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Dear Blake, I paid $5,000 for a seven-day cruise with my grandkids. All I asked was for them to pack a carry-on and a backpack. […]

Dear Blake, I’m a busy woman. My friend “Adele” was calling me excessively on my cellphone. She would call up to three times every day, […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I were recently matched with a child in an adoption. I’m not experienced with children, but my neighbor “Kara” has […]

Dear Blake, My siblings and I have always enjoyed spending quality time together, and every eight to 10 weeks or so we get together for […]

Dear Blake, I don’t smoke, but my mother and fiancee are chain smokers. This is particularly annoying when the three of us eat together because […]

Dear Blake, I have a friend and co-worker who likes to play with my hair, rub my back and put her hands on me in […]

Dear Blake, I have been at my current job just over a year, and I really enjoy it. My co-workers and I get along, and […]

Dear Blake, How do you cut off a person who talks constantly without a break? By the time there’s a lull in her speech, I […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I are retired and financially comfortable. I have my spending money, and he has his. The problem is, he doesn’t […]

Dear Blake, I am 59 years old with a good job. I have a pleasant personality, and I have been told I am attractive. I […]

Dear Blake, I am a big fan and read your column every weekend. I am writing because I have a very hard time making conversation. […]

Dear Blake, We are part of a group of four couples who arrange to get together for dinners. One of the couples continually invites another […]

Dear Blake, I have several friends who think it is OK to interrupt a conversation by shoving a phone in my hands to look at […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I have a friend of 35 years name Hank. Hank had an accident three months ago. His vehicle was totaled, […]

Dear Blake, My mother-in-law is contemplating a move to the small Southern town my husband and I have called home for more than 10 years. […]

Dear Blake, One of my sons is dating a young woman who seems to care deeply for him, but is very cool and distant to […]

Dear Blake, I agreed to pay for a cellphone for a friend’s daughter while she went to school in the U.S. She was supposed to […]

Dear Blake, Christmas is coming up soon, and I dread it. Not because I am some version of Scrooge, but it’s because my brother is […]

Dear Blake, How do you let friends know that you’ve outgrown them without hurting their feelings? I have a couple of friends I would rather […]

Dear Blake, I am an older woman who finally got fed up with my husband’s cellphone addiction. Since he would no longer speak to me […]

Dear Blake, My niece, will be 18 in a few days. She works part-time and has started college. Her mom, my sister, lost her husband […]

Dear Blake, I have been married for 22 years. My husband is 60 and retired from the military. Ever since I have known him, he […]

Dear Blake, The holiday season is approaching fast, and here’s my issue, my husband refuses to go shopping with me. I admit when we go […]

Dear Blake, I own a hair salon and love my job. I make a determined effort not to bring my problems to work, to be […]

Dear Blake, I want to know if I should ask my neighbor out. I’m a female, and I don’t want to come across as aggressive. […]

Dear Blake, My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year. He’s amazing, and I can see myself marrying him and having a family […]

Dear Blake, My husband, my newborn son, and myself live in the downstairs apartment of an old Victorian house that has been converted into three […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I have a 22-year-old daughter who is having a relationship with a 65-year-old man. We do not approve of the […]

Dear Blake, My sister and her husband take an annual trip to visit my parents, who live six hours from my family. Because they pass […]

Dear Blake, My father recently purchased a truck for our farm. It’s old and in poor shape, but it was worth the $2,000 he paid […]

Dear Blake, I have a smartphone, and I love its convenience. I check my email, texts and voicemail three or four times a day and […]

Dear Blake, I am taking my six year old son trick-or-treating for the first time this upcoming Halloween. Do you have any tips? Signed, EdwardFrom […]

Dear Blake, My significant other and I recently bought an old farmhouse. We have been together for five years and have a great relationship. He […]

Dear Blake, I recently moved into a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with my good friend from college. My room appears to be slightly larger. I also […]

Dear Blake, My girlfriend and I have been together going on two years, and I feel like I want to marry her. I have already […]

Dear Blake, I work with a wonderful older woman. She is smart, funny, and comes to work with a positive attitude. Unfortunately, she smells of […]

Dear Blake, I’m a single woman with nothing to do on Saturday nights. I do not have a boyfriend (not for lack of trying), and […]

Dear Blake, I have been married for 10 years. I recently found out that my husband has been recording me with his phone at various […]

Dear Blake, I am a female in my mid-20s. My whole life I have been in a constant state of exhaustion. When I was in […]

Dear Blake, I’m recently married to my second wife. We have a great relationship, but I feel like she has a better relationship with my […]

Dear Blake, I have been happily married (for the most part) to my husband of 40 years. He is a good husband, provider and father. […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I have been together for 20 years. I have never cheated on him or given him any reason to believe […]

Dear Blake, My mother, who is in her late 60s, is obsessed with family history and preserving attachments to relatives. In addition to being the […]

Dear Blake, I am writing this with overwhelming sadness. My 75-year-old husband is a tyrant. Our neighbors hate him, and so do our children. He […]

Dear Blake, My wife constantly craves compliments about her age. When we meet people, she regularly asks how old they are, which I think is […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I have had a long and happy marriage. We’ve raised two children, both of whom are doing well in life. […]

Dear Blake, My wife of 36 years has never introduced me to a restaurant, bought concert tickets or planned a vacation. She seldom suggests movies […]

Dear Blake, I am a 69-year-old divorcee who was married for 48 years. The last 25 years were very lonely. After our divorce, I was […]