Dear Amy: I stayed in that marriage because I was scared that I couldn’t make it on my own financially, but I did. I’ve learned so much since the divorce and I don’t regret my decision for one second.
Dear Amy: My children and I have always spent a lot of time together and we connect through text or phone calls almost daily. My husband believes this is excessive.
Dear Amy: I’ve heard about open marriages, of course, but what does this even mean?
Dear Tricked: Your mother pushes your buttons because of her history of being manipulative, at least when it comes to you.
Dear Amy: Last week, Chloe texted me to say that she has just sent out the invitations and that my very steady boyfriend of several years has not been invited.
Dear Amy: Are we wrong to ask them not to have guests stay in our place?
Dear Amy: I asked my sons to forgive one another and to move forward so that our family can be back to normal. They declined.
Dear Amy: Recently he has been emotional and sensitive. He has said several times that he doesn’t want to grow up. When I ask him why, he says he’ll miss all of the things we do together, like reading together before bed and cuddling with us, and doing “little boy things.”
Dear Amy: As a happily childfree man in his 40s, I have no desire to spend my Saturday watching kids play in a crowded play space.
After our “guests” departed my wife dropped a bomb on me. Apparently, my father’s wife had spent the week trashing both my father and me to my wife. She advised my wife to divorce me and to “take him for everything you can.”