When my mother comes to visit, she makes comments on my clothes, my hair, how I keep my home, whether I’ve gained weight, what I’m eating and/or doing with my spare time, etc. I know she does it because she loves me, but it drives me crazy. What should I do? The anticipation of criticism […]
My boyfriend and I have been together for one year. We mostly get along great, but sometimes when he gets mad, he criticizes and calls me fat, ugly or stupid. He apologizes later and says he didn’t mean it, but it really upsets me. Why does he do this and how can I get him […]
I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 6 months and constantly feel insecure. At times he seems to really love me, then withdraws or acts rude. In the past, he’s broken up with girlfriends suddenly. I’m very understanding, not demanding and don’t say anything when he acts this way because I never know when it’s my […]
I have a close friend who has kids almost the same age as mine. Every time we talk she brings up and brags to me in detail about how her kids are superior to everyone in their class or on their sports team. I sit there feeling irritated like she is constantly trying to ‘one […]
I’m 47 and divorced. My ex was financially successful but it was empty and unconnected. I’ve been dating someone for 9 months who I really love—like never before. The problem is he’s not a professional and won’t be able to have conversations with my friends’ husbands about business or important topics. My family hasn’t met […]
My husband is very demanding in his relationships. He and my brother were once very close. Then he got angry and said my brother was rude for not inviting him to something. Now he refuses to see him. I want to get the families together, but my husband won’t go. He says I shouldn’t either. […]
My daughter lives with her boyfriend who inherited a LOT of money so he doesn’t have to work. But, she works hard everyday and must pay half of the bills when he could easily afford to cover them. After work, my daughter cooks and cleans while he tells her she’s doing it wrong. When she […]
My childhood best-friend and I were so close we planned to remain friends throughout our lives. As teenagers, winning and being the best made her happy, so I always pumped her up. Now we both have daughters a year apart in age. She always brags about how superior her daughter is in everything– perfect grades, […]
My boss makes bad decisions. She takes credit for the good work others do and blames other for her bad work. She’ll begin a project, decide it’s unworthy and rather than discard it, she’ll dump it on someone else and blame everyone else except herself. Should we do an intervention? Or should we talk to […]
My babysitter watches my children (2 and 4 y/o) when I’m at work. She’s great and has always shown good judgment. The problem is her new boyfriend. I’m hearing from my 4 y/o son that he is over almost every day. She’s never told or asked me if this was okay. I trust her, but […]