DEAR NATALIE: I had a pretty bad divorce and have been living alone now for three years. My friends want me to “get back in the game” but I really don’t know if I ever want to date anyone again. I am ... more
DEAR NATALIE: I appreciate reading your great advice. Now I need some. My husband "Lou" died last month. He left behind a wife (me) and two college-aged kids. He also has a 32-year-old son "Colin" fro... more
DEAR NATALIE: My boyfriend recently had an affair with a co-worker that lasted for maybe a year. I'm not sure of the details because he won't be totally honest with me. I'm hoping that he will eventua... more
DEAR NATALIE: My friend’s wife hit on me the other night. It was just the four of us. My wife loves to cook and she was in the kitchen most of the evening. My friend’s wife drove separately — she was ... more
DEAR NATALIE: I work for a large corporation. My supervisor recently reached out to congratulate me, stating they were nominating me for a prestigious intracompany award. Then they proceeded to tell m... more
DEAR NATALIE: I've spent the last few days depressed, embarrassed and ashamed wishing I could be far away from myself. I'm a manager of a small loan office and pride myself on being able to run a staf... more
DEAR NATALIE: My daughter’s boyfriend is getting ready to propose! We are thrilled for them. He secretly bought her an engagement ring and sent it to our home to look at because I have a jeweler frien... more
DEAR NATALIE: My roommate and I are really close. We share a lot of our clothes and accessories. We love being together and have become great friends over the past three years. But she did something t... more
DEAR NATALIE: My husband’s best friend’s wife has been cheating on him for months. My husband has told me to stay out of it. We found out through friends what was going on, but his best friend has no ... more
DEAR NATALIE: I had a very awkward encounter with friends of ours last weekend at a dinner party. Everyone drank a little too much and my friend -- let’s call her Jane -- pulled me aside to tell me th... more
DEAR NATALIE: I was at an event last week and I met a woman and her fiancé. They seemed like really nice people and so we hung out with them for a while. Well, at one point, the woman went to the ladi... more
DEAR NATALIE: I'm living in rural America and my landlord thinks differently than I do. (Different backgrounds, I think). I’ve gotten a few things wrong in the few years I've lived under their roof. I... more
DEAR NATALIE: I'm 62 years old and I've raised three children. I started in 1980 and my last child left home finally in 2013 when I got married. Mind you, the middle and youngest stayed with us and we... more
DEAR NATALIE: I had an affair with my now-husband five years ago. We were both married to other people at the time and we fell in love when he was separated from his wife. I was not separated from my... more
DEAR NATALIE: I let my sister move in with me during Covid so that she could get back on her feet. She had lost her job and things were challenging financially. But for the past four months, she has b... more