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— Dennis Palumbo – screenwriter My Favorite Year, author the Daniel Rinaldi mysteries
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- unlucky-luck asks: My daughter is three years old and has a very close bond with my mum. I’m moving away soon, and my mum has asked me if my daughter can move in with her as she is heartbroken that she is moving away. My daughter sobs if we meet up with my mum and then leave to go home, as she wants to always stay with my mum as well. Visiting us or us visiting her won’t be an option, as neither of us drive and money is tight. I’m not gonna lie, my daughter and I don’t have a close relationship, which I think was due to me having post-natal depression. I also have a 9-month old son who I have a close bond with. I don’t really wanna “give my child up,” but I’m wondering if it’s in her best interest if she lives with my mum.Hi unlucky-luck – This is a really difficult question for me, because there are so many different aspects to it. First of all, there’s the very real and awful issue of postpartum depression. It’s much more common than most people realize, and can leave a new mother ... read more
- msourav229 asks: I like a girl. I have not told her yet. One day my friend told her that I have something to tell her. She was very curious to know what. In the meantime one of my other friends told her that he thinks I don’t have any interest in her. Usually she joined us to hang out but today she left. Now what should I do now? Did my friend’s words turn her off. How can I express myself to her?Hi msourav229 – Sometimes I get very complex questions. This isn’t one of them. We know two things: She was curious about what your friend said you wanted to tell her. She didn’t hang out with your group after your other friend said you weren’t interested in ... read more
- Deepunikki asks: My partner and I are always having fights because he isn’t giving much importance to me. I’m so worried about it. Even if I tell him, he isn’t understanding. How can I find a solution for this?Hi Deepunikki – I have two answers for you, because I don’t know you or your partner. Either might be right, or even both possibly. My first is based on you being completely accurate in how you see the situation. You’ve been trying to express your feelings, ... read more
- thelittleangel asks: A guy I like goes to a different school. I started talking to him today over text (since it’s summer) and I had an amazing conversation with him and I think he’s finally interested in talking to me since he would reply fast and ask questions of his own. How can I get him to keep wanting to talk to me? And maybe even text me first?Hi thelittleangel – Well, my easy first answer is “Keep doing what you’re doing because you’re doing great!” But I do have one other thought. Have you ever heard of Scheherazade? I don’t know whether she was an actual person or not, but legend has it that ... read more
- PERFECTION asks: I kinda have a crush on my friend. She’s actually the kind of girl that’s very responsible, intelligent, good, and I could even say she’s PERFECT and I was thinking, If I’m going to pursue her, shouldn’t I be just like her?Hi PERFECTION – You know, PERFECTION, perfection is an interesting thing. There is such a thing as perfection in mathematics, in physics, even in chemistry. But I think it ends there. After that, what we call “perfection” is actually subjective. Some people say they hear perfection in the ... read more
- ChilliPepper asks: My son (17) has fallen in love with a beautiful young lady (also 17). She seems to be going through depression because of circumstances at home. Now her mom has forbidden her from seeing my son. This is breaking her heart as well as my son’s heart. My son is the only reliable solid in her life at the moment. She wants to run away from home and has even considered suicide. I don’t know what to say to my son to comfort him or what to do to help her.Hi ChilliPepper – What a terrifying situation! For all of you! I’ll be honest with you – I don’t think there’s a perfect answer to this. I imagine you and your son would get into trouble for helping her run away, and her suicidal feelings make it ... read more
- Deadpool asks: I was in a kind of relationship with this girl, though we never labelled it. We both said we love each other, the first 2-3 months gave me the best feeling in the world; however after that it has not been good. When you are into a person so much you might not realize small changes in them, but I surely know things are not the same. We text each other just as a formality now; tired of all this I left the particular social media on which we were talking without telling her, and she didn’t even call or text me to know why. I don’t know why there are these changes when nothing bad happened between us. I always try to make her happy. I don’t know what to do.Hi Deadpool – I have some very sad news for you. Do you ever watch those medical TV shows, where a surgeon is trying desperately to save someone’s life, and their heart has stopped but the surgeon keeps madly pressing on it over and over, screaming to ... read more
- Black coco asks: I have been in a relationship for 6 months and more. My BF and I are quiet people, but we have our fun and actually make a great team. We usually fight and argue just like any other couple (never gets physical), sometimes we don’t speak and just ignore each other, and I guess we are both too proud to admit either is wrong. I feel so lonely sometimes and it consumes me psychologically. I love him but I think I need to take a break. During this non-talking period I sat down and thought about so many things and I feel like I am tired. It’s not good to compare, but my ex made me feel wanted and never let me get this lonely. I don’t want to waste my boyfriend’s time and neither do I want to waste mine. We are in the same class doing law and he is a good time, but we often have these moments and they are becoming monotonous. I don’t have so much attachment to people so I can’t really find someone to tell. I thought about calling my ex and talking as friends, but his phone is off. Please help me – what should I do?Hi Black coco – As I love to point out, you humans have the most complex relationships! We dogs just love or dislike or fear (and hardly ever dislike). And if I like someone and they like me back, we’re good. End of story. That’s not you ... read more
