
Dear Marsha, I am a sixteen year old girl and I have a crush on a seventeen year old boy. There’s been so many explainable things that happened between me and him that I find unbelievable. I don’t really know what to believe. I’ll start with explaining some of these things. I see him...
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Tags: Boy, Coincidences, crush, Dating, Fate, friendship, Girl, Love, Talk, Talking, Teen
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Dear Marsha, Me and this guy have known each other for a long time now, he’s been with his girlfriend for 8 years and they recently broke up, but she is carrying his baby. While they dated they weren’t really happy together and had a lot of “problems” in there relationship. He fixed his...
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Tags: baby, boyfriend, Crutch, Friend, girlfriend, honesty, Pregnant, Rebound, Relationship, Trust
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Dear Marsha, A friend’s small granddaughter just had her tonsils out and she sent a love-gift box (stuffed animal and book) to her…but daughter-in-law and son are withholding it for some reason. ..I have never had in-law problems, so I can’t relate to this…but it does not seem right to me. What do you...
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Tags: Child, Daughter-N-Law, Gift, Granddaughter, Grandmother, Hospital, Son, Surgery, Tonsils, Withholding
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Dear Marsha, My big brother’s girlfriend broke up with him a few months ago.And lately,I’ve been seeing his ex girlfriend and his best friend spending a lot of time together.I have the feeling that something is going on with these two. The thing is I’m not sure about that,for all I know,I can be...
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Tags: Broken Heart, Brother, Caring, Ex, Friend, Loving, Sister, time, True
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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
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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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