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DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: A couple my husband and I are friends with since forever recently divorced. It was a sad enough situation, but now things have turned nasty with a custody war starting up over... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My mother-in-law tells me my husband was sleeping through the night by the time he was a month old. He told me he expects that our baby should be able to do that too and that ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: When I started in pharmaceutical sales it was because I thought it was a good use of my BS in biology and I have a desire to help make life better for people. Even my parents ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: When my father got remarried I was happy for him. I only met my new stepmother a few times before the wedding and she seemed OK. My Dad had been alone for years and it seemed ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Just after the first of the year, my neighbor and dear friend’s daughter and son-in-law had a courthouse wedding to save money. They followed it up with a nice family and clos... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: While I was in college my Uncle Pete, who owns his own custom home building company, took me on during my breaks. Then after I graduated he hired me fulltime since I did not h... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: All my 12-year-old grandson keeps asking for for his next birthday is a complete drum set. His dad had one when he was his age and so like father like son, I suppose. And if I... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I turn 14 this May and I have already told my mom I do not want to spend two months with my dad this summer, like I have since I was seven. I want to do band camp and have mor... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: When we bought our home two years ago both sets of our parents said we were making a mistake and buying at a bad time because of the interest rates.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My stepson is ten years older than his dad’s and my son. “Jared” spends every other weekend with us and I really love how much he likes being with “Todd.” Jared, though, has a... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My husband loves shopping for bargains. The trouble is he has a habit of spending too much to save some money. We have stockpiles of stuff in our basement like toothpaste, deo... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Turtle was my cat before Keaton and I moved in together. I buy all Turtle’s food, treats, and most of her toys, pay all her vet bills, feed her, and clean her litterbox.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My uncle has scored some valuable items in the storage lockers he’s bid on at auction. One locker had two jewelry boxes with what turned out to be nearly $7500 in old earrings... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My great-aunt is in her late 70s, but she is surprisingly tech-savvy. What isn’t so good is that she is a news junkie, and the news feeds she likes to follow are not always th... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My parents have never smoked, and all but two of my friends also don’t smoke. So when my in-laws, both smokers, come to visit, all I can smell is cigarette smoke on their clot... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I am 62, active, and in great health. Early last year I slipped on some black ice and ended up falling and getting hurt. The weird thing about it is it was a day above freezin... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I know I’m supposed to practice gratitude as a bunch of people I know keep telling me, and telling me, and telling me. What they don’t tell me is how am I supposed to do that ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My mom and “Davy” have had this on-again-off-again thing going for almost as long as I can remember. Since she and my dad divorced, Davy’s been about the only guy she’s seen m... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My boyfriend convinced me to sell my old car and buy one I could pay off through carsharing.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My cousin is getting married in April and I am so worried he is making the biggest mistake of his life. He is an introverted homebody who is very close to his family and who c... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I am a divorced woman in my late 40s. My child is in college. I am dating a man of similar age and situation. We have had a great, loving relationship for 2.5 years.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I worked literally up to the day our son was born. Before he was born my husband and I looked at our finances and worked out I can take at least a year off from working to be ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I’ve raised a wonderful 22-year-old daughter who is currently out living on her own for the first time. She has gotten a job, hasn’t spent all her money, and has done quite we... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Before he died my grandfather used to show me and my sister the only guitar he kept from his collection he started way back when he was my age. It was an early 1960s Gibson SG... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Because of his neuropathy in his feet Dad can no longer drive, including to doctors’ appointments. He still lives on his own and has an aide who comes in three times a week, b... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I have lived in several multiple roommate homes. I’m a musician and as a rule I prefer to live with other musicians.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I am curious to know from another mother how she would react to coming home from work or being out to find her teenage son in the backyard on a sunny day laying out in the sun... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: With both sets of grandparents retired and living close by, what on earth could have made our daughter and son-in-law hire an au pair?... more