- Marina asks: Ok so I am going through something. It’s so stupid but I don’t know what to do. For about a year me and this guy had something going on. We never made a move because he is black and I’m white and my parents would freak out. We kind of moved on and he has a girlfriend now. We still talk a lot, because we just have this connection. Always making awkward eye contact. Two weeks ago we were both drunk and we kissed. I realized I didn’t care what my parents thought and that I wanted to be with him. Long story short, he said we could be together but just keep it quiet until he sorts things out with his girl. Last night I drunk dialed him and asked him like what now? Like it’s been two weeks? He just said “we can talk tomorrow”. But I haven’t heard a word. I feel hurt and yeah I don’t know what to do?Hi Marina – Well there are two stories here, two very different stories! The first one, about you and a man of a different race getting attracted to each other, but holding off because of your families, is of course as old as storytelling. Romeo and Juliet, ... read more
- adds mguire asks: My boyfriend is a little older than me and is ready for more things than I am. He is very understanding, most of the time. Others not so much. He is sometimes very persistent and wants to do things I’m not ready for. I tried to be nice and try something out that he liked but all it did was end up making me feel distant and violated. He was very apologetic and all he wanted to do was make it up to me. I don’t know if I should voice my feelings or just avoid that situation again.Hi adds mguire – Okay, let’s get your last question out of the way first: As long as he stays your boyfriend, you won’t be able to “avoid that situation.” “That Situation” is called him being interested in you and desiring you, and you can’t avoid it any more ... read more
- sapearl asks: I am 24 years old, in a relationship with a 42-year-old widower (which I am not so comfortable with). I love him but he does not trust my love for him, he fears my family won’t welcome him and I might leave him one day. We have stopped taking to each other for a few days now over a minor issue. Recently my family member has been pressuring me about marriage, so I mentioned my boyfriend to them but they didn’t welcome the ideal since he is a widower. They prefer I meet another guy and get married. I am confused what do I do. I already know my boyfriend’s family, we plan to marry in two years time, and my leaving him would break his heart. Should I get another guy? I can’t even discuss the situation with my boyfriend because we are having some problems.Hi sapearl – My friend, you’re finding yourself in the sort of complex relationship issue we dogs never face. We like someone or we don’t. We might question whether to trust them or not, but our brains just aren’t big enough to have all these competing feelings and ... read more
- Devikas asks: Me and my boyfriend have been in a relationship for more than an year now. He says he is insecure that he doesn’t deserve me. I have tried to make him understand that he does, and he tries to understand, but still that thing is stuck in his head. One thing that we both are sure about is that we love each other. What should I do to make him understand that he deserves me?Hi Devikas – I’m kind of torn by how to feel about this. On one hand, how sad that he feels so undeserving. But on the other, how sweet that he feels you’re so far above him! Shame is a very normal human quality – the belief ... read more
- Leeeee asks: I moved in with my girlfriend and her 2 kids and we applied to buy a house together, but now there are funds that we should pay and we don’t have, so I suggested we wait and save up, and when ready we should apply again, but she disagrees and even told me she will try for the lawyers to remove me from the bond if I’m not willing to sacrifice. That suggestion of her made me wonder a lot! Now I actually doubt the entire buying story, please help I’m lost, am I doing the right thing?Hi Leeeee – Okay, this is one of those questions where I have to deal with the fact that I’m only hearing one side of the story. Maybe your girlfriend has a very different version. But I can only work with what I’ve got. If you’re ... read more
- Shirelle asks: According to you what should today’s children do to improvise their lifestyleHi Shirelle – Thousands of people have joined my pack, but you’re the first to ever have the same name as me! That’s soooo cool! You ask a very interesting question. I’m not sure if you actually meant to ask what children should do to improve their lifestyle, ... read more
- Anoushka.1998 asks: I have been in a relationship for 2 years. And I really love him. But during this time, he once cheated on me and never accepted it. That’s the reason I could never forgive him. Now he has become what he is supposed to be but I have become extremely insecure. I cannot blindly trust him anymore. I always feel that he might leave me or cheat on me again. And I try controlling it, but sometimes I burst out. Now something happened and I kind of blamed him that he is doing this things behind my back. He is extremely hurt. And broke up with me. He has blocked me from everywhere and is shutting me off. I want him back cause I really do love him – what should I do?Hi Anoushka. 1998 – This is always a very difficult situation. It’s hard enough to open yourself up and trust someone when they haven’t done anything wrong, but it’s really hard when they have. Now if there weren’t three particular words in your question, I’d have some ... read more