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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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…
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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?
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Dear Blake, A man has been reaching out to me on social media for three years. He claims to be in love with me (after […]
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Dear Blake, Prior to the pandemic, I used to meet up with an old friend of nearly 20 years a few nights a week at […]
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Dear Blake, My friend just ended a relationship with her boyfriend of over two years that had progressed to them moving in together. About eight […]
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Dear Blake, Being bored due to the quarantine, I signed up to Classmates.com to look for old friends. Moments later I received a response from […]
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Dear Blake, I was married for more than 30 years and have two grown children. The marriage wasn’t perfect, and I admit there were times […]
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Dear Blake, My husband and I have been together since we were 21, and he has always had a distant relationship with his parents. I […]
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Dear Blake, I have a wonderful husband. He is very outgoing, and I would like to think of myself as the same, but I work […]
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Dear Blake, Over the past two years, I have had five jobs across the United States. Every time I take a job, I say to […]
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Dear Blake, Is it OK for 70-year-olds to get engaged? Both of us are widowed after long marriages. My wife died two years ago. Her […]
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Dear Blake, I have been with my husband for 20 years, married for eight of them. He thinks his mother can do no wrong. She […]
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Dear Blake, My husband, “Daryl,” gets furious every time I talk to my ex, my two oldest kids’ father. The only thing we discuss is […]
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Dear Blake, My boyfriend and I just moved in together about three months ago with each of our dogs. We have brought our dogs together […]
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Dear Blake, My mother likes to tell people where to sit at every family gathering. It can be anywhere, including at a restaurant or even […]
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Dear Blake, My 28-year-old daughter is having our first grandchild. My daughter and I have a good relationship, but she doesn’t want me to be […]
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Dear Blake, One of my friends is a drama queen. Whenever things don’t go the way she wants, she freaks out and makes a big […]
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Dear Blake, My husband and I moved to a new neighborhood right before COVID hit. One of our neighbors is frequently out inspecting our lawn […]
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Dear Blake, I’ve been dating my widower boyfriend for four years, and for my birthday this year he gave me an inexpensive tea kettle. (I […]
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Dear Blake, My mother, who is 80 years old, hums her own made-up tunes. She has done it for as long as I can remember, […]
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Dear Blake, I have been lucky enough to have fallen madly in love with the most wonderful man in the world. We have been together […]
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Dear Blake, My husband’s best friend lives with us, and I love him like a brother. The problem is, he has no degree and no […]
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Dear Blake, I am 55 and recently started dating “Paul,” a 54-year-old man. His 26-year-old daughter, “Andrea,” lives with him. My problem is, she invites […]
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Dear Blake, I have been married a little over a year. My wife took a trip to Florida to get some things out of storage, […]
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Dear Blake, I desperately need to learn how to cope with caring for my mother, who is living with me. We get along most days, […]
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Dear Blake, People often stress out over the stuff that goes on in daily life and don’t seem to know how to deal with it. […]
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Dear Blake, I am a 13-year-old who wants to be an individual. My 10-year-old brother constantly copies me and mocks me, yet he gets upset […]
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Dear Blake, I met this beautiful woman online three months ago. We haven’t met in person yet, but plan to. We spend at least eight […]
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Dear Blake, I can’t get my husband to go to the doctor. He has always been a strong and healthy man with good habits. However, […]
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Dear Blake, What’s the correct way to break up with someone who lives with you? A friend of mine wants to break up with his […]