Their Farewell
We would like to thank all of the participants in the search for a national advice columnist. You have made us laugh, cry and nod in agreement more times than we can remember over the past month, and it’s been incredible to see how much collective wisdom our country possesses. The judges are now [...]

The Question (Is it the FINAL question?)
I’ve been dating a man who is separated from his wife, and I’ve fallen hard for him. We are very compatible sexually. He says he needs some time to live alone since his breakup, but sees a future in which we’ll be committed to each other. I don’t want [...]

The Question (Probably the last one)
I love my wife, but she cannot fight fair. She brings up issues from the past, old hurts and disappointments. It’s overwhelming and distracting from the issue at hand — whether it’s our budget or responsibility for taking care of chores. Even when things are going good, when we fight, [...]

Question:
My girlfriend smokes, but then lies about it. She says she isn’t a smoker, though she admits to the “occasional” cigarette when she’s being social. Only thing is, she’s social pretty much every day with either her colleagues, friends or family! I told her early on that I couldn’t be with a smoker in the [...]

Question:
My mother-in-law divorced my father-in-law more than a decade ago but this month flew across the country to attend his mom’s funeral. She claims they kept in touch all these years and she had every right to attend. The family thinks, at best, she went to get back with her ex or, at worst, that [...]

The Question:
My parents are strict Catholics and were very shocked and disappointed when my sister, 35, recently revealed she is gay by introducing us to her partner. Sis now wants to be legally married to this woman, who she’s been seeing for less than a year. While I support her wish to be happy, I [...]

The Question:
My husband and I just got our tax returns for 2009 back and we got about $2,000 in combined refunds. I want to put it all in RRSPs so we can reduce the taxes we pay next year. My hubby wants to spend it, claiming it’s “extra” money we hadn’t planned on. He also [...]

The Question:
I’m livid. My wife just spent a small fortune on our daughter’s high school prom dress. I know this occasion only comes along “once in a lifetime,” as my wife says, but I’m going to spend a “lifetime” paying for an outfit she’s only going to wear once! I suggested to my wife months [...]

The Question:
My wife clips coupons, lots of them. There are so many that they take up every inch of space on our refrigerator, fill up several “junk” drawers in our house and fill up her purse and every nook of our family car. She snips them out of magazines. She sends away through the mail, [...]

Question:
My eldest son is a very honest person, the kind of person who returns cash he’s found on the floor in the mall, but he downloads movies off the Internet. He justifies it by saying most are ones he owns already (but in a different format), or that he’s already seen it in the theatre. [...]