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Dear Blake, I am a single man who recently turned 40. I am looking to find a wife who, like myself, has never been married […]

Dear Blake, My niece, “Elle,” and her husband, “Liam,” have been self-employed for 20 years, but due to the economy, Liam decided to go into […]

Dear Blake, When a daughter is getting married, how do divorced parents sit, walk down the aisle and conduct themselves? Signed, Abigail From Baton, Rouge […]

Dear Blake, I’m a 68-year-old married man with no close friends. I worked for 35 years in my family-owned bar and restaurant, until they lost […]

Dear Blake, It seems I am a human landfill into which people dump their trauma. I’m not sure how this happened. It started three years […]

Dear Blake, Four years ago, a former friend, “Karla,” offered me a nice oak side chair of hers. Karla said she had no use for […]

Dear Blake, I have a friend who talks nonstop. Honestly, I can put the phone down and go make a cup of tea, and she’ll […]

Dear Blake, Three years ago, I discovered I was being excluded by my co-workers. I have tried to not let it bother me, but it’s […]

Dear Blake, Years ago, my spouse’s friend “Valerie” invited us to lunch. I had never met her, but had previous contact with her through email. […]

Dear Blake, My friends of 20-plus years bought their “dream home,” and they’re now 90 miles away. They have not cleaned the place even once […]

Dear Blake, A relative is getting married, and the RSVP date has passed. It was announced many months ago and was to be a big, […]

Dear Blake, Am I obligated to give people a free ride just because I am going to the same place or in the same direction? […]

Dear Blake, I am writing this in the hope that the man of my dreams reads it. I don’t know how to approach him. He’s […]

Dear Blake, During my late teens and most of my 20s, I kept journals that filled two full spiral-bound notebooks. I kept them my entire […]

Dear Blake, I have a close friend who is like a brother to me. He has no family, and we are his only friends who […]

Dear Blake, I recently celebrated my sixth anniversary of sobriety. I keep having the same issue pop up time and time again, and I’m not […]

Dear Blake, I have a friend I’ve known for 30 years. We have shared many good times together and feel like family. The problem is, […]

Dear Blake, I host holiday meals for my out-of-town family. During the last one, my cousin’s 5-year-old son ran up and down the upstairs hallway […]

Dear Phillip, I live in Chicago, where our spring and summer months are slowly contracting into a three-month period. I know you can’t do anything […]

Dear Blake, Our only son, who is 32, and his wife are expecting their first child. They have been married two and a half years […]

Dear Blake, After attending a water aerobics class for three months, I have had it with the talkers in the pool. I’m not the only […]

Dear Blake, My husband, “Buddy,” did some HVAC work for some friends of ours. We live in California, where it can get super warm. My […]

Dear Blake, I went out to eat at a fancy Manhattan restaurant with some of my siblings. One of them over-ordered and ran up a […]

Dear Blake, I’m irritated by my neighbors, and I don’t know quite how to approach it. I live in a densely populated, but quiet, neighborhood. […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I have been together for three years. In that time, he has refused to step up. He shows up late […]

Dear Blake, I am uncomfortable about being touched. I have been this way all my life. As a child, my parents forced me to hug […]

Dear Blake, I work nine hours a day in a mental health clinic talking to the clients and doing billing and collections among many other […]

Dear Blake, I have been with my abusive husband for almost 30 years. I made several attempts to leave him, which resulted in him stalking […]

Dear Blake, I am a 40-plus-year-old single male. I recently started hanging out with one of my friend “Tom’s” ex-girlfriends. It is now turning into […]

Dear Blake, I am the father of four, two boys and two girls, ranging in age from late teens to mid-20s. I was extremely close […]

Dear Blake, My sister-in-law and her husband become very defensive when my wife or I try to suggest things we believe would benefit them. Not […]

Dear Blake, I am a retired automotive worker. My employer allows me to share my company discount with close relatives. One of them has taken […]

Dear Blake, How can I help my financially drowning, 57-year-old daughter without being pulled under myself? I live comfortably now, but that could change in […]

Dear Blake, My daughter is married with two kids. They live a few hours away. I love seeing them, but I have just one issue. […]

Dear Blake, My parents announced during their recent visit that they are planning to move here. Because of a laundry list of complaints, including them […]

Dear Blake, A woman where I work refuses to acknowledge me. Every day for the past nine months, she walks by my desk and ignores […]

Dear Blake, I have a serious problem I have lived with for practically my whole life. I’m sloppy. I am incapable of keeping my surroundings […]

Dear Blake, I went to visit a man I am dating and there was no visitor parking available. He told me to park in any […]

Dear Blake, What’s the best way to tell your siblings you think it’s time to stop exchanging Christmas gifts? We’re all in our 60s, and, […]

Dear Blake, My boss, who recently separated from her husband and is getting divorced, has moved within walking distance of work. The problem is, she […]

Dear Blake, People are always collaring me, cornering me and then talking my ear off. They drone on and on for long periods of time. […]

Dear Blake, How do you tell your adult children it’s time for them to start planning family events? Neither of my 30-something kids has planned […]

Dear Blake, I’m a realtor and managing broker helping my fiancé’s son, “Mark,” buy a new home. We’re set to close next month. Tonight, my […]

Dear Blake, I’m in a book club I started with friends 13 years ago. The 12 of us have grown close and value, appreciate and […]