Troubleshooter
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My junior colleague doesn’t seem to care about his body odor
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a male office worker in my 30s. My junior colleague, who is in his second ...
April 29, 2022
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I want to leave my boyfriend but he’s demanding breakup money
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a divorced woman in my 40s with an adult daughter and a daughter in high ...
April 22, 2022
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I’m jealous of the positive environment my children are being raised in
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female company employee in my 50s and have three children. Part of me i...
April 22, 2022
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I feel bad about troubling my parents over my pain
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a 17-year-old girl with a chronic illness. I had surgery a few years ago a...
April 14, 2022
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Should I leave my dreamer boyfriend who can’t marry me yet?
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a part-time worker in my 30s. When I was a student, I wasn’t good with bo...
April 14, 2022
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I don’t have any friends with whom I can open up about my late husband
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my 40s and I work part-time. My only daughter is a university ...
April 8, 2022
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I feel ashamed that I got the COVID-19 booster shot ahead of others
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m an office worker in my 30s. I am able to work completely from home and sho...
April 8, 2022
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My boyfriend has someone who is ‘more of a friend than a girlfriend’
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a part-time worker in my 50s. I’m divorced and I have been seeing a man e...
April 2, 2022
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I’m worried about my father driving his friends long distances so they can play golf
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female office worker in my 50s. My father, who is in his late 70s, quit ...
April 1, 2022
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I feel haunted by my shoplifting crime four decades ago
I’m a woman in my early 70s, and I am suffering from the past to the point of it being unbearable. M...
March 4, 2022
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I would like to curb my tendency to cry and become mentally stronger
I’m a female company employee in my 20s, and I’m concerned because I cry so easily. If something bad...
March 4, 2022
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My son’s angry because he’s an only child and my husband’s aloof
I’m a woman in my 30s and a part-time worker. One day, my son — a first-grader in elementary school ...
March 4, 2022
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My domineering parents disgust me to the point of driving me to tears
I’m a female company employee in my 30s, and sometimes I feel so sick and disgusted with my parents ...
February 18, 2022
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My sister is too controlling of our aging mother’s finances
I’m a homemaker in my 60s. I recently learned that my mother, who is almost 100 years old, has milli...
February 18, 2022
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I’m gay, but my dying mother doesn’t know. Should I come out?
I’m a working guy in my 40s who’s an only child and has never been married. Since my father died thr...
February 18, 2022
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