Dear Blake, After living with my husband’s gradual hearing loss for several years and his refusal to get hearing aids, I finally asked him to […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
At a prayer meeting… Man 1: Heavenly Father, Most High God, King of Glory, Almighty God, Great and Awesome God, Yahweh, Everlasting Father, God of […]
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Dear Blake, Our 21-year-old daughter has been home since March when the pandemic began. She has always been a homebody. Our house is small, and […]
Life through Blake’s eyes..
If God has a sense of humor remotely similar to mine, on Judgment Day, I can see Him saying to all of the people that […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, New neighbors moved into my apartment building about a month ago. I don’t mind that sometimes I hear their kids. I don’t mind […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Well, I finally got a job and I’m really excited about it! My new career is, I connect tiny metal links together to make a […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, My brother, who lives 1,000 miles away, is thinking of moving back to our hometown to be around family and “start over.” I […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I am sick and tired of my friends telling me that I’m a wimp, alleging that I’m intimidated and scared of my wife, because it’s […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, I endured an arduous decade-long marriage with a subsequent nasty divorce and custody battle. This was followed by years of contentious child rearing […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I have a friend of mine that plays in a jazz band, and his wife sells Mary Kay’s cosmetics. He told me that when they […]
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Dear Blake, My boyfriend and I have been living together for almost five years. His parents bought a house a few doors down. They pop […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
DEFINITIONS skyjack – (an airliner), especially in order to hold the passengers and plane for ransom or for political reasons. carjack – to forcibly steal […]
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Dear Blake, I have been in a relationship with a wonderful man, “Andy,” for two years. I couldn’t ask for a better partner. We are […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
My mother and father were intolerant of people using profanity in our home. They were so strict in that regard, that my parents didn’t allow […]
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Dear Blake, A year ago, my husband and I bought our first home together. We love it and are excited to improve the house and […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
My niece who is really smart, regularly goes out of her way to try to make me look uneducated and stupid, because I would consistently […]
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Dear Blake, I’m a 26-year-old male in a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend, who is 18. I love her to the moon and back, but […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
Some of my male friends tell me that I’m a wimp because I refuse to stand up to my wife. I respect their opinion, but […]
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Dear Blake,
My best friend of nine years, “Sierra,” and my boyfriend of two years, “Jaden,” strongly dislike each other. They were both at a cookout I had for my birthday…
Life through Blake’s eyes…
As a Christian, I believe in the bible from cover to cover. I always have and I always will. However…
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Dear Blake,
I am a grandmother whose 4-year-old grandson desperately needs a haircut. Is it OK for Santa to get him a gift card for a haircut?
Life through Blake’s eyes…
One thing that I have learned after recently getting married is, just because my wife is well educated, doesn’t necessarily mean…
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, I have a friend who has a habit of giving me unsolicited gifts. It’s little things like string lights for my patio or […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
A couple of days ago, I celebrated my birthday at T.G.I. Friday’s and finally met my new in-laws. I told my “step” daughter that if […]
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Dear Blake, For the past five years, I have been dealing with my aunt, who is convinced that the neighbors are coming into her apartment, […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
My nephew who has had countless run-ins with the law, joined the Army last year and finally turned his life around. I was talking to […]
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Dear Blake, I recently had my hair dyed by my brother-in-law who is a great hairstylist. I have seen his work on other clients, and […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
In the Book of Genesis, God had decided how He would create the earth and the sequence in which it would be done, and nothing […]
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Dear Blake, Christmas is almost here. I hear people offer a variety of gift ideas, but could you give me some suggestions of gifts to […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I received some good news this week. My cousin thought he was going to get fired from his job, but instead he only received some […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, My husband and I are in our early 50s and married for nine years. I hate to say this, but the way he […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I can still remember an incident when I was a kid, that had my parents fuming. On an autumn day, my mother and father told […]
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Dear Blake, My wife recently came back from a gold/silver/coin merchandiser event and told me she had sold an old U.S. $5 gold piece (for […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
My wife recently told me that one of my most irritating character flaws is how gullible I am. I couldn’t disagree with her more. I […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, Coming upon a stranger in the rain, I offered to share my large umbrella with her. She came underneath the umbrella and said, […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
For months, my nephew’s ex-girlfriend said he was the father of her child, and for months he denied it. When a paternity test proved that […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, I could use some advice on the best response to my 89-year-old father’s letters. He cleverly inserts insults into them without writing anything […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I have a low opinion of people who steal, but dumb crooks during the holiday season in my view, are the absolute worst! Anyway, a […]
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Dear Blake, My daughter is a popular social media influencer. Since she has become more popular, she has been entertaining the idea of having plastic […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I have a new service that I am currently marketing. If anyone out there wants to pay a fee to hear someone utter a low, […]
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Dear Blake, When my then-boyfriend asked me to marry him, he didn’t have a ring ready, but I happily accepted his proposal. We were in […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I had one of the weirdest dreams of my life last night. I dreamt I was at a health club, and a terrifying monster was […]
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Dear Blake, Last weekend, my companion and I went to one of our favorite restaurants for an intimate dinner. Per social distancing regulations, a mid-70s […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I was at Walmart, with my sweetie yesterday, and she showed me a side of her that she warned me about. She told me that […]
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Dear Blake, Ten months ago, my aunt’s 66-year-old live-in boyfriend died unexpectedly. She has no children and is left with a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house to […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
In my opinion, most clichés are funny and strange, but there are a few of them that are genuinely dangerous. I have a close friend […]
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Dear Blake, My mother-in-law has a disgusting habit: Whenever I’m starting to cook something with raw hamburger, she grabs a mouthful. I have tried explaining […]
Life through Blake’s eyes…
I had a really weird dream the other day. I dreamt I saw three witches had gathered and was stirring a large kettle. All of […]