Troubleshooter
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My Childhood Bully is Now My Coworker, Still Harassing Me
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female civil servant in my 20s. There was a staff reshuffle at my work...
January 5, 2025
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My Mother is Against Me Marrying a Man I Met on a Dating App
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my early 30s. My mother is against me marrying a man whom I m...
January 5, 2025
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I’m Depressed Over Divorce From My Wife, My Father’s Illness
I’m a self-employed man in my early 30s. I divorced my wife earlier this year because she had an ...
December 29, 2024
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My Family Is Shocked as Our Beloved Dog Was Bitten to Death; How Can We Recover from This?
I’m a female public servant in my 40s. My family’s pet dog, which we’ve loved for six years, was ...
December 29, 2024
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My Elderly Father Refuses to Give up His Driver’s License, Even Though He Promised to do so
I’m a female part-time worker in my 40s. My husband is a professor at a university hospital and w...
December 22, 2024
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I’m Tired of My Husband Not Helping with the Children. I Want a Divorce.
I’m a female part-time worker in my 40s. My husband is a professor at a university hospital and w...
December 22, 2024
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My High-School-Aged Daughter Ignores Me. Should I Push Her to Talk to Me?
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a male office worker in my early 50s. My daughter, who is in high school...
December 15, 2024
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My Now-Retired Husband Continues to Splash Money Around
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a homemaker in my mid-60s. My husband enjoyed playing pachinko and mahjo...
December 15, 2024
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I Have Four Sons And Hate Myself for Scolding Them
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a company employee in my early 40s and the father of four boys: one in t...
December 8, 2024
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I’m 80 And Have Felt Sad Since My Relationship With a Married Man Ended
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m an 80-year-old woman and my husband passed away 30 years ago. I have no ...
December 8, 2024
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I Have No Idea How I Should Treat My Pessimistic Mother
I’m woman in my 40s. My mother has always been mentally weak. Since my father died of an illness ...
December 1, 2024
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Family of My Son’s Girlfriend Has Me Worried Sick About His Future
I’m a female public servant in my 50s. I had decided that when my son, who attends university, go...
December 1, 2024
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I Cannot Think of my Handicapped Daughter as Precious; Son, Daughter Without Disabilities Are ‘Adorable’
I’m a mother in my early 40s with three children ranging from elementary school to high school ag...
November 24, 2024
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My girlfriend and Work Are Wearing Me out; ‘I Find Myself Wanting to Just Disappear’
I’m a male office worker in my late 20s. After graduating from college, I left my hometown to sta...
November 24, 2024
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As a Man in My Early 40s, Should I Look for a Spouse or Chase My Dreams?
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a male office worker in my early 40s. I can’t make up my mind whether to...
November 17, 2024
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