
Dear Marsha My question regards a visiting mother in law. First, I can say I and my lesbian partner have been together 25 years, these years have been very tight, close, 99% fight-free. We finally bought a house last year, before this we lived in very small apartments. So, until now, my partner’s mother...
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Tags: Comfort, couch, ease, frustrations, mother-in-law, mother-n-law, Partner, Sleep, sofa
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Dear Marsha I have lived with my signifcant other for the past 5 years. I am a 46 year old female (never married, no kids), he is a 43 year old male (1 marriage and 2 kids who live with his ex-wife). I have learned in the time period we have been together that...
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Tags: Behavior, Inconsiderate, Rude, Selfish, Significant Other
Posted in Advice, Dating, Marriage | 1 Comment »

Dear Marsha, I have been dating this guy I’ll call him Todd for 1 and 1/2 years now…. hes really sweet but he doesnt like to come with me to see my family he only likes to go see his family. Now he did have a fight with my dad a while back, but...
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Tags: Dating, Family, Love, Men, Relationship, Sally, ties
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Dear Marsha: I have a male relative, 13 yrs. my junior, who doesn’t have any friends his own age. He drops by my place – usually without checking with me to see if I’m available – just to talk, and all he talks about are dogs, rock music, and horror movies (he is 27)....
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Tags: Christian, Concerned, Dating, Porn, Relative, Religious
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Hi Marsha, I am 14 years old, and I have a friend who is also 14 years old. We have some problems with borrowing money. I have never borrowed from him, but he has borrowed from me a fair amount. Certain things include a DVD, some candy, some sodas, thing like that. I remember...
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Tags: Borrow, Cash, Friend, Lending, Loan, Money, Payback, Payment
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Dear Marsha, I didn’t send out thank you cards for my baby shower in March 2010 (my daughter is now 8 months) and my parents are so angry at me they won’t talk with me. Is there anything I can do to make everyone happy without looking even more “tacky” then I already do?...
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Tags: baby, Baby Shower, Bad Manners, Cards, Happy, Parents, Photo's, Thank You, Thank You Cards
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Hi Marsha, I’ve been friends with my best friend for a few years now. All my other friends and myself have always considered “Abby” to be a bit on the immature and naive side when it came to relationships. I was there throughout her first real “heart break” and she eventually got over it....
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Tags: Advice, Care, Compassion, Concerned, Friend, friends, Love, Relationship
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