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Why do exes try harder with someone else?

Q.   I had an ex who turned up blind drunk on a date, with a friend. Then demanded I take them home. Obviously I stopped seeing him after that. Then months later begged me back, stood me up, gloated about his "new life" and kept sending me various ...

A.   13 November 2013: I have blocked him and unlike him, didn't keep his number etc. I was single at the time and only found out he had a girlfriend because I snooped on Facebook. So who's Thereal psycho?!... (read in full...)

Why do exes try harder with someone else?

Q.   I had an ex who turned up blind drunk on a date, with a friend. Then demanded I take them home. Obviously I stopped seeing him after that. Then months later begged me back, stood me up, gloated about his "new life" and kept sending me various ...

A.   8 November 2013: Because I don't understand why people like this never regret it. Taking the high road often feels like being a doormat, when the other person doesn't see anything wrong with taking the low road. Do you understand? Whenever I've taken the high road ... (read in full...)

Why do exes try harder with someone else?

Q.   I had an ex who turned up blind drunk on a date, with a friend. Then demanded I take them home. Obviously I stopped seeing him after that. Then months later begged me back, stood me up, gloated about his "new life" and kept sending me various ...

A.   8 November 2013: Thankyou... (read in full...)

Why do exes try harder with someone else?

Q.   I had an ex who turned up blind drunk on a date, with a friend. Then demanded I take them home. Obviously I stopped seeing him after that. Then months later begged me back, stood me up, gloated about his "new life" and kept sending me various ...

A.   7 November 2013: I didn't accept it and cut him off. ... (read in full...)

Why do so many people think I "need" a boyfriend?

Q.   My 30th b-day is around the corner and I'm getting more and more frustrated at friends I've had throughout my life. While my circle of friends/acquaintances has changed over the past 15 years, I have always had the same problem: I keep getting told ...

A.   7 November 2013: I can relate, I got this a lot from co workers when I was single too. You might have to answer more bluntly to people. ... (read in full...)

How to deal with regret over not seeing my grandmother?

Q.   I found out my nan passed away out of the blue, yesterday. I haven't seen her in a while, with doing full time study and being pregnant. I didn't get to show her my scan photos or anything. Her passing is a shock. I have fond memories of staying ...

A.   18 October 2013: Thankyou... (read in full...)

Why are dumpers allowed to gloat and be vindictive?

Q.   I got dumped by a complete jerk over a year ago. He dumped me by text because he "wanted to be single". I never cheated or anything. He treated me bad so I was glad. I never contacted him ever again and deleted his number. Months and months later he...

A.   16 October 2013: Well unfortunately took other advice and just ignored him. Should've gone to The police because he was harassing me. No one suggested this. ... (read in full...)

Why are dumpers allowed to gloat and be vindictive?

Q.   I got dumped by a complete jerk over a year ago. He dumped me by text because he "wanted to be single". I never cheated or anything. He treated me bad so I was glad. I never contacted him ever again and deleted his number. Months and months later he...

A.   8 October 2013: Still why is it always ok for the dumper to be psycho?... (read in full...)

Why are dumpers allowed to gloat and be vindictive?

Q.   I got dumped by a complete jerk over a year ago. He dumped me by text because he "wanted to be single". I never cheated or anything. He treated me bad so I was glad. I never contacted him ever again and deleted his number. Months and months later he...

A.   8 October 2013: That's what I do- I always cut people like this off. ... (read in full...)

Why are dumpers allowed to gloat and be vindictive?

Q.   I got dumped by a complete jerk over a year ago. He dumped me by text because he "wanted to be single". I never cheated or anything. He treated me bad so I was glad. I never contacted him ever again and deleted his number. Months and months later he...

A.   7 October 2013: So why are dumpers always allowed to be assholes? Where's karma because it never seems to exist!... (read in full...)

Why are dumpers allowed to gloat and be vindictive?

