Not many people could juggle graduate school and two jobs.

I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.

The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run.

Interfering, judgmental, and disrespectful mothers-in-law are common complaints.

If you didn't want to be written about, you shouldn't have been born to a writer!

If you think a caregiver has an active substance abuse problem, that person should never be entrusted with your child.

I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who were going through the same experiences I was. I totally understand the appeal of a mature, dashing older man over fellow twenty-somethings who are still figuring things out. And, true, a fling with an older man can be instructive in many ways, and no doubt he finds you attractive.