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Archived questions from: April, 2018 (see latest in Family category)

Family: Help and advice

My uncle says I remind him of my abusive father

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2182 days ago

29 April 2018 (F) - I feel like ive caused a massive family rift by asking a silly question. Ive had a difficult relationship with my uncle for many of my adult years. He is often very sullen and angry around me. I get short snippy answers to anything i say. He is 48 ...

Should I trust her on birth control?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2183 days ago

26 April 2018 (M) - I'm 32 years old, dating my 22 old girlfriend for 3 months and days ago we had sex without condom and it was amazing, I almost forgot how good it feels lol, last time I had unprotected sex was with my ex wife who I divorced three years ago. Since ...

Married man damaging my reputation.

This question has 17 answers - newest was posted 2183 days ago

26 April 2018 (F) - Previous Post: http://www.dearcupid.org/question/i-want-out-of-this-relationship-with-a.html About a month ago I ended an affair with a married man that I was having. We texted and called daily and we slept together on the weekend but I told it ...

We've split up,he wants me to move out.

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2180 days ago

26 April 2018 (F) - Hi Dear Cupid. I have been in a relationship for three and a half years and my partner split up with me once more and said we are done and that we can still be friends....does friends work? We still live together, are sleeping separately and ...

My confidence is shot, I know I'm better off but I want him to realise it.

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2182 days ago

26 April 2018 (F) - My ex of 8 years dumped me 4 months ago, he was and still is an alcoholic and takes heroin and crack and blues and pregabs plus antidepressants ( bought of the streets) I tried helping him and loved him so much , in the past year before the break up ...

Partner's dad flirting with me

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2184 days ago

26 April 2018 (F) - I've been with my partner for 4 years. I have noticed in the past few months that his dad may be 'flirting' with me. We get on pretty well and I find it easier to chat with him than his wife. We tend to laugh and make jokes. Sometimes, I notice him ...

I have feelings for a man 20 years my senior

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2181 days ago

26 April 2018 (F) - I have this weird question I'm hoping someone can help me with, I have romantic/sexual feelings for a much older man and I've recently told him this. What I want help is should I roll with it or try to move on? He's an old friend of the family and I ...

I want out of this relationship with a married man but he is making it difficult.

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2187 days ago

24 April 2018 (F) - In September I moved to a new area for work, shortly after I started my job i had a coworker that started flirting with me. He is really cute and sweet only problem is he is married. He like me moved to the area for work, his family is actually four ...

I'm tired of being the other woman but love him too much to let go.

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2187 days ago

24 April 2018 (F) - I have been seeing A married guy for nearly 8 months. He spending every free moment with me we do things we go away sometimes, we talk on the phone multiple times a day every single day. He has been great fI me, He’s caring, attentive, Generous ...

Every relationship ends the same way ....

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2189 days ago

23 April 2018 (F) - Hello, I'm 23 years old (f) suffering with anxiety and bipolar. In my childhood and teenage years, I suffered from emotional and physical abuse, and it's affecting my relationships with people right now. My dad was one of the people who made me feel ...

Their Grandma wont drop the subject, what do I do?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2188 days ago

23 April 2018 (M) - A few years ago, my sister-in-law's grandmother and her boyfriend went to Alaska on a vacation (the boyfriend is now decease). We talked about Alaska and I mentioned to her that Alaska is my dream vacation. I did my research and realize how much...

Did I do the right thing, I think he is still involved with his children's mother.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2188 days ago

22 April 2018 (F) - I was seeing a man who lives with his 18 year month twin boys and he still lives with his kids mother.He told me they have broken up but staying together for financial reasons for now. Well he wouldn't see me outside working hours so I calle...

How do I have conversations with my husband about our relationship without him getting angry?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2186 days ago

21 April 2018 (F) - I dont know where to start.. my husband changed a lot after we marry. In a negative way. He doesnt care anymore and we kinda lost connection after we marry. He become irresponsible man which i never think he could be. He used to be a very caring and ...

My boyfriend doesn't listen when I tell him I am not materialistic!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2192 days ago

19 April 2018 (F) - Hello, I'm 24 and I've been with my boyfriend for about 4 years. I'm trying to get other's perspective. I come from a wealthy family, and my boyfriend think that i should be always spoiled with gifts. He's not too rich or poor, he's in the middle ...

A guy I was seeing went quiet on me, he says he is following legal advise.

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2192 days ago

18 April 2018 (F) - Im just wondering what are peoples thoughts. I was seeing a guy who went quiet on me we had been seeing each other for 6 month. i heard from him a handful of times in 2 month and didnt get to see him . I didnt sit about waiting for him i got on with ...

No kids, no spouse, and nearing 30.

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2192 days ago

18 April 2018 (F) - Does anyone else freak out that their hitting their thirties with no kids and husband/wife? I have tried online dating and that hasn’t worked (honestly most people I have met look for sex) and I am traditional ( I would at least like to date a b...