Q.   I got dumped by a complete jerk over a year ago. He dumped me by text because he "wanted to be single". I never cheated or anything. He treated me bad so I was glad. I never contacted him ever again and deleted his number. Months and months later he...

A.   4 October 2013: One was a friend of a friend. Ironically that was probably the worst breakup I've had.... (read in full...)

Why are dumpers allowed to gloat and be vindictive?

Q.   I got dumped by a complete jerk over a year ago. He dumped me by text because he "wanted to be single". I never cheated or anything. He treated me bad so I was glad. I never contacted him ever again and deleted his number. Months and months later he...

A.   2 October 2013: I've never contacted and deleted everything. But why do they never regret it? I'm sick and tired of doing the right thing, when it's always ok for the dumper to play games and harrass dumpees. Acting like victim and acting like a psycho. ... (read in full...)

I'm finding it very hard to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Counselling service didn't help at all, and my fiancé's mother is overbearing.

Q.   I found out I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. My fiancé is happy. I tried to go to counseling to a major clinic. All their contacts were on holiday, except one, who had the audacity to charge me $300 to tell me he couldn't help me! Should I complain? ...

A.   1 October 2013: Thanks. The only thing is I'd prefer not to have this relationship end... (read in full...)

Is this friendship even worth it?

Q.   My oldest friend (a gay guy) from high school has changed. He complained that I always cancel but I've had bad morning sickness from an unplanned pregnancy and also trying to figure out what to do. I tried explaining my situation and never got an ...

A.   21 September 2013: I see he's been excluding from everything from Facebook. And defriended me. What an asshole. ... (read in full...)

I'm finding it very hard to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Counselling service didn't help at all, and my fiancé's mother is overbearing.

Q.   I found out I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. My fiancé is happy. I tried to go to counseling to a major clinic. All their contacts were on holiday, except one, who had the audacity to charge me $300 to tell me he couldn't help me! Should I complain? ...

A.   21 September 2013: Sorry I didn't realize it is 6 pages, it comes up as one continuous page on my phone. You ask what happened. My fiancé had surgery years ago and was told it was highly unlikely he would ever have kids. So I didn't expect to find myself in this s... (read in full...)

I'm finding it very hard to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Counselling service didn't help at all, and my fiancé's mother is overbearing.

Q.   I found out I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. My fiancé is happy. I tried to go to counseling to a major clinic. All their contacts were on holiday, except one, who had the audacity to charge me $300 to tell me he couldn't help me! Should I complain? ...

A.   9 September 2013: Thanks Agony aunts... (read in full...)

I'm finding it very hard to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Counselling service didn't help at all, and my fiancé's mother is overbearing.

Q.   I found out I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. My fiancé is happy. I tried to go to counseling to a major clinic. All their contacts were on holiday, except one, who had the audacity to charge me $300 to tell me he couldn't help me! Should I complain? ...

A.   9 September 2013: No I didn't find out until about 13 weeks, thanks to a false negative. ... (read in full...)

I'm finding it very hard to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Counselling service didn't help at all, and my fiancé's mother is overbearing.

Q.   I found out I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. My fiancé is happy. I tried to go to counseling to a major clinic. All their contacts were on holiday, except one, who had the audacity to charge me $300 to tell me he couldn't help me! Should I complain? ...

A.   9 September 2013: Actually I'm a full time student and I don't have "6 pages". Get your facts right before insulting someone!... (read in full...)

I'm finding it very hard to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Counselling service didn't help at all, and my fiancé's mother is overbearing.

Q.   I found out I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. My fiancé is happy. I tried to go to counseling to a major clinic. All their contacts were on holiday, except one, who had the audacity to charge me $300 to tell me he couldn't help me! Should I complain? ...

A.   9 September 2013: Anon if you're going to insult someone, why don't you use your real name troll? What do you do for a living? I'm a full time student and don't have time to troll the Internet all day like you.... (read in full...)

Is this friendship even worth it?

