When a Hug Brings an Ugh for 11/14/2013
I'm talking about our different ways of greeting. I mean we just bow when we greet one another. We don't hug and kiss as American and French people do. Although I myself was born in America, my parents...
View ArticleYou Are Cordially Invited To Stay at Home for 11/22/2013
Dear Margo: I'm getting married in about six months and am working out the details. My question is: How do I not invite a relative?It's an uncle who's offended me, many of my relatives, my parents, my...
View ArticleMe Tarzan, You Jane for 11/29/2013
Dear Margo: I have a difficult problem I need an outsider's help with, as I wouldn't want friends or family to know. My husband is a very quiet man, and when I say quiet, I mean that he can go for days...
View ArticleWhen You Feel Like a Heifer at an Auction for 12/06/2013
Dear Margo: I am 36 and attending college for the first time. It has been a wonderful experience, and because of my high GPA, I received many scholarships.One scholarship comes with an invitation to a...
View ArticleWhen It's Never Enough for 12/13/2013
Dear Margo: Every few months, my mother finds herself in some kind of "crisis." Because she is unmarried, she looks to her children for support. We all love our mother and want to help her as much as...
View ArticleWhen the BF Is a Switch-Hitter for 12/20/2013
Dear Margo: I've been living with a guy for nine months, and it's fair to say I am the nosy type. Past relationships have made me not trust anyone.My guy and I are very serious and discussing marriage....
View ArticleYou Say Tomato, He Says Tomahto for 12/27/2013
Dear Margo: How can two people be in the same relationship and have such different perceptions of it? My husband loves our marriage, believes that we are on a wonderful journey together and doesn't...
View ArticleWhen Suspicions Rule for 01/03/2014
Dear Margo I am trying to find out whether my marriage is something I can stay in and still remain sane.My husband is six years younger than I am. He is by many accounts "perfect" in other people's...
View ArticleHe Wrote What in the Newspaper?! for 01/10/2014
Dear Margo: About a year ago, my husband started writing and publishing stories in a local newspaper. He never told me or showed me the stories. I heard about them from friends and then read them. The...
View ArticleAn Odd Kind of Jealousy for 01/17/2014
Dear Margo: My dilemma is really simple. I happen to love a certain 19th-century authoress and have read every biography I can find about her.Ever since I was 14 years old and read her classic novel...
View ArticleWaaaay Beyond Messy for 01/24/2014
Dear Margo: I am so far into this mess, I can't see a way out. I am a successful businesswoman with a teenage son — and dirty little secrets. Our house and backyard are so messy that we have not had...
View ArticleSame Time Next Year for 01/31/2014
Dear Margo: I never thought I'd be writing, but here goes. I was married to "Carla" for 10 years but have been divorced for four. We share custody of our four wonderful kids, and we get along pretty...
View ArticleIt's Definitely Not You, Buddy for 02/07/2014
Dear Margo: Dear Margo: I have been with my fiancee for two years, and we have finally gotten to the point where we know each other well enough not to think the relationship is going to end if we argue...
View ArticleThe $40 Mistake for 02/14/2014
Dear Margo: My niece had always loved dolls as a little girl. I adore my niece, and a few years ago, when she was 8 or 9, I gave her two handmade dolls for her birthday.I put a lot of time, energy,...
View ArticleOne-Way Streets and Closets for 02/21/2014
Dear Margo: I'm 17 and crazy in love with one of my best friends, but I know nothing will ever come of it because we are both girls and she is straight. She's always with her boyfriend, and she asks me...
View ArticleIs Redemption Possible? for 02/28/2014
Dear Margo: My problem is my live-in fiance of two years had a five-month affair with a client. I threw him out, and he ended it. I have talked to the woman he was seeing and know that he did walk out...
View ArticleIt Is in the Bible, but Not in the Stars for 03/07/2014
Dear Margo: I have been dating a wonderful man for four months now. He is very kind and sweet in every way. We are much in love and happy together. There is only one problem: We are different...
View ArticleOh, and, Uh, By the Way... for 03/14/2014
Dear Margo: I am soon to be 27 years old, and my only serious relationship ended a few years ago. In hopes of avoiding the standard meat market of dating, I'm considering registration with...
View ArticleThe Bad Seed for 03/21/2014
Dear Margo: I never thought I would write to an advice columnist, but here goes. I've been dating someone for about a year now, and we talk of marriage occasionally.He's ready for commitment and very...
View ArticleMom Purloins the Diary for 03/28/2014
Dear Margo: I found out last week that our 17-year-old high school junior is having sex with her boyfriend! First of all, I found out the wrong way: I snooped in her room and read her diary.Second, she...
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