Why is she so attention seeking??

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2195 days ago

16 April 2018 (F) - Yesterday a 44 yr old female work colleague with 5 kids had her wisdom teeth out,she posted a post surgery selfie of her swollen face on our works fbook page, Is this pure attention seeking? She’s a quiet and good worker, invisible.. like...

How do I handle my girlfriends past?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2196 days ago

16 April 2018 (M) - I would like to start out by saying that I consider myself very open minded. I am divorced from a 6 year marriage and am on good terms with. I have even made good friends with my ex-wife’s boyfriend and we hang out occasionally. My current ...

My boyfriend doesn't tell anyone about me but wants me to move in with him ... what should I do ?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2195 days ago

16 April 2018 (F) - I've been dating a guy for 5 months and were exsclusive.. I'm finding myself in love with him he treats me well except for one issue he doesn't tell anyone about me, not friends which he only has a few not co workers not his family... He tells me ...

My eccentric fiance's behaviour is starting to concern me

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2186 days ago

16 April 2018 (F) - Hi... I am looking for some outside advice/perspective on my relationship with my fiancé. We've been together for two years and are just recently engaged. When we first met, we clicked immediately and have been mostly insperable. I grew up in a v...

My girlfriend left, I want to fix it but she is ignoring me.

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2196 days ago

16 April 2018 (M) - My girlfriend of 12 years has just left me. For the last 4 years we've lived together in our own place after a spell living with her family, we moved in shortly after my father passed away. I really struggled to deal with my father's passing...

Are my parents shallow for using his family’s medical history to keep me from dating him?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2197 days ago

14 April 2018 (F) - I know I might get judged a little here but I have to get this off my chest and I think you have to admit that it went a step too far. Since I started uni, I made a promise myself to act mature and make sure that I do the best I can in whatever ...

My uncle and I are in love, but what about Auntie?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 2177 days ago

14 April 2018 (F) - I know that a lot of you are probably going to say how nasty and sick I am and how I need to get help right away, and I totally understand where you're coming from but I'm writing here because I have no one to talk to and I'm kind of going nuts over ...

I'm Chinese with helicopter parents!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2190 days ago

12 April 2018 (F) - Hi there! Im a 19 year old girl who is trying to get my parents to start letting go. Not sure if it makes sense when I say letting go but I mean like trying to make them see that I’ve grown and matured. Because you see, all my life and as long as I ...

Am I being unrealistic wanting 2 breaks when our twins are 3 and 4?minths?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2198 days ago

12 April 2018 (F) - So my boyfriend and I are expecting our twins to be born over the summer. We're both excited and getting everything ready for their arrival. These are our first kids so it'll be a new experience for us both, mainly me because my boyfriend has ...

I'm having an affair wih my fiance's best friend.

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2199 days ago

12 April 2018 (F) - I’m engaged due to be married September, I’ve started having an affair with one of his best friends. Now I don’t know whether I love his best friend. He’s asked me to not get married. My fiancé is a good man great father and stable. His frien...

My husband wants to hide me from the girl he wants a baby with

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2200 days ago

12 April 2018 (F) - i have been married for 4 years, i had to remove my womb due to medical conditions. my husband and i agreed on the operation. now he wants a baby so i said to him he must get someone very far and i dont want to be affected by it. he now got someone ...

My religion is getting in the way of love

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2198 days ago

11 April 2018 (F) - Im in a very tough situation. I came from an Arabic-muslim family, and when i was 18 i moved to Britain in order to study university there. In my first year in university, i met this guy (let's call him X), we became very close friends, we became ...

My boyfriend's priorities are not in order and I'm worried about our future

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2196 days ago

11 April 2018 (F) - My boyfriend and I have been together for nearly 2 years. I'm 29 and he's 28, unfortunately, we both had a change of careers at a late age, which has thrown us back a bit in regards to money for the future. Besides this, I'm discovering more of his ...

Is my boyfriend's mother jealous?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2201 days ago

10 April 2018 (F) - Me and my boyfriend have been together since last October and we are very much in love. We banter back and forth with one another lovingly. He will say something like...."My baby" or "My (my name)" and I will do the same... While at a family ev...

How do I deal with the occasional need to be away from my boyfriend and his daughter?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 2201 days ago

10 April 2018 (F) - Hello all, I am in a relationship with a loving, doting, compassionate father of a two-year old who while is not mine, is a true beam of sunshine and I'd do anything for her. I am twenty, yes--young, was raised without a father and a vague, abusive ...

My cousin talked me into having sex with her when we were just 12 and 13 and now I feel uncomfortable having her stay over at my place

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2202 days ago

9 April 2018 (M) - When I was 12 years old male, my 13 years old female cousin talked me into having sex with her. Over the next two years, we had sex on several occasions (maybe once every 3 months). We stopped having sex when she was about 15 years old and when I ...

