Troubleshooter
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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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I Quit My Job to Focus on My Health, But Now I’m Full of Anxiety about the Future
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m an unemployed woman in my early 20s. I joined a company after graduating...
November 17, 2024
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I’m Worried If I Can Rebuild My Life after Being Released from Prison
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m in my 40s. Since I was a teenager, I had been a member of an organized c...
November 10, 2024
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I’m Concerned by Classmates Being Cyberbullied. What Should I Say?
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a 14-year-old male student in my third year of junior high school.
...November 10, 2024
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I’m Mentally Exhausted Dealing with Customers at Self-checkouts
I’m a female part-time worker in my 50s. I’ve been working as a cashier at a supermarket for 15 y...
November 3, 2024
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I’m Wondering If I Should Continue to See an Ex Whom I Broke Up with 40 Years Ago
I’m a nursery teacher in my 60s. My husband passed away about five years ago and I currently live...
November 3, 2024
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