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Dear Blake, I have a concern I suspect is shared by others. Keeping a journal has been shown to be of significant psychological benefit, but […]

Dear Blake, A friend I really like has been extremely helpful baby-sitting my 4-month-old son every once in a while. The problem is, she informed […]

Dear Blake, Earlier this month, my good friend injured his back, so I offered to help out with chores and errands while he recovers. One […]

Dear Blake, My older sister was born on July 4. She’s now in her 60s and refuses to celebrate the holiday. She also doesn’t want […]

Dear Blake, My sister says it’s rude to arrive at a party at the time specified on the invitation. She insists that if the time […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I are retired. We love being near the water, but my husband drags a chair behind our rental and sits […]

Dear Blake, I met the love of my life eight months ago. Everything about our relationship is perfect. We both love our families, fine food, […]

Dear Blake, I am a teetotaler. As frequently happens when a group of friends share a meal together at a restaurant, when the bill arrives, […]

Dear Blake, I love my grandchildren. My problem is, my daughter expects me to baby-sit at the snap of a finger regardless of what I […]

Dear Blake, I tend to react poorly when someone pulls a prank on me. My husband has always liked playing pranks, and my children have […]

Dear Blake, Twelve years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. It was a difficult pregnancy and delivery due to a medical condition […]

Dear Blake, My wife and I have been married 41 years. We live outside of Chicago, where the winters can be bad. My son and […]

Dear Blake, Recently, on an airline flight, the passenger next to me put her feet (with shoes on) onto the headrest in front of her. […]

Dear Blake, I have the sweetest boyfriend. He’s 70. I’m a widow and have been with him for two years. He loves me, helps me […]

Dear Blake, I have a pet peeve with my husband’s family and am wondering if I am wrong. My in-laws often pick up a toothpick […]

Dear Blake, Our boy-and-girl twins are celebrating another birthday soon. They will be 5 and want a joint party. They have mutual friends, as well […]

Dear Blake, I can’t drive. It’s not because I don’t want to, but whenever I sit behind the wheel, I have panic attacks. I’m currently […]

Dear Blake, My son was married last month. Before the wedding, he asked me if I would contribute financially to the reception. I offered to […]

Dear Blake, What is the protocol when you are re-gifted something you bought someone (birthday, Christmas, etc.)? I have no problems with my gift being […]

Dear Blake, My husband comes from a family of practical jokers. When I first married him I tolerated it. However, after my sister-in-law, sent a […]

Dear Blake, My wife and I live in a small town in the Northwest. After many years here, feeling that a warmer climate may be […]

Dear Blake, Yesterday I was in a retail store with my service dog. The clerk asked me what kind of service dog she was and […]

Dear Blake, I am a 71-year-old woman living with my 49-year-old single daughter in her house. She works during the day and I stay at […]

Dear Blake, I finally made the decision to further my education with a master’s degree. At present, I have one more required undergraduate credit to […]

Dear Blake, I have been reading your advice column for years. Do you ever get concerned about giving some advice, that ends up being very […]

Dear Blake, At an amusement park recently, I was unable to win the woman I’m dating the oversized stuffed giraffe she desired. I tried valiantly, […]

Dear Blake, I am a woman and have a problem: I don’t have a mouth filter and haven’t since childhood. I bullied people in the […]

Dear Blake, I’m a female high school teacher who works about 60 hours a week during the school year between teaching, grading, attending meetings, completing […]

Dear Blake, I’m a girl in the seventh grade. Until recently, I was my usual happy, bubbly self. I saw school as a place to […]

Dear Blake, Is there a polite way to refuse giving store clerks personal information? It seems like every time I shop, the clerks demand email, […]

Dear Blake, I am a funeral director by trade, but a couple of years ago one of my good friends asked me to officiate at […]

Dear Blake, I am getting married soon. How do I gracefully ask a bridesmaid to step down? She has been extremely unhelpful and missed all […]

Dear Blake, My 6 year old niece is a very picky eater. Very picky! About a month from now, my sister and her husband are […]

Dear Blake, My son and daughter-in-law have a golf cart they allow their 6-year-old son, to drive. I feel that my grandson is too little […]

Dear Blake, I’m a stay-at-home mom with three children — all in school. We recently had security cameras installed around our house. However, my husband […]

Dear Blake, I am 87 years old and I no longer drive. My children drive me around but I have to pay them to do […]

Dear Blake, I have a close friend with whom I often travel and attend events. She’s a lovely person, but she has the odd habit […]

Dear Blake, I am a 75-year-old male former teacher and social worker. I stopped dating 30 years ago because the only women I had loved […]

Dear Blake, A couple of years ago, when we moved to a home with more privacy than our previous home, my husband decided to walk […]

Dear Blake, I’m 35 and I’m dating this amazing guy a couple of years older than me. He really checks off so many things on […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I were invited by some friends to meet for dinner. We arrived first; they showed up several minutes later. During […]

Dear Blake, I’ve recently started seeing someone, and we have shared a wealth of information about ourselves with each other. When I asked him what […]

Dear Blake, I am a 47-year-old professional man who loves children, but never had any of my own. Consequently, I have never had to contend […]

Dear Blake, My husband is very outgoing. He loves chatting on the phone for hours, and talks with all the neighbors up and down the […]

Dear Blake, My husband and I have been happily married for seven years. He recently graduated from his final residency, and after 11 years of […]

Dear Blake, My wife and I are both 47. I believe she is egocentric because has fifteen 24 x 36 framed pictures of herself around […]

Dear Blake, I am 72 years old, and I’m so resentful of my ex-co-workers and my former friends that I can’t stand it! I have […]