Q.   My oldest friend (a gay guy) from high school has changed. He complained that I always cancel but I've had bad morning sickness from an unplanned pregnancy and also trying to figure out what to do. I tried explaining my situation and never got an ...

A.   10 August 2013: I completely disagree with you WiseOwLE, I wouldn't ask my fiancé to cut off a friend just because I didn't like them. Unless they were extremely rude to me. Anything else is just controlling. ... (read in full...)

Is this friendship even worth it?

Q.   My oldest friend (a gay guy) from high school has changed. He complained that I always cancel but I've had bad morning sickness from an unplanned pregnancy and also trying to figure out what to do. I tried explaining my situation and never got an ...

A.   16 July 2013: And I remember when it was my birthday at the start if the year. I was feeling down about something. Yet made a lame excuse not to come and didn't care at all that I was hurt. ... (read in full...)

Is this friendship even worth it?

Q.   My oldest friend (a gay guy) from high school has changed. He complained that I always cancel but I've had bad morning sickness from an unplanned pregnancy and also trying to figure out what to do. I tried explaining my situation and never got an ...

A.   8 July 2013: Yes you suggested I invite them over etc. But the problem is my friend is completely ignoring all my messages. So inviting them has resulted in nothing. Yes I don't like his fiancé, if it was the other way around and I insulted his fiancé infront of ... (read in full...)

Is this friendship even worth it?

Q.   My oldest friend (a gay guy) from high school has changed. He complained that I always cancel but I've had bad morning sickness from an unplanned pregnancy and also trying to figure out what to do. I tried explaining my situation and never got an ...

A.   6 July 2013: I'm not jealous of his partner, I just don't like arrogant/ rude people. ... (read in full...)

Is this friendship even worth it?

Q.   My oldest friend (a gay guy) from high school has changed. He complained that I always cancel but I've had bad morning sickness from an unplanned pregnancy and also trying to figure out what to do. I tried explaining my situation and never got an ...

A.   6 July 2013: I've tried contacting him but never got an answer back. I mention his sexuality to explain on here that our relationship is puely platonic. We've never been an item. ... (read in full...)

Do you think men really want to get married??

Q.   Hello. Just wanting some opinions from you uncles. How do you feel about marriage? I want to hear from the men that are married and the ones in relationships. It seems to me that it's usually (almost always)the women pressuring for an engage...

A.   13 June 2013: I disagree with you I'm female and didn't think it was the end of the world if I never got married. My parents are conservative on the other hand. I wasn't expecting it but my fiancé pushed the marriage thing much more than me. I've never brought it ... (read in full...)

How to reach a decision with my unplanned pregnancy?

Q.   i'm 26 and had planned to go back to study. I discovered I was pregnant a few months after getting laid off my job. Can things get any worse? My boyfriend wants to keep it but I'm not sure. I've been to counselling and it hasn't helped much. I'...

A.   12 June 2013: I'm finding this difficult. And every place here refers you to a different counselor each time. I don't know what to do. I've never had an abortion or had a child. ... (read in full...)

How to reach a decision with my unplanned pregnancy?

Q.   i'm 26 and had planned to go back to study. I discovered I was pregnant a few months after getting laid off my job. Can things get any worse? My boyfriend wants to keep it but I'm not sure. I've been to counselling and it hasn't helped much. I'...

A.   7 June 2013: I dint know how I would deal with abortion until it actually happened. How is anyone supposed to make a life changing decision, in just a few weeks?... (read in full...)

How to reach a decision with my unplanned pregnancy?

Q.   i'm 26 and had planned to go back to study. I discovered I was pregnant a few months after getting laid off my job. Can things get any worse? My boyfriend wants to keep it but I'm not sure. I've been to counselling and it hasn't helped much. I'...

A.   7 June 2013: Thanks I have been to counseling for a month and still completely confused. I'm finding making a decision extremely difficult. It's difficult to know if I could live with an abortion- because I've never had one before. How are you supposed to figure ... (read in full...)

