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Archived questions from: February, 2017 (see latest in Family category)

Family: Help and advice

My LDR boyfriend is so loaded with work we don't have time to talk!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2843 days ago

28 February 2017 (F) - Hello there! My LDR bf and I are usually quite close, and we try to text each other at least once - even if it is just a "Good Morning" message - but recently, I've noticed a change. We've been going out for quite a while now, and we keep either S...

I am a married woman who has sex with strangers when I travel for work!

This question has 14 answers - newest was posted 2700 days ago

28 February 2017 (F) - I am a married female looking for some help. This is going to sound crazy but I have always had a high sex drive. I met my husband and everything was great. We had two kids, and he is such a good man. Provides well, if I had to honestly rate hi...

The lady I was dating has herpes, did she break up with me due to my paranoia?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2852 days ago

28 February 2017 (M) - hello, i met some one she was honest with me, she told me she has had herpes for thirteen years, not on medication, but now she is, an we only been seeing each other for three weeks, used condoms, yes I've told her i am very worried about it, it's ...

My boyfriend and I are in a good place, but his mother doesn't me!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2845 days ago

28 February 2017 (F) - Hi all. It might be a long one so I'm really sorry. I'll set te scene a little bit. I've been with my boyfriend for nearly 2 years. We are saving for a house but are both currently living with our parents. A while back (probably 6 months ago) we had ...

Should I stay with my fiance even though I love someone else?

This question has 17 answers - newest was posted 2006 days ago

27 February 2017 (F) - Dear Aunties and Uncles, I will try to keep this short as possible. I've been in a long term relationship for 14 years and have a 14 year old daughter who my partner raised as his own since she was 2 weeks old. We had an amazing relati...

His family want us to marry, mine don't!

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2845 days ago

27 February 2017 (F) - Dear Aunts and Uncles, I 'was' dating this guy for a little over two years. We have both met each other's families and all was well until last December when his family started asking him to get married. Now the problem is I am in my early 20s ...

Is my boyfriend being truthful about his parents?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2845 days ago

27 February 2017 (F) - I've been with my boyfriend for a little over three years now. He's currently in his forties. We broke up last year for about a month because he and I talked about getting married but then when we actually started trying to pick a date he told me ...

I'm scared to follow my dreams in case my past could be viewed as a scandal!

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2850 days ago

26 February 2017 (F) - I married a man who is my mother's ex-boyfriend's younger brother. Let me explain. So my mother dated a guy for two years, ten+ years ago. I was 18/19 at the time. The man lived with us as a 'step-father'. I was never around due to college, a jo...

Am I going through a mid-life crisis? I have everything going for me but I'm so unhappy and empty inside

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2850 days ago

26 February 2017 (F) - I want to get to the point- ever since I was 9 years old I have always wanted to be around people - I hate being alone and most people; the ones that know me well say that I'm never satisfied and I'm never happy. lately I feel like the rug has been ...

How can I stop comparing myself to everyone else? How can I become Assertive and less insecure?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2850 days ago

26 February 2017 (F) - I'm single woman in my early thirties that on the outside most people would say (kind-generous -attractive- nice). My problem is - I'm very insecure ( I worked and work so much on outer appearance ) that I lack self confidence. I can't say no (...

He's a handsome foreigner, twice-divorced, aged 60. But all is not well in the relationship. Is it time to break up with him?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2850 days ago

25 February 2017 (F) - Hello, I´m a single working mother of two. One is 13yo and the second 5yo. Six months ago I met a handsome foreigner twice-divorced aged 60. After 2 months, he came to live with us. He´s the first man to ever enter my household because I´ve alw...

Teen daughter does not believe me. In your opinion did I do something wrong?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 2850 days ago

25 February 2017 (F) - I'm a single mother of two children. A girl who is 15 and a son who is 11 years old. We had a good life. We would take vacations and go back to our home country to visit every year. They both attend private Christian schools. Five years ago I di...

