He is ready to leave Alaska so he can find a girlfriend

I'm a man in my early 30s and a lifelong Alaskan. I have a nice condo and a good job that requires intelligence. I love to travel the world and I have many interesting and unique friends. I'm fun, tall, reasonably attractive and in good enough shape to have finished a marathon.

He is worried about girlfriend working on North Slope

My girlfriend is about to start working on the North Slope, and I don't think it's going to work out. She wants more money to pay off her loans and get her finances straightened out, but I don't think she understands the big mistake she's making.

He wants to get back together, but mouth gets in way

I've dated my 3-year-old's father for four years and just recently (in December) decided to move out after living together for a year and a half. However, he is now missing me and wants to get back together with me.

Wanda: Thank you for reading columns and for writing

Maybe it's because this time of year always makes me reflective, but I've been spending quite a bit of time lately thinking about this column, our readers and the people who write in to us with their questions.

Wayne and Wanda serve up some tips for a happy '12

Happy New Year everyone! We hope that 2012 arrives with a happy you. Like many years past, Wanda and I spent 2011 offering advice to unhappy people. Love and happiness are pretty amazing things -- they sold tons of records for Al Green. They're also downright tough -- tough to find, tough to maintain, even tough for many of us to express to others.

Widow wonders about sex, dating in her new world

I am a recent widow and am getting some conflicting ideas about what dating in this day and age is all about. Is it all about hooking up and sex, or is there actually a reasonable expectation that there is conversation and dating before everyone jumps in the sack or wherever people hook up?

Friend spills beans about New Year's Eve party to his date

I was out the other night with a woman I recently started dating, and we bumped into my buddy and his girlfriend. We all talked for a few minutes, and they mentioned how excited they were for my annual New Year's Eve party.

Her best friend married a jerk -- now what?

This year, my best friend married a man no one likes. He's a stoner with zero ambition, and in the two years I've known him he's had five different jobs.

Healthy tanning fanatic worries this boyfriend

I've got the healthiest girlfriend in the world. She eats right, exercises, sleeps well, communicates and is a rock emotionally. The one area she is unhealthy, in my opinion -- and I know you guys hate these "just one thing" letters! -- is that she spends a lot of time in tanning booths.

After 15 years, husband tires of Christmas routine

We've gone to my wife's sister's house for Christmas every year. Her family isn't bad. They drive me a little bit crazy, but that's how it goes with in-laws, I guess.