Troubleshooter
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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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I love my husband, but I can’t forgive his lack of financial responsibility
I am a woman in my 40s, and my husband and I live together alone. We have been married for eight yea...
February 11, 2022
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I’m worried about my son, who failed to graduate a 3rd time
I am a woman in my 50s who works two part-time jobs. I am divorced and have been raising four childr...
February 11, 2022
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I hate myself for constantly comparing my two children
I’m a part-time worker in my 30s, and I’m filled with self-loathing because I can’t stop comparing m...
February 11, 2022
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Reunited with crush, but I have no intention of marrying a single mother
I’m a male university student in my 20s, and about a month ago, I reunited with the woman I had a cr...
January 21, 2022
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My daughter singles out oldest child, is abusive toward him
I’m a homemaker in my 60s and I’m concerned about my daughter, who is currently on maternity leave a...
January 21, 2022
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My mom suddenly wants me to pay her back my tuition
I’m a company employee in my 20s. When I graduated and began working, my mother suddenly told me tha...
January 21, 2022
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I despise arrogant and abusive old men who look down on others
I am a woman in my 20s who works as a receptionist. The attitude that men in their 50s and older hav...
January 21, 2022
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I regret not being more social after deaths of father, grandfather
I’m a 17-year-old girl, and I’m always alone at school. In the autumn of my first year in high schoo...
January 7, 2022
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