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I hate my mother after discovering she was caught up in a cult
I am a college student in my 20s. I am having trouble in my relationship with my mother. Until a fe...
June 27, 2021
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I’ve been promoted to leadership position, feeling overwhelmed
I’m a civil servant in my 40s. Due to a personnel change, I’m now in a leadership position at my job...
June 27, 2021
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My education-obsessed mother-in-law has ruined my sons’ lives
I am a female civil servant in my 50s. We are a family of five: my husband, our two sons who are 20 ...
June 27, 2021
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My husband has become a different person since we had a child
I’m a homemaker in my 40s. I’ve been married for 13 years and I can’t understand my husband’s person...
June 27, 2021
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My pack rat husband is driving me up the wall
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a homemaker in my 30s. I cannot understand why my husband, who is in his ...
June 11, 2021
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I want to get back at the PTA president for making me feel uncomfortable
I’m a female company employee in my 30s. I have a son who is in fourth grade, and I had an uncomfor...
June 4, 2021
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Parents try to justify physical abuse by calling it ‘discipline’
I’m an 18-year-old male student and I am struggling with my relationship with my father....
June 4, 2021
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I’m depressed as my eldest son failed all his university entrance exams
I’m a female government employee in my 40s and I’m frustrated because my eldest son failed all of h...
June 4, 2021
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I’m worried about what my husband’s TV addiction signals to our kids
I am a female company employee in my 40s. My husband is always glued to the TV and I’m worried about...
June 4, 2021
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I have no idea why my dog’s groomer seems cold toward me
I’m a part-time worker in my 50s. A pet groomer, whom I have asked to groom my beloved dog for 10 ye...
June 3, 2021
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Parents are getting older, debating whether to help out at family business
I’m a homemaker in my 30s. I was planning to look for a part-time job, but now I’m wondering if I sh...
June 3, 2021
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My in-laws demand inheritance from their mother they didn’t care for
I’m a homemaker in my 60s. My husband and I lived with his parents who have now passed on; my father...
May 25, 2021
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Shocked by coworker’s behavior during 3/11 moment of silence
I am a man in my 60s and work as a civil servant, and I’m shocked by my coworker’s behavior. ...
May 25, 2021
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I’m in my 80s, but my wife is telling me to pack up, get out
I’m a man in my 80s, living on a pension, but my wife has told me to move out. I’m grateful to my...
May 18, 2021
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I really wish I’d been born with a pretty face
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a 16-year-old girl, and I always wonder why I wasn’t born pretty. I’ve ...
May 18, 2021
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