I lost respect when I found out my friend was a home wrecker.

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2851 days ago

24 February 2017 (F) - I have a friend, lets call him x, who recently told me he's got a new girlfriend. I was happy for him, and asked the typical questions, appears she's a colleague of his and she's got two kids ages 7 and 4, that he hasn't met yet but is excited about ...

Would I be betraying my Mom's memory if I get close to Dad's new girlfriend?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2851 days ago

23 February 2017 (F) - Hello, My name is Bree. 2 years ago my mother died and it has been sad and rough for my Dad and I. When my mom died it really broke my Dad's heart, he loved her so much and misses her, and I miss her too. But last month my Dad told me he met another ...

Chaotic childhood. Do I leave it ? do I dig further to find out more about my mother?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2851 days ago

23 February 2017 (F) - My upbringing was somewhat chaotic. my father 19 when he had me and my mother a drug addict. Me and my twin sister were removed from her care at 1 years old and spent sometime in a foster home until a relative fostered us. we were given a little ...

I'm pregnant and the residual odor of cigarettes is drifting into my apartment from the apartment below. How can I get rid of the odour?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2851 days ago

23 February 2017 (F) - I am 6 months pregnant and iv literally tried everything for the cigarette odor that has been drifting in my room from the apartment beneath me to disappear. I talked with the neighbors below me, but they didn't seem like they would change. And si...

Am I normal for hoping he could overcome his alcoholism?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2860 days ago

21 February 2017 (F) - I want to know if I am normal. I have been involved with an alcoholic on/of for ten years. I miss him deeply, like I am vexed. My mind knows the truth but my heart can not get the message. I weigh out the cons but the love I feel and felt outweighs ...

I feel like my boyfriend is making me chose between him and my daughter

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2854 days ago

20 February 2017 (F) - I have been dating my boyfriend for almost six years and my daughter recently moved out to go to college and tends to come home in the weekends. There have been several occasions where my boyfriend has made comments about my daughter getting ...

Am I too old to make positive changes in my life?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2859 days ago

16 February 2017 (F) - I'm just going to preface this by saying that I know I may receive answers that I may not want to hear, but I just need honest answers so that I can have closure. When is a woman too old to find someone, to get married, get into a profession or ma...

Will my life improve? What do I need to do? I feel so alone and scared.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2860 days ago

15 February 2017 (F) - Am a 41 year old woman and I've asked for help and taken advice from here. Which is probably why I'm back. Asking for advice. I'm divorced from an alcoholic husband and with the advice given to me, I have even found the strength to end an affair...

Disappointed he couldn't see me Valentine's day. Am I being selfish? Should I try and make things work?

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2852 days ago

15 February 2017 (F) - I'm 38 and have been dating a guy who is 38 as well. Our first date was Nov 5th last year and we've seen each other every weekend since then and sometimes during the week. He is part of a culture that does not honour pagan holidays...and I am fine ...

Is my wife secretly interested in a threesome?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2852 days ago

15 February 2017 (M) - So we've been married now for 3 years. And we have 2 beautiful boys. Our romantic relationship is starting to get better than it ever has been in the past and my wife(Bev) and I are really enjoying ourselves and each other. Bev only has a couple ...

How can I find out if we are more than friends?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2860 days ago

14 February 2017 (F) - I have known this guy for about 7 years now; we were good friends at uni but then we lost touch when we graduated. We recently reconnected at a mutual friends wedding, and have been messaging on and off ever since. For the past couple of months, we ...

I don't want to snoop through his phone but I think my husband is cheating

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2860 days ago

14 February 2017 (F) - I'm worried my husband is cheating. We've been married 7 years and have had the happiest relationship. He started a new job 6 months ago and his behaviour has changed. He's started keeping his phone on silent, or constantly on his person, somethin...

