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If I die, I want my friends to raise my children: My parents are too old and my siblings are too mired in difficulties. But I'm hesitant to bring up the idea with friends.; By Cary Tennis May 16, 2008
My husband of 12 years suddenly says he never loved me: We've got five children, one only 2 weeks old -- and now he says he wants a divorce.; By Cary Tennis Apr 30, 2008
I should have gone to my aunt's funeral: I could have gone, I should have gone, but I thought about the money and my other plans!; By Cary Tennis Apr 25, 2008
My mother-in-law put a curse on us and spat in my husband's face: I really think we are cursed now, because I am not Greek. How do I remove the curse?; By Cary Tennis Apr 7, 2008
Would you please get out of my swimming pool!: My husband's cousin dives in without asking.; By Cary Tennis Mar 25, 2008
Nothing makes any sense anymore. I'm at the end of my rope: For years I have done my bit to listen, to pretend, to nod in agreement: But now I see this is all meaningless. There is nothing there!; By Cary Tennis Mar 14, 2008
I need a new dream: I put everything I had into the hope of raising children. It isn't going to happen. Now what?; By Cary Tennis Mar 13, 2008
My half-brother locked me in the closet and I think I'm to blame: I am conflicted about who is to blame for my older brother's abuse. I goaded him on. I think I share the blame.; By Cary Tennis Mar 6, 2008
Die, Daddy, die!: After a lifetime of competing with his father, writer David Shields has had enough. But the aged patriarch remains "cussedly, maddeningly alive."; By Louis Bayard Mar 4, 2008
My ex wants our 14-year-old daughter to witness his new wife's childbirth: It irks me to imagine my daughter in the delivery room with her stepmother, but I don't know if I should object.; By Cary Tennis Feb 13, 2008
I'm having a European family feud: Our last visit to my family in Europe erupted in acrimony among the siblings.; By Cary Tennis Feb 11, 2008
I get grossed out when I hear, "I'm a mom!": I'm about to be a mom, actually, but I don't want to just be a mom.; By Cary Tennis Feb 1, 2008
My alcoholic father has a child we never knew about: Way back when, he gave up rights to the child, but now I want to know my half-sibling.; By Cary Tennis Jan 22, 2008
My molester financed my college education: Now I'm depressed and suicidal and very few people know why.; By Cary Tennis Jan 9, 2008
Cops arrested my partner for felony heroin possession: I had no clue she had a problem, but now that she's in rehab I'm feeling strangely relieved!; By Cary Tennis Jan 2, 2008
My married boyfriend's ditching me for Christmas: He's going home to his family without me. Could that be because we're both still hitched?; By Cary Tennis Dec 21, 2007
All I need for Christmas: A big orange and some fresh pine boughs and "Silent Night." A few details bring back a snowy night in Minnesota years ago.; By Garrison Keillor Dec 19, 2007
My dad is a writer -- a very, very bad writer!: He spends every day pounding out novels that make everyone else groan, and he insists that we critique them.; By Cary Tennis Dec 7, 2007
How to explain my husband to my kids?: Their father has some issues. What should I say?; By Cary Tennis Dec 6, 2007
I'm an existential artist. People just don't get me!: How can I go on living in a world where people are so unoriginal?; By Cary Tennis Dec 5, 2007
Should we euthanize the Yorkie?: My grandmother is ill and cannot care for her aging Yorkshire terrier.; By Cary Tennis Nov 28, 2007
Fantasies in black and white: If even most African-Americans believe the black poor are primarily responsible for their own plight, does that make it true?; By James Hannaham Nov 28, 2007
We moved, and now my husband is miserable: My daughter is happy, and I'm doing well, but my husband hates it here, and I don't know what to do.; By Cary Tennis Nov 27, 2007
Now my mother's gone, what do I do?: Is it time to go back to California?; By Cary Tennis Nov 26, 2007
I Like to Watch: "The Amazing Race" and "Notes From the Underbelly" demonstrate that the joys and perils of family are as countless as the dirty dishes piling up in your sink.; By Heather Havrilesky Nov 25, 2007

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