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DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband wants to go on a fishing trip for a month up in Canada. I told him no, but he keeps pressing the matter. He works hard and hasn't taken a day off in more than two years, so part of me wants to say yes to him. However, we have two teenage daughters who are heavily involved in sports at high school, and I don't think I ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: I went on a first date last weekend with the founder of a startup. We went out for dinner and got drinks afterward. I had a great time. He says he wants to keep seeing me; however, he travels a lot for work, so I won't be able to see him again until late next month. I don't know if I want to be with someone who is never around. I...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been in conflict with my husband for years. We used to enjoy each other's company, but somewhere down the line that changed. Now I am not interested in the things he likes to watch on YouTube, which he seems to have on 24 hours a day. He couldn't care less about what I like to watch. He is retired now and barely wants to ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend recently got a dog, but she and her family travel a lot, so they need to find care for the dog when they leave. I have been friends with her for more than 20 years and love animals, so I have been watching her dog. However, she doesn't ever pay me for doing this. Sometimes they are away for three weeks or more, and I ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: When I was younger, I developed a strange habit of picking at the back of my hair. I did it so much that my hair thinned almost completely on the back of my head. I ended up getting a pixie cut to mask the hair loss. The beauty hack worked perfectly -- for a while, anyway.

As an adult, my bad habit has returned, but now I tend ...Read more