I'm tired of living under my brother's shadow! How do I get over this?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2867 days ago

14 February 2017 (F) - My older brother has always been the centre of attraction to every family member including my parents. Every good thing I do I somehow get compared to him even if he is not good at what i just did. I feel like people like me because of him. Most ...

Boyfriend's grandmother died, should I go to the funeral?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

13 February 2017 (F) - My boyfriend of 2 years grandma recently passed away. He's asking me to go to a funeral with him to comefort him. I told him I would feel out of place and not comefortable because I never really knew his grandma or other relatives besides his ...

My 16 year old sister is sexually active, without birth control. Should I just come out and tell my Dad what my sister told me ?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

13 February 2017 (M) - My dad is a single dad , he does a great job raising my sister and I but he's a little clueless in the age girl department. He believes everything my sister tells him. I've seen her come home drunk and convince my dad that she had food poisoni...

Relationship going no where. Am I just too accommodating, and maybe I should just not be like this?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

13 February 2017 (F) - Hi. Been in a relationship for a few months now, he comes here ever other weekend as we are about an hour and half away from each other. I have kids and it's all pretty cool with them too. We also try other bits of time, face time a lot and text...

My parents are very critical of friends and boyfriends.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

13 February 2017 (F) - I have 2 very loving and involved parents. My one complaint is that they can be too judgmental of the people in my life. I have always been very cautious and responsible. But I do have a history of choosing lousy boyfriends/ accepting way le...

I was an idiot to break up with her, now I see her all the time and she turns away ...

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

12 February 2017 (M) - Hi I was with a woman who I fell madly in love with we were together a year I idolised her and could see myself spending the rest of my life with her and she also felt the same I finished with her after she had a miscarriage I was a idiot I know I ...

I fear our cultures will clash too much!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2869 days ago

12 February 2017 (F) - Dear agony aunts Recently I have been seeing a guy that I really like and starting to have feelings for, we have been on several dates and been seeing each other for the last couple of months I like this guy so much but he is English living i...

My boyfriend doesn't like the picture of my (deceased) husband being on display

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2866 days ago

12 February 2017 (F) - Hi,i just have a question, specially for a man out there. Please just let me know what can you really say about this, im a widow, i have a boyfriend now for almost two years. He is divorce cos his ex wife cheated on him. Thats not my point here. ...

At seven months pregnant I want to feel loved and secure.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

12 February 2017 (F) - This question pertains to self esteem and insecurity. My bf and I are expecting. In the past, we've had issues concerning social media and the pictures I chose to post. I argue that my pictures were hardly provocative, but he was uncomfortable with ...

How am I meant to deal with these people ?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

12 February 2017 (F) - A little background history; my bf and I got together when I was 16 and he was 17, broke up when I was 20 and got back together (with encouragement from his parents) when I was 23. Im now 24 turning 25, and he's 26. It's always been a long distance ...

A year after breaking it off with me he wants my phone number, should I give it to him?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

12 February 2017 (F) - So I have a question I'd like some help with. I'm really confused as to whether I should get back with my ex. I was with my ex for 9 years 15-24. There were no issues everything was great almost perfect but nothing is perfect I guess. I loved h...

His parents caught us in the shower together!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2865 days ago

11 February 2017 (F) - I've been dating my bf for 10 months, his parents really seem to like me. Yesterday his parents came horn earlier then we excepted and caught us in the shower together. I feel so embarrassed. My bf said that they were disappointed that we let ...

My husband cheated on me with his brother's wife and now she's saying her child is his. Do I stay or leave? We have children of our own.

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2844 days ago

11 February 2017 (F) - i just found out my husband of 17 years slept with his brothers wife on his wedding night. This is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard or had to endure, the pain that i am going through is so unbearable. His brother met his wife 3 years...

Should I keep contact with my aggressive, hardline parents?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2870 days ago

10 February 2017 (F) - For the past 33 years, I have had a very rocky relationship with my parents, especially with my Mum. I do believe my Mum is narcissist who is unforgiving and selfish and I've only realised this in the past 3 years, since I've been with my boyfriend. ...

