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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
Tough Love: My Teenage Daughter Doesn’t Like My Boyfriend
A reader has finally moved on after her husband cheated and left her. ‘The difficulty is my oldest daughter,’ she writes. Our advice columnist weighs…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Can I Marry an Atheist?
A young reader hopes to marry his girlfriend—but she has an ‘adverse’ reaction to God, whereas he’s becoming more religious. Should he say ‘I do’? Our…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: I Love My Grandkids. But I Want to Move Across an Ocean.
A grandmother wants to relocate to ‘the place that allows my soul to sing’—thousands of miles away from her daughters and grandkids. Our advice…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: My Catholic Daughter Is No Longer a Virgin
A father is afraid his 18-year-old is ‘choosing infatuation and sin over love of God.’ Our advice columnist responds.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Can I Fall Back in Love with My Husband?
A wife with three young kids is trying to be grateful for the man she married. She asks our advice columnist: ‘How long do I try?’
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Do I Sever Ties with My Anti-Vax Brother?
A reader is struggling with the ‘unsafe choices’ her brother makes for his kids.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: I Don’t Want My 22-Year-Old to Get Married
A reader thinks her daughter needs to know herself better before committing to a man. Our advice columnist Abigail Shrier responds.
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Do I Work on My Marriage, or Cut My Losses?
An unfaithful husband writes in about wanting to divorce his wife, with whom he shares a toddler.
Abigail Shrier
Nellie Bowles Gets Tough Love from Abigail Shrier
In our inaugural advice column, Abigail Shrier answers: How do you live when you feel like the world is falling apart?
Abigail Shrier
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