What can I say when boyfriend jokes that I should get pregnant? I feel pressured by his words.

Q.   My boyfriend sometimes makes jokes that I should get pregnant. Eg rub my stomach or put his ear to my stomach. Even though I'm not pregnant. He also days things like " if you got pregnant then I'll have to take this new job. I'll support you no ...

A.   14 March 2013: He says things like "I'll support you no matter what". "I want to marry you". " I want to be with forever", " I want to be in this for the long haul" etc etc. I'm not going to take Any chances. And I usually over analyze things too much anyway. My ... (read in full...)

What can I do about the double standards in my family? All my siblings are adults, yet as the eldest more is expected of me.

Q.   I hate being the eldest. If my siblings want me to do a favour, I get screamed and yelled at. But if I need a favour from my siblings, my parents don't care at all. They tell me it's my problem and instead yell me to shut up. I'm sick to bit...

A.   26 February 2013: You can still live away from the family home and still have your parents guilt trip and have a go at you. ... (read in full...)

What can I do about the double standards in my family? All my siblings are adults, yet as the eldest more is expected of me.

Q.   I hate being the eldest. If my siblings want me to do a favour, I get screamed and yelled at. But if I need a favour from my siblings, my parents don't care at all. They tell me it's my problem and instead yell me to shut up. I'm sick to bit...

A.   26 February 2013: This doesn't change even if I don't live at home. So that didn't work!... (read in full...)

What can I do about the double standards in my family? All my siblings are adults, yet as the eldest more is expected of me.

Q.   I hate being the eldest. If my siblings want me to do a favour, I get screamed and yelled at. But if I need a favour from my siblings, my parents don't care at all. They tell me it's my problem and instead yell me to shut up. I'm sick to bit...

A.   26 February 2013: I'm not a teenager. Still they're are double standards, but if I refuse to help- I get screamed at. And I don't act like a teenager like my siblings who throw a tantrum to get what they want. I try and talk calmly like an adult.... (read in full...)

What to say? Can't stand fathers beliefs

Q.   My father is conversative and doesn't want to know anyone else's opinion. I can't stand how he is. He thinks having children out if wedlock is "ruining The family". This makes no logical sense to me. It's not like his family is close. How canyou ...

A.   16 January 2013: Well he really isn't a great person- verbally abusive, controlling, homophobic and racist. He flat out lies that you have to be married just to leave home. Yet gives me zero advice when people laugh at me and insult me for being an adult and livi... (read in full...)

What to say? Can't stand fathers beliefs

Q.   My father is conversative and doesn't want to know anyone else's opinion. I can't stand how he is. He thinks having children out if wedlock is "ruining The family". This makes no logical sense to me. It's not like his family is close. How canyou ...

A.   14 January 2013: That's easy for you to say, you've never met him! He lies that no one leaves home at my age- even though I'm 25. My parents constantly gaslight me. Is it any wonder I resent them? I wonder why? He won't put my car in my name- even though I bought ... (read in full...)

What to say? Can't stand fathers beliefs

Q.   My father is conversative and doesn't want to know anyone else's opinion. I can't stand how he is. He thinks having children out if wedlock is "ruining The family". This makes no logical sense to me. It's not like his family is close. How canyou ...

A.   13 January 2013: It is questionable whether he has any good points. He is a very difficult person. ... (read in full...)

What to say? Can't stand fathers beliefs

Q.   My father is conversative and doesn't want to know anyone else's opinion. I can't stand how he is. He thinks having children out if wedlock is "ruining The family". This makes no logical sense to me. It's not like his family is close. How canyou ...

A.   11 January 2013: Because all he cares about is how he looks in front of people. And that people don't know what a jerk he is. ... (read in full...)

What to say? Can't stand fathers beliefs

Q.   My father is conversative and doesn't want to know anyone else's opinion. I can't stand how he is. He thinks having children out if wedlock is "ruining The family". This makes no logical sense to me. It's not like his family is close. How canyou ...

