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Are my standards high or impossible?

I don’t want to settle.

It’s too much work to have sex with my husband

I think we should just stop.

For an international student, dating can be difficult

Any ideas for meeting people and clicking with them?

I’m rarely attracted to people. Am I too picky?

This letter writer was raised with a lot of pressure.

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She wants an open marriage, but she’s worried things won’t work out well

She broke things off, but can’t seem to move on

Three of us are crushing on the same girl. It’s getting weird.

She’s an extrovert. I’m a homebody. How do we make it work?

The women in my boyfriend’s family do all the planning. I don’t want to

He says she means nothing to him

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My boyfriend is the most annoying man in the world

I love him but can’t take our endless bickering anymore.

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My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home

Is remote work the issue?

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I think my husband had a baby with another woman

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An introvert married to an extrovert

It works — but will he slow down?

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We’re depressed about all the recent rain. So we asked a Seattle advice columnist what to do.

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