Question: Hello Luise: I have a good feeling about writing to you about my trust issues. Your answers feel very real to me. I have been married twice. My first husband was unfaithful and left for greener pastures. I’m presently divorcing again because my second husband turned into a control-freak and became mean. A new [...]

Question: Dear Luise: I need a fresh perspective. My boyfriend has physically abused me twice in the last month. He currently lives with me and I have asked him to leave. I want to know if I have made the right decision concerning this pointless relationship. Is that what you’d call it? Why do I [...]

Question: Dear Luise: I’m a 47 year old woman who has never been in a live-in relationship or married. People, sometimes relative strangers, are always asking me why I’m single. Sometimes there is the implied assumption that I haven’t been asked. I’m getting really sick of it! Do you have any suggestions or observations you [...]

Question: Dear Luise: A man I have loved for a very long time has come back into my life. I find that I’m not dealing well with how many female friends he has. We are happy together except for this. I know my insecurity is starting to bother him. Please give me a hand with [...]

Question: Dear Luise: I am a 71 year old, very active widow. I’ve been seeing a widower who lives nearby for over five years. Now he is seeing another woman and says he’d like to “just be friends” with me. She lives in another state, a long way from here. As I understand it, “just [...]