A.   10 January 2013: Because I find him a hypocrite. He's consverative yet he would cut us off if we had kids out of wedlock. Most people wouldn't do this anymore. None of my relatives cut off my cousins who had kids out of wedlock. ... (read in full...)

What can I do about my friends rude boyfriend?

Q.   I've known my friend for years longer than his boyfriend. I can't stand my friends boyfriend because he is so rude. He always answers for my friend and butts in. My friend can answer for himself. The boyfriend also answers everything with " if you...

A.   10 January 2013: Thankyou I was hoping their relationship would fizzle out by now. Instead they've gotten more serious about each other. Urgh... (read in full...)

What to say when boyfriend asks about marriage?

Q.   My boyfriend and I have only been dating a few months. We are both 25. He seems pretty serious about me. He asked me yet again if I want to marry one day. I was surprised no ex had ever asked me this question before. I didn't really know what to ...

A.   21 December 2012: We were Also watching a Christmas movie and the main character had an unplanned pregnancy. He said that could be us. Meaning that birth control isnt fool proof. Yet I've taken it for years and nothing has happened. He also mentioned out of the blue ... (read in full...)

What to say when boyfriend asks about marriage?

Q.   My boyfriend and I have only been dating a few months. We are both 25. He seems pretty serious about me. He asked me yet again if I want to marry one day. I was surprised no ex had ever asked me this question before. I didn't really know what to ...

A.   20 December 2012: Thankyou. Love letters are romantic I wish guys still sent them. ... (read in full...)

What to say when boyfriend asks about marriage?

Q.   My boyfriend and I have only been dating a few months. We are both 25. He seems pretty serious about me. He asked me yet again if I want to marry one day. I was surprised no ex had ever asked me this question before. I didn't really know what to ...

A.   19 December 2012: But he also said if I got pregnant, do I know that I'd have to get rid of my belly button piercing. Usually he is paranoid about getting me pregnant. ... (read in full...)

What to say when boyfriend asks about marriage?

Q.   My boyfriend and I have only been dating a few months. We are both 25. He seems pretty serious about me. He asked me yet again if I want to marry one day. I was surprised no ex had ever asked me this question before. I didn't really know what to ...

A.   19 December 2012: Thankyou for answering me. ... (read in full...)

How do I contain the jealousy I feel towards others?

Q.   I really envy some of my cousins. One is a spoilt brat who gets everything she wants. My other cousins had kids before they got engaged and their parents always baby sit them. But If I had kids out wedlock my parents would call me nasty names. ...

A.   29 October 2012: I really think their parenting style would be more suited to rebellious, out of control teens/ children. ... (read in full...)

How do I contain the jealousy I feel towards others?

Q.   I really envy some of my cousins. One is a spoilt brat who gets everything she wants. My other cousins had kids before they got engaged and their parents always baby sit them. But If I had kids out wedlock my parents would call me nasty names. ...

A.   29 October 2012: Thankyou that's sort of what I was trying to get at.... (read in full...)

How do I contain the jealousy I feel towards others?

Q.   I really envy some of my cousins. One is a spoilt brat who gets everything she wants. My other cousins had kids before they got engaged and their parents always baby sit them. But If I had kids out wedlock my parents would call me nasty names. ...

A.   27 October 2012: Thanks. Of course I know people can act and think different to their parents. But I just feel so jealous. I can't stand my parents at all.... (read in full...)

How do I contain the jealousy I feel towards others?

Q.   I really envy some of my cousins. One is a spoilt brat who gets everything she wants. My other cousins had kids before they got engaged and their parents always baby sit them. But If I had kids out wedlock my parents would call me nasty names. ...

A.   27 October 2012: Thanks but I've only just started dating someone new, so I'm not going to have children anytime soon. Why be jealous? Because my parents are strict and autocratic thats why. Even if I did have kids my point is I would be called slut and a whore for ... (read in full...)

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