relationship advice

Jennifer in Gloversville writes: I'm 17 years old only child and I was 11 when my mom and dad split up.  I don't have much of a relationship with my mom but I'm very close to my father who I've lived with ever since the divorce. We are really really close and he always says that no matter what, I'm his #1 girl.  W...

Heather in Broadalbin wants to know if she should continue to date her boyfriend because he is super sensitive and cries at everything.

Jane in Canajoharie writes: My boyfriend and I are both in our mid-twenties and have been dating for about a year.  I'm catching him in little lies and here and there and I think he's got a problem, and now it's becoming our problem.  La...

Liam in Rotterdam writes:   My wife and I have been married for 13 years and have a wonderful family filled with love and laughter, two kids and a dog but as you can imagine, it's a handful.  Our kids,  ages 9 and 12, are at the age where we're constantly running around and most weeks we can't even see straight yet my wife has been really pushing for a third kids.  Financially ...

Ashley in Clifton Park writes: My husband refuses to get the vaccine and while it never presented itself as a problem before it's becoming one now.  We want to travel and do things as a family, and I really want him to get up to speed with the rest of us.  I'm fully vaccinated as are our two daughters, and he won't.  I respect that has his own views and beliefs on the shot, but I've been trying to

Darryl in West Sand Lake Hey guys looking for a little advice here.  Quick back story:  My girlfriend and I had been dating for 3 years when back in February I asked her to marry me. Luckily for me- and thanks to the pandemic - I proposed to her inside my apartment and not out in public.  Because she said "No."   It wasn't like a "hard no" she explained by it saying that she ju

Jason in Perth writes: My girlfriend and I broke up last months ago after 2 1/2 years of dating.   Luckily for both of us, it hasn't gotten petty or nasty.  She makes a lot less than I do and so she moved in with 3 other girls in an apartment.  All of our streaming services like Netflix and Hulu and some music accounts are under my name, and the passwords were one's that I created. So here's my qu

Joanne in Castleton wants to know how she can get her husband to loosen up a bit with their spending. She writes: My husband has us on a tight budget but I don't feel like we need to be. We both make good money and have kept our jobs during the pandemic. He also has separate savings account that we use when we go on vacation. That account is doing well because we haven't gone anywhere in over a year. I want to buy some fun things like shoes and maybe some expensive wine that I want to try, but he's being really stingy. How do I get him to loosen up on spending?

Vanessa in Latham writes: I've been dating a guy for a few months and we're the talk of the town. He's 25, pretty successful, no kids, and very handsome.  But something in the back of my mind is telling me to be careful because his reputation is that he's a bit of a "player." Almost every girl warns me about his past which has included having multiple girlfriends at the same time.  I've

Reilley in Clifton Park  writes: This might come off as a big egotistical, but I'm just being truthful.  Something happened during this pandemic where I realized that at age 36, I really want to settle down.  I always had the hardest time in relationships because I found I was simply choosing the wrong men.  They always had to be the most attractive, I cared about their job...all the things that j

Melissa in Saratoga Springs- I have a sister that is 6 years older than I am.   I'm a teacher and she runs some tech company out in California and makes a ton of money compared to me.  Despite living on separate coasts, we're like best friends. I'm writing to you because her generosity is causing me stress .  I'm 6 months pregnant and the father of the baby and I have most of what we need when the

Ben in Rensselaer writes: I'm writing to you asking for a little help on how to be a better partner for my girlfriend who I've been dating for 2 years now. We just started living together a few months ago and it's been a game changer because it's her house, and she has an 8-year-old daughter. Her father hasn't been in her life for years. She's a sweet kid, and we get along great, but now that I'm