Go With The Flow On This One

Dear Short Answers: My girlfriend and I have a long distance relationship. She is about to go on a cruise without me to the Caribbean with her roommate. It’s her last spring break and she says she wants to do something alone with her roommate. I mean we hardly see each other anyway and now [...]

Cry “Uncle”

Dear Short Answers: Last year I volunteered for a wonderful non-profit organization in the small town where I live. Little by little, I got more responsibility until it seems like I am doing more work than I can possibly handle. But if I don’t do it, it doesn’t get done and the people we serve [...]

Modern Love Rituals

Dear Short Answers: Do I have to buy a present and go out to dinner for Valentine’s Day? I hate having the calendar tell me when I’m supposed express affection.  I feel like a lemming – with roses in my teeth. Reluctant Sweetheart Dear RS: We hear you.  And the same goes for Mother’s Day [...]

We’re with Your Wife on this One

Dear Short Answers: I used to ski a lot until my knees gave out and then I had to stop. A friend recently suggested that I try snowboarding instead. My wife can’t stop laughing. She says that I will look ridiculous on the slopes with all the “boarder” kids (I am well past 50). At [...]

Make it Stop!

Dear Short Answers: How can I nicely get someone to stop giving me a “collectible item” every year without fail. I had one of these items and my husband told her, a business acquaintance of his, that I collected them and she has sent them for years after. I am embarrassed and want my closet [...]

Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin Feels

Dear Short Answers: Now that the holidays are here, I am starting to panic about all the food that is going to be EVERYWHERE. I lost 50 pounds last year and I am desperate to keep it off. I’m tempted to decline every holiday invitation that I get but that will just make me more [...]

Go with the Flow

Dear Short Answers: I hate “token gifts.” I’m an all-or-nothing kind of guy but friends and relatives seem to prefer giving and getting some piece of junk. I would rather get or give something significant — or skip the whole thing. What should I do? Roll over or hide through the holidays? Bah! Dear Bah: [...]

If Momma Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy

Dear Short Answers: It’s only Halloween and I’m already dreading Thanksgiving. Too much work, not enough fun ;( Slow Burn Dear Burn: We hear you. Take steps now. Outsource some of the work to guests. Tell everyone exactly what you expect them to bring THIS WEEK.  On Turkey Day, your first priority should be YOUR [...]

Not Love, Actually

Dear Short Answers: I really prefer having sex with myself versus having sex with other people. Is that a problem? 40R Dear 40R: Not a problem until (unless) you are looking for a cuddle, understanding, or some home cooking. Like Unlike

Whaaa Hoo!!!

Dear Short Answers: Cuando recibas la noticia de que te aceptaron en la universidad, ¿a quién se la dirás primero? J Dear J: Us first… congrats! Now everyone else. Like Unlike

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