I need help to deal with new found info about wife's past. What should I do?

This question has 30 answers - newest was posted 2806 days ago

9 February 2017 (M) - My wife and I have been married for five years and have two kids. I have never asked anything about her past all I knew is she wasn't a virgin when we met. This past summer we were at a pool party and one of my best friend's from school was ther...

I'm 15 and I do not want to break up with A as I love her very much, but my mother strongly objects to our relationship. What are my options?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2806 days ago

9 February 2017 (F) - So, I will give a bit of background first off. I have known this girl, I'll call her A, for three years. In early 2016, i started feeling different about her, and I begin to have romantic feelings about A. I already knew from asking before that she...

I miss my Mom. Is it normal to feel so bad and upset moving out from a parent ?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2863 days ago

8 February 2017 (F) - I'm 22, married and having a baby in 6 weeks time. My father died a year and a half ago and at the time myself and husbands rent was raised sky high meaning we temporarily needed to move home for a few months however the few months turned into 15 ...

How can I encourage him to consider discussing with me, and choosing a baby boy's name with me, where we both agree together on the name?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2870 days ago

8 February 2017 (F) - My husband and I don't live together because we don't have jobs. I live with my mother and she is supporting me financially for the moment. She will also be getting a house for my bf and us to live in as well. I see my bf once a month, we live a...

We have a 2 year old together. Recently he said no way does he want more children. How do I tell him that I'm pregnant?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2873 days ago

7 February 2017 (F) - Hiya I've just found out I'm pregnant I haven't told my partner because just last week we were talking about kids and he said no way does he want anyone especially this time we have a 2 year old son I'm so scared of how he's going to react I would ...

I discovered that my 16 year old has had sex. Should I punish her by cancelling her "sweet sixteen" birthday celebrations?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2863 days ago

7 February 2017 (F) - i recently found out by going through my 15 year old daughters phone that she has recently lost her virginity to an 18 year old guy whom is now dating another girl in the same area as us. When i first confronted her she denied it but eventual...

Should I tell the parents of my daughter's boyfriend that their son aged 17 is having sex with my 16 year old daughter?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2873 days ago

7 February 2017 (F) - My 16 year old daughter revealed to me a little over a month ago that she and her 17 year old boyfriend have had sex. They have been dating for two years and I support their relationship and like her boyfriend a lot, so I am not really surprise...

Advice please on raising girls

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2874 days ago

6 February 2017 (F) - Hi all, i just wanted to share my thoughts with you.. have you noticed people around us lately - the social media? People are all posing nude and doing sexy poses etc. Girls want to pose half naked. The butt (sorry) has become the women's most ...

We're on a break so he can deal with his issues and I need advice on how to manage this!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2874 days ago

6 February 2017 (F) - My boyfriend has been depressed for a month now. At first, he didn't know as he'd never experienced it but as I have, I started noticing it and told him. His relationship with his father is strained and his father has been putting immense ...

Boyfriend's excuse didn't cut it with me

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2873 days ago

5 February 2017 (F) - So my boyfriend of 9 months didn't come to my sister's wedding yesterday. I was annoyed to start when he said he couldn't come a month before the wedding but when I heard his excuse I was more annoyed. I don't get on well with my family and ...

Any ideas how I can at least get him to talk about us having another child together?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2876 days ago

4 February 2017 (F) - Hi My partner and I have a 2 year old daughter together I would love another as I have never wanted my child to be a only child We live together and are in a happy relationship we just recently got married we have been together 5 years. Just ...

Coming out for both of us is out of the question. Should I try to make both relationships work concurrently?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2875 days ago

4 February 2017 (F) - I am married with two children but in love with my bestfriend who is a girl My husband is not aware that i am bisexual...but he suspects...and knows that my best friend is weird..but he is the most understanding and loving man..i love him and wan...