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Tough Love with Abigail Shrier
An advice column that’s essential in our coddled era. No sugarcoating, no hesitating. Just tough love.
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Tough Love: Is Changing Diapers Women’s Work?
A hands-on dad of four feels emasculated by his brothers-in-law, who fly around the world making deals while their wives look after the kids. Our advice…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: A Woman Says My Husband Assaulted Her
‘Should I respond to her and hear her side of the story? Or is trusting my husband enough?’ asks a happily married mother of three. Our advice columnist…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: How Do I Protect My Kids from My Mom?
A dad of three doesn’t want his alcoholic parents to drive his children around, ever. A soon-to-be mom doesn’t want her mother vaping around the baby…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: My Mom’s Boyfriend Is So Annoying
‘He makes outlandish claims, like that he has cured his own diabetes,’ writes a 42-year-old reader who finds his widowed mom’s boyfriend profoundly…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Am I Wrong to Not Want Kids?
An almost-30-year-old reader writes: ‘Lately I have been wondering if I am making a mistake by deciding not to have kids.’ Our advice columnist weighs…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: My Mom Says Gay Men Can’t Raise Kids
‘I know having two dads is different from a dad and a mom,’ writes a 30-year-old reader, ‘but I’m confident in the life I could provide for my future…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: I Want Kids. My Boyfriend Says He’s Not Ready.
‘He offered to pay for me to freeze my eggs, which we are doing this month,’ writes a female reader. But should she search for a man who’s on her…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Why Does My Husband Ask Me What to Feed the Kids?
A working mom of three wants to know: ‘Why am I still responsible for dinner planning on nights when I’m not even home?’ Our advice columnist weighs in.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Can I Tell My Daughter She’s Fat?
A mom wants to know if she can encourage her mid-20s kid to ‘actively lose weight.’ Our advice columnist weighs in.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: My 38-Year-Old Lives Rent-Free in My Garage
‘How can we get him to become financially independent without alienating him?’ asks a worried father. Our advice columnist weighs in.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Do I Like Being Single Too Much to Fall in Love?
After four years in an unsatisfying relationship, this young woman sees ‘singledom as a complete gift,’ and wants to know: Does she have to settle for a…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: My Son Doesn’t Like When I Visit His Family
‘We try to be very helpful on these visits,’ writes an infuriated grandmother. But her son recently told her they are too long. Our advice columnist…
Abigail Shrier
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