Karen, I am madly in love with my boyfriend, and I want to be married to him. Here’s my concern: I’ve asked him to stop doing something that bothers me, and he hasn’t done it yet. I’m feeling like I can’t trust him until he does what I’ve asked him to do. ...
Dear Karen, Why is it that I just can’