“I’ve been with this guy for twelve years. We have two kids together and one on the way. For the past two years, we’ve been having problems, mostly financial and dealing with me going to school. Once I got into school and started meeting people to study with or get help with my homework, he […]
“I’m barely 20 years old, and I feel like the last seven years of my life have been dedicated to depression and other issues. My life is a huge cycle of eating disorders, drugs, depression and finally a period of carelessness. I feel like lately I’ve dug myself even deeper into this hole, and I […]
“I am the youngest of three siblings. My brother is seven years older than me and my sister is twelve years older. Our father passed away eight years ago and we were a close family when he was around. He was the one who brought everyone together for family functions and holidays. Since his passing, […]
One reader writes: “I got pregnant with my ex and he left me when I was four months along. …He hasn’t made any effort to see the baby and I haven’t seen him since we broke up. [Now] I wonder if I should tell my ex’s dad about the baby. He knew I was pregnant, […]
We have a lot of mixed feelings about “family.” Depending on the luck of the draw, for you family can mean a loving, supportive unit of people who look a lot like you….or it can be a code word for hell. In the Western world, the end of the calendar year is a period traditionally […]
Don’t think having kids will sudden confer a personality transformation on you. You’ll still be the same person and you’ll have taken on one of the hardest jobs on this earth. Parenting has many rewards, but it’s no cake walk. First, you have to walk the careful line between abandonment and entitlement. You want to […]
Maybe there’s more to this question than common knowledge suggests. Many people believe that cheating in a committed relationship is a personal flaw that cannot be changed. I think that’s an over-simplification. Some individuals adhere to this belief, thinking they just need to shun those who’ve cheated and that the cheater will never change, but […]
Sibling relationships can go one of two ways–you can be stuck like glue to one another or feel as disconnected as scattered Legos. The home you grow up in has a big, big impact on this, but not necessarily in a specific direction. Children who grow up in terrible situations sometimes cling together as if […]
I was always a drifty kid, prone to flashes of intelligence, but I was really bad at finishing my work. At least, that’s how I remember it and, honestly, I don’t remember a lot. The names of classmates, even as recently as college, are lost to me, mostly because I’ve always been pretty introverted and […]
Blending two families is a major task and there are pitfalls, but the biggest is when parents want their chosen mate to act as their children’s father/mother. You as a parent get to decide if you’re going to divorce. You also choose who you date or marry, but you can’t make your kids love the […]