My husband and I have always had a peaceful, harmonious relationship. Always - until now.
Relationship advice: Since COVID-19 and quarantine came along, things have been different.
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Working from home and caring for 2 kids during the pandemic is driving my marriage over the edge
Relationship advice: "When we’re done with work for the day, the kids and chores need attention. Once we finally stop moving for the night, we’re both pretty much just on our phones or watching TV."
Now that we’re working from home, my boyfriend can’t seem to stop chatting online with his flirty co-worker
Relationship advice: My boyfriend says I’m freaking out for no reason and he’s simply bored and trying to keep connected to work. But they didn’t even talk about work!
How long should I let COVID-19 postpone a breakup that needs to happen?
Relationship advice: “It feels like you can’t break up with someone right now. I think about him having to find a new place to live, being alone and I just feel so guilty. What can I do?”
My wife wants to keep saving like we did during the shutdown, but I’m ready to get back to the things we enjoyed
Relationship advice: My wife said she has realized how much money we can save, and she likes the way we’re living now just fine. I miss our old life and want it back. What can I do?
My boyfriend’s buddies rented our basement apartment. Now it’s like the whole house is their bachelor pad.
Relationship advice: I feel like I have three guy roommates instead of having a home with my partner. My boyfriend said I’m being “mean,” “uptight,” and if I feel like they’re intruding then I need to stand up for myself.
My husband and I can’t seem to agree on whether we’ll stay hunkered down
Relationship advice: I think we should keep doing all we can to distance ourselves and stay home, and he is climbing the walls with boredom and wants us to start going out and doing things again.
I feel like a jerk for noticing, but my girlfriend’s really been letting herself go during quarantine
Relationship advice: I’m trying to be supportive, I know this time is stressful and scary for people, but I miss my cute, active girlfriend and I feel like I am saying all the wrong things.
One roommate is still hunkered down hard, the other wants to start going out again
Advice: “Sally” wants to go out and support businesses and try to get back to normal. “Anne” is concerned about getting sick and doesn’t want to change anything for now.
My girlfriend wants her two best friends to move in so we can ‘quaran-team’ together
Relationship advice: My girlfriend wants her two best friends to move in, but the idea of living with all those women in our small apartment 24/7 – nope!
Because of the virus, my wife wants me to give up my daily runs — and everything else outside
Relationship advice: I will go absolutely nuts if I have to be inside all the time. I need her to trust me and I absolutely need to keep up with my runs. What can I say to get her to calm down?
My boyfriend was furloughed; all he does now is sleep, eat junk food and play games online
Relationship advice: “I miss my hard-working, focused partner, but when I’ve tried to bring it up, and talk about this, he just gets defensive and shuts down.”
Dating app etiquette in a time of quarantine
Relationship advice: Some things have changed dramatically in these past few weeks. Some things shouldn’t change at all.
I’m trying to avoid the pandemic and get work done from home. The problem? Roommates.
Advice: Two of my roommates got laid off. The third works at a grocery store. Our house is chaos.
You got engaged. You set a date. Then there was a pandemic.
Relationship advice: This couple is trying to decide whether to put off the highly anticipated event or go on with a (down-scaled, sanitizer-drenched) ceremony.
My wife wants to move on from our ‘starter home.’ Problem is, I love the place.
Relationship advice: I’ve made great progress on paying off the zero lot line townhouse I bought 10 years ago. But lately, my wife’s been pressuring me to upgrade.
I’ve been working from home for 8 days. The Netflix-and-quarantine life is not that chill.
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I introduced my two best friends and they really hit off. Now they’re hanging out without me.
Advice: I miss my friends and I hate feeling left out. I know I should be bigger than this but I can’t help it, I’m jealous. What can I do?
A lot of what I do at my new job is confidential. My boyfriend wants to hear all about it.
Relationship advice: My boyfriend begs for details about my day and gets mad when I won’t share. He says it would help me unwind but he is ramping up my stress by harassing me about what I do.
An old friend made a pass at me. If I tell my boyfriend he’ll get the wrong idea, but I don’t feel good about hiding it, either.
Advice: I have been dating my boyfriend a year, and he doesn’t even know “Jeff” exists. This seems like a terrible time to tell him as he will get the wrong idea, but now I feel like I am hiding something.