Dear Blake, I am a freshman in high school, and I just got heartbroken. This boy I liked played me, and I don’t know whether […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake My husband and I used to be very close to another couple in town. Before the pandemic, they caused quite a bit of […]
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Dear Blake, When six of us women got together for lunch, one gal brought copies of her mother’s newly published book of poetry. The book […]
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Dear Blake, I have a friend who insists on bringing food whenever I invite her over for an event (birthday party, Thanksgiving, etc.). It doesn’t […]
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Dear Blake, I am a 40-something single mother of two teens. A 24-year-old neighbor with a young daughter moved in next door a couple years […]
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Dear Blake, While I am excited for new opportunities in my life, I cannot shake the feeling I am losing something. I am always losing […]
Blake’s Advice Column
Dear Blake, Several years ago, while living with my sister, I bought a $900 rowing machine I could barely afford. I loved it and used […]
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Dear Blake, I am a 30-year-old married woman. My job requires a lot of domestic travel, which I love. My parents continue to ask that […]
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Dear Blake, I have been in a relationship for two years with a man I love very much. We’re both in our early 20s. I […]
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Dear Blake, I am retired, so I have free time on my hands. Recently, while doing a favor for a neighbor couple, I was standing […]
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Dear Blake, I’ve been in the retail business for 12 years; my husband and I own it. A customer moved here a few months ago. […]
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Dear Blake, I have a friend who feels a need to correct the behavior of others by writing letters. There are not too many businesses […]
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Dear Blake, My wife and I have been invited to a surprise engagement party honoring a distant relative I’ll call “Elizabeth.” The invitation states, “Shhhh […]
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Dear Blake, We welcomed new neighbors and allowed them to use our garbage can until they got one, and gave them a bottle of wine […]
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Dear Blake, I am attending my hubby’s 50th class reunion, where I will not know a soul. Can you give me suggestions on topics to […]
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Dear Blake, My husband of 30 years, whom I love dearly, has started singing all the time. I mean ALL THE TIME. If he’s not […]
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Dear Blake, I recently have been dating a neighbor woman who is a cat lover. I assume she owns many of them. (I haven’t yet […]
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Dear Blake, A friend of mine has a 70-pound dog that behaves badly. When I visit her, it sprints out of the front door, barking, […]
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Dear Blake, I have been married nine years. My husband doesn’t allow me to leave the house without him. He makes sure I don’t have […]
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Dear Blake, I love my grown children and grandchildren, but I hate it when they come “home” for a week or more. My house gets […]
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Dear Blake, My husband and I have been together 15 years. We used to be inseparable. He was my best friend. Ever since our daughter […]
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Dear Blake, I am a 34-year-old woman. I live in a ground floor unit in an apartment complex with my terrier-collie mix, who is a […]
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Dear Blake, I have been married to my husband for seven years. We are in our 60s. He refuses to make a will. He tells […]
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Dear Blake, I’ve never seen you answer a question like mine. I have a $20 bill that was torn. At some point, the two halves […]
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Dear Blake, My wife and I are both recently retired. Our 19-year-old daughter lives 100 miles away at college. My wife has an elderly mother. […]
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Dear Blake, I’ve been separated from my wife for about four years, at her request. It was justified. I wasn’t the best husband. I wasn’t […]
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Dear Blake, I have meddling in-laws. Anytime my husband of 20 years and I have a disagreement, he calls his parents to complain about me. […]
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Dear Blake, Shortly after a retired, not-so-close friend moved to another city, he began sending emails about events he had read about in social media, […]
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Dear Blake, My older sister moved in with me after she was placed on furlough because of the pandemic. I was resistant to her moving […]
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Dear Blake, Last year, my across-the-street neighbor backed into my car. At least, that’s what I think happened. My car was parked legally on the […]
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Dear Blake, We mailed a birthday gift to our granddaughter, and our daughter arranged a video call to let us see her open the present. […]
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Dear Blake, I have two wonderful grandparents I love very much. They are the most important people in my life, and I always think about […]
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Dear Blake, A co-worker moved into my town about 18 months ago. Because we have the same schedule, he asked me for a ride to […]
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Dear Blake, My husband and I are elderly. We live in a renovated shack I inherited from my family. The neighborhood is degrading, and I’m […]
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Dear Blake, I am 9 years old, and I have a twin brother. Sometimes he’s nice to me and other times he’s annoying. When he’s […]
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Dear Blake, My mom has succumbed to fake news. She frequently shares outlandish information with me that she is passing off as fact. Sure enough, […]
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Dear Blake, I’ve been going to the same restaurant for more than five years now. Several of the employees have worked there for years. I […]
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Dear Blake, I recently moved from the U.S. to Germany. It has been a big change, and I honestly don’t know how to handle it. […]
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Dear Blake, I am a 52-year-old single, straight male. For some reason, only men seem to be attracted to me. If I sit at a […]
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Dear Blake, I met my wife when we were very young and into partying. We’re now middle-aged and heading in different directions. I focus on […]
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Dear Blake, My mom is mad at me. I have been a little bad, but I always do the dishes, sweep, clear the table and […]
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Dear Blake, Recently I just had the shock of my life. I ran my credit report and was horrified to find out my credit score […]
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Dear Blake, My husband just recently gave my mother the boot from our home after she refused to call our newborn son by his name. […]
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Dear Blake, I am hurting because my mother favors my brother. I talked to her about it a few times, but she said it hurts […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]