Strays and Scuttlebutts
I started dating a guy and he’s been great and we’re mutually enthralled with each other. The problem is that a friend of a friend knows his Ex and I was told that my new boyfriend is no good. I was told he’s a cheater as well as a more disparaging things. How should I handle this- should I dump him before he hurts me? If a friend of a friend who knows someone who dined at a restaurant and hated it but you really had a great experience there, would you never go back? Ther

Boundaries and Borderlines
I’m still working from home post-shutdown and so is my husband. We have separate work areas in our home thankfully but at all times of the day he’s coming into my space interrupting my work. I’ve tried telling him he needs to leave me alone but he insisted on barging in. How can I make him stop? One might think that running to a home improvement store and purchasing a door lock would do the trick however all you’re going to get is endless knocking. Try talking to him on a

Turtles and Trust Funds
I’ve been dating a guy for six months- we’re the same age but he’s retired and I work. Besides being successful he’s got family money and I do pretty decently as well, but I’m not near ready to give up my career. The problem is that he wants to play all the time and I know he’s getting frustrated that I’m in the office on weekdays. In the six months you’ve been dating you must have achieved some balance between your work and his play- how did you do that? If your relationship

Ringy-Dingy
Over five years ago I dated a guy who dumped me for no reason- and he wasn’t nice about it. Much to my surprise he called me last week and left a voicemail. He wanted me to know that he was diagnosed with cancer and in treatment. He wasn’t sure of his prognosis, but he was sure that he wanted to apologize for the way he handled the breakup. How should I respond to this? Regardless of his current health crisis, it’s obvious that he’s not forgotten his actions toward you and ho
