the sheer number of school shootings, and I am so proud of those kids who have stormed the capital and are forcing the president to sit down and discuss the issue. But (and I can’t believe I am saying this), Trump actually seems to have […]
Dear C; My girlfriend Stacy is getting married in about three weeks. I’ve known her since we were in high school and I was thrilled for her when she got engaged. She has a good handle on her career, but she has always wanted kids and was afraid it would never happen – she’s in […]
Dear C; I’m an attractive, intelligent woman with a wide variety of interests. I support myself as a freelance writer and I’ve read and researched extensively about every subject I’ve been assigned so I never run out of things to talk about. You’d think that all of this would insure that I wouldn’t have any […]
Dear C, I’m wondering if I did the right thing. Last night, my 14-year-old daughter had a sleepover with her best friend, Kimmy, another 14-year-old girl. When I went up to check on them and to say good night, Kimmy was not in the trundle bed I’d made up for her. They were both in […]
Dear C, I really want to make some changes this year. What’s the best way to make a New Year’s resolution that sticks? My resolve always seems to wear off after the first week. Ida Intent Dear Ida, New Year’s resolutions seldom stick. The most popular use of a resolution is as an excuse to […]
Dear C; The holidays aren’t even over, and already I feel so bloated and disgusting that I can’t stand to look at myself. I keep wearing the same stretch pants with various tunic tops and scarves over them. Nothing else fits. But I feel so left out and sad if I go to a party […]