Creative Resume Building

Dear Short Answers: I recently started a new job. And I am embarrassed to admit that I lied about some of my experience. Now I am petrified that someone will find out. Do I confess? Or wait to get caught in a lie? Everybody seems to know everybody in this industry and I know that [...]

Fraud, Plain and Simple

Dear Short Answers: For Christmas, I gave my niece a new computer because she is going off to college next year and her mother told me that she desperately needed one. I just found out that she returned the computer for cash and bought clothes instead. I never would have spent that much money on [...]

Above our Pay Grade

Dear Short Answers: Do you think General Petraeus had to resign? Did Obama have to accept his resignation? Former Military Dear FM: We are civilians. To us, this was a family matter. We think that when we hold our leaders to a higher standard (or a different one) than we hold for ourselves and our [...]

Flashing Red!

Dear Short Answers: He’s 49, I’m 27. We are both married. The whole deal is hotter and more unlikely than you can possibly imagine. But I would never leave my husband — not for him; not for anyone. I think he still loves his wife and certainly his children.  What should I do? Overcome Dear [...]

Make a Deal

Dear Short Answers: I just found out that a friend of mine who CLAIMS to be 51 is actually 61!! She looks amazing. I am dying to tell the other girls. Would I be the worst friend in the world if I did that? This is too good to keep to myself! 55 Dear 55: [...]

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Dear Short Answers: A friend of mine has started to collect money to help the hurricane victims in New England. The problem is that I’m pretty sure that he’s not really going to send it to New England. He’s going to spend it on himself. I don’t have proof — just a feeling. He has [...]

No Way Out

Dear Short Answers: My girl friend thinks she is hotter than she is and tells me that I don’t appreciate her.  Should I tell her the truth? Damned If You Do; Damned If You Don’t Dear Damned: Yep, you’re right. Like Unlike

Easy One

Dear Short Answers: My ex-boyfriend continually asks me to hang out with him alone despite the fact that he has a girlfriend. He tells me that he wants to hang out with me and then lies to his girlfriend about it. Please help!! Confused Dear Confused: What’s confusing? Ever hear the expression “have your cake, [...]

Who Are You? J. Edgar Hoover?

Dear Short Answers: Last week, the husband of a good friend of mine passed away. He was in his early 60s and it was a big surprise to most people. I knew, however, that “Bill” was heavily into drugs and alcohol and I think that was at least partially the cause of his death. In [...]

Pull Yourself Together

Dear Short Answers: I am miserable about what I did. After 20 years of marriage, I had sex with another woman. I was drunk and it was a complete accident. If I tell my wife, she will be devastated. But if she finds out on her own, it will be worse. We live in a [...]

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