DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I just moved into my first apartment and have two other roommates. We all get along pretty good, and sometimes hangout together in the living room or on the deck before, durin... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I know that I am not always on time for everything, especially now that I have two kids of my own, but I have a friend who even before we started having families could NEVER m... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My wife and I moved into a house in what was long considered a middle class holdout, surrounded by neighborhoods that have been redeveloped into townhouses and McMansion subdi... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: The man who owns the house across from ours rents out his house, which is divided into three apartments. The place only has at most four or five legal bedrooms, and we’ve coun... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: At first I thought it was my imagination, but now I know it isn’t me. A few times after I got together with my former co-worker and friend, I noticed something went missing fr... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I was told by a mutual friend that a good friend of mine has gotten back together with the boyfriend who cheated on her at least twice, that she knows of, during the last time... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Before breaking up with her boyfriend, my roommate was hardly ever around. Now that they’re done, she barely leaves the apartment, not even to go for a jog, which was always h... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: We bought our house from an elderly couple who rarely used their back yard, and certainly were not at all noisy.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I am a trained carpenter with a day job in a different field, trying to get my woodworking business off the ground. In the past year, I have gained some regular clients and do... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My friend, “Annie”, and I have grandchildren who were born within a few weeks of each other. That’s happened twice now, and while it can be fun comparing notes and boasts, Ann... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: A good friend of mine’s wife had a baby right before my friend deployed. They have a young dog that they had just about housetrained when he left, so I volunteered to help wit... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: We knew going into our new home in an older neighborhood that we shared a driveway with our next-door neighbors. They recently had their half redone in concrete, which we can’... more