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I Want To be Heard, Understood and Supported

Question: Dear Luise: Thanks for reading this. I am a 19 year-old college student, and while these years in study are supposed to be the best of your life, they couldn’t be more of a hell for me. My relationship with my mother has never been worse — And I don’t know how much more [...]

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Can He Tell

Question: i am 21 years old. i have done sex with my boyfriend last 6 months ago. that was my first sex but now we broke up. and now  i m getting married with some one else. so i want to 2 know if my hubby will able to tell about my past sex? and [...]

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How Do I Go Through This

Question: Dear Luise: I have a probably odd question. I moved in with my now husband when I turned 18. I moved in with them because of issues I had with my own mother and family. I grew up with his family, and honestly I’ve seen them as my family more than the words “in-law”. [...]

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Neither Answer Sounds Right

Question: Dear Luise: I know you get many pleas for advice from people with overprotective parents. Mine is the same. I’m a 22 yr old girl from a small east asian country. As a child i was heavily protected by my mom; NO to sports, friends, going out of the house, boyfriends, the usual. My mom [...]

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Why Am I Laughed At?

Question: Dear Luise: I can’t believe I’m writing this but I’m not speaking with anyone about my feelings and as I’ve found myself in this mood now I’d better continue quickly. I’m 48, and I’ve lost my mother eight months ago after a long illness. She’s been riddled with arthritis for almost half her life. [...]

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I Can’t Stop Crying

Question: Dear Luise: I have two children, a boy and girl. My son hasn’t spoken to me in almost 20 years and I don’t know why. I tried to write, call, email everything you can think of but he wants nothing to do with me. He’s 37 now, with a family of his own and [...]

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What Should I Say To Her?

Question: Dear Luise: I am a mother of 5 children. 1 is only 8 years old the others are all grown up. My husband does not live with me and I am basically living without work hoping he sends me money. One of my grown daughters has 3 children of her own. They are close in [...]

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Why Is My Mom Being A Huge Problem?

Question: Dear Luise: It is hard to know were to start! I am fighting with my mom all of the time! I’m 27years old and my first born is 6 1/2months. me and my boyfreind moved two hours away so he can find better work and did. Every year my moms side of the family [...]

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