How do I deal with my long time "best friend" who trashed me in a letter to my parents?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2185 days ago

9 April 2018 (F) - Hi. I have been friends with M for 30 years now. We met in high school and despite sometimes 1 or 2 years of MIA's scattered throughout where we drifted apart, we came back together and resumed our friendship. It was as if we had never lost touch. ...

Does this sound hopeless? Should I try talking to my boyfriend's rigid Indian parents and fight for him?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2202 days ago

9 April 2018 (F) - Hello all.. I have been with my boyfriend for 3 months. I’ve known him for almost a year and honestly, he is the best boyfriend over ever had. I’m not exaggerating. He treats me with love, respect and kindness. After breaking up with my abusive ...

My boyfriend takes his problems out on me because I am white.

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2198 days ago

9 April 2018 (F) - Background info: BF and I have been dating 4 years. We live together now. He's my best friend, and when we are both sober we are happy. My boyfriend is half Navajo Native American (Dine tribe to be technical, as Navajo is a derogatory term ...

My husband has turned into a hateful old man.

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2195 days ago

8 April 2018 (F) - My husband of many years has become very verbally and emotionally abusive. He hates everyone including me. He has alienated even our children and no one comes to visit. I have a 50th high school reunion this summer and I intend on going..I am not ...

I would tell her I love her but don't want to risk our friendship.

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2204 days ago

7 April 2018 (M) - Hello readers, I am ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I am in love with a married woman. I am a 33 year old man, I am mostly sensible and don't want things I can't have. I live with my girlfriend of 10 years. She's everything I shoul...

I need advice, I believe my family are scheming against me.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2205 days ago

7 April 2018 (F) - A great site....lots of commonsense advice. I am having a tough time with my siblings and not the first time. About three years back I posted that they were forcing me to pay bank my 9k inheritance from my moms estate. As executor and power of attor...

Coping with a mum with BPD and its consequences

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2205 days ago

7 April 2018 (F) - Hi hi, I posted last year about being anxious about how to handle my upcoming wedding, ( i have a mother with undiagnosed BPD) whether to elope or have the party. I had lots of helpful advice on here :) We decided for a wedding party over...

Did my boyfriend’s dad just sexually harrass me!? I’m crying

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2203 days ago

7 April 2018 (F) - My boyfriends dad just sexually harrased me?! I feel so embarrased to even write this! Please help I am in shock I live with my boyfriends parents and something happened I was eating late meal in the kitchen and he came in, we were having a ...

I know what I need to do, but am scared!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2204 days ago

6 April 2018 (F) - I feel that I am not able to express myself without being in the wrong. I have read other questions, and I am seeing that I am in the same situation. I have been in this relationship for over 5 years. I have my own home, investments etc. He is ...

I has sent really embarrassing messages to a girl 6-7 years ago and I just realised that girl is my girlfriend's cousin! What if she still has those messages?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2203 days ago

5 April 2018 (M) - Hi all, 6-7 years ago , i was messaging a girl on Facebook, probably very cringey and embarrassing texts , nothing came of it and i deleted her of Facebook , 4 years ago I started dating my current girlfriend, been together 4 years now, that girl ...

Do you think karma will ever catch up on my husband's ex wife for the way that she's treating her children?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2202 days ago

4 April 2018 (F) - Hello Aunts! I just need a view point here - does karma exist? I am beginning to think it doesn’t. Here is why: My husband, a truly wonderful man and father was with his ex for over a decade. He took her son on as his own and they had 2 more c...

How to deal with the pain of family estrangement?

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2148 days ago

4 April 2018 (F) - I was estranged from my abusive BPD mother for eighteen years, because I could no longer take her abuse. My brother, who likely also suffered from BPD, saw this as a personal rejection and wanted nothing else to do with me. He threatened me with ...

How can I fix the relationship I have with my mother?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2208 days ago

3 April 2018 (F) - It's rare me and my mother ever have an emotional, bonding conversation; I try and start a conversation with her but she just says "Yeah" or "Mhmm" or something to cut the conversation short. The only time we actually have a conversation is when ...

I suspect my daughter in law is having sex with my boyfriend

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2198 days ago

2 April 2018 (?) - I suspect my daughter in law who is married for 11 yrs to my son on having an affair with my boyfriend of 10 years. I believe this has been going on for sometime now. I have no hard proof,just what I see with my own eyes. My gut instant is so sure, ...

Why am I attracted to men like my father?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2209 days ago

1 April 2018 (F) - [Mod note: two questions combined from same poster.] Should I date men that I don’t find physically attractive? I come from an arranged marriage - my parents both were set up by their parents and their still married - although not happy.. I apprec...