Troubleshooter
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My Daughter Is behind on Repaying Me for Covering Her Cosmetic Surgery
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a part-time worker in my 60s. My daughter, who is in her early 20s, drop...
January 11, 2026
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My Mother Is against My Marriage Because My Fiancee Is Repaying Student Loans
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a schoolteacher in my 20s. I got engaged to my girlfriend in April and w...
January 11, 2026
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I Said Hurtful Things to My Family, but I Don’t Remember Saying Them
I’m a homemaker in my 70s. Now I live with my husband, and our married daughter lives near our ho...
December 28, 2025
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My Partner Opened a Takeaway Restaurant Without Telling Me
I’m a nurse in my 40s. I got divorced over 20 years ago and raised my daughter by myself until sh...
December 28, 2025
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My Gambler Husband’s Debts are Paid off by His Father
I’m a part-time working woman in my 50s.
I believe my husband, who is around my age, is a...
December 21, 2025
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My Husband is Extraordinarily Strict with our Daughter, Who is Struggling in School
I’m a part-time worker in my 40s. I have a husband the same age as me, a daughter in junior high ...
December 21, 2025
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My Son and Father Constantly Fight; I’m Worried Something Serious Might Happen
I’m a female company employee in my 40s. I got divorced a few years ago and now live at my parent...
December 14, 2025
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I’m Tired of My Mother’s Self-Centered, Abusive Behavior
My mother and father, who are the same age, live together in the next town over. When my children...
December 14, 2025
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I Still Resent My Father-In-Law 20 Years after He Died
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my 70s. Although my father-in-law died more than 20 years ago...
December 7, 2025
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I’ve Broken Up with My Girlfriend, but We Still Live Together
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a male company employee in my 30s. I started living with my girlfriend a...
December 7, 2025
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My Daughter No Longer Speaks to Me, But I Want to See Her and My Grandchild
I’m a self-employed woman in my 60s, and I have three children.
My son took over the fami...
November 30, 2025
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My Daughter is Fed Up Living in Single-Father Family, Ran Away to Stay with Her Boyfriend
I’m a male company employee in my 40s. I got divorced 10 years ago due to personality differences...
November 30, 2025
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My Family Business Faces Closure. Should I Pack up My Life and Head Back Home?
I’m a female part-time worker in my 40s. My parents have been running a printing company in a reg...
November 23, 2025
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I’ve Never Lived by Myself and I Think It’s Affecting My Marriage Chances
I’m a male company employee in my 30s. I wonder if I haven’t been able to get married because I h...
November 23, 2025
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My Father’s Cooking Is Terrible, and the Joy Has Gone from Eating
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female college student in my teens. I don’t like my father, mainly bec...
November 16, 2025
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