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Dear Amy: My friend “Brian” passed away over three years ago. I was friends with Brian and his wife “Marcia” for more than 40 years.

Prior to their relationship and subsequent marriage, Marcia and I were very close friends. We never dated. We just liked each other's company and had fun "hanging out" together. After a while, she wanted ...Read more

Throughout its five American seasons, Netflix's "Love Is Blind" has been packed with dramatic moments — everything from a runaway bride, to one man chucking his fiancée's engagement ring into a hotel pool, to a woman leaving her fiance for another man on the show, and multiple folks second-guessing their engagements after seeing their pod ...Read more

Dear Amy: My husband and I are Israeli-American.

We live in the United States and have one child – an infant.

Before children, we agreed on a three-child minimum, but now that we have our baby, I feel very strongly about being a one-child family. My husband still wants to have more children.

We agreed we'd table the discussion for later and...Read more

Dear Amy: Our son's mother and father-in-law, who live in Europe, have repeatedly invited us to stay at their house, including over the upcoming holidays.

We are considering going, and told them so.

Then I got a text from my daughter-in-law with an Airbnb listing where she said we could stay to be "away from the mayhem."

Amy, mayhem is part ...Read more

Dear Amy: For as long as I have known my wife (20 years), she has been reluctant to do the laundry.

I politely ask her to do it, and she tells me that she will.

However, two days later, dirty clothes are still piling up.

To be fair, she follows through about 20 percent of the time.

She works part-time outside the home, and I work full time ...Read more

Dear Amy: I am an almost 70-year-old widower (politically liberal and atheist) who wants to meet new people. Especially female people.

Unfortunately, I have almost no experience.

I had a total of two dates in high school, both of which went nowhere.

I became very good friends with my best friend's wife (friend-in-law?), and when they divorced...Read more

Dear Amy: After a car accident last year, my older brother “Danny” was without a vehicle. (The accident was not his fault, and his car was totaled.)

Danny works full time from home, and so he decided not to replace his car and purchased an e-bike, which he uses for local errands.

My husband and I have two cars, and rarely need the use of ...Read more

Deciding to get into the dating pool can be exciting — you’re just setting out and the possibilities are endless. But after perhaps some less-than-ideal first dates, unanswered messages, or the feeling that you’ve already read every dating profile within a 50-mile radius, those feelings can easily transform into frustration and self-doubt....Read more

Dear Amy: I was planning to go on a cruise with a good friend, due to leave next month.

I paid a $900 deposit to guarantee the cruise for both of us, nine months in advance.

It was understood that my friend and I would split the total cost of the cruise 50/50.

This includes the deposit and the remaining $2,000 that would be due, plus any ...Read more

Dear Amy: My husband and I have been married for 14 years (his third marriage, my second). We are very happy.

We each have two adult children.

His 42-year-old son, “Tony,” recently divorced with a preschooler, has always had issues.

Last Father’s Day, my husband’s children and grandchildren gathered at our house.

Tony, who has a ...Read more

Dear Amy: I have been in a relationship for the past eight months with a guy.

Two months in, he lost his job and moved in with me and my daughter.

I took care of him and helped him to get a much better job. I wake up before him, pack his lunches, do his laundry, and cook and clean up after him.

He had a very bad drinking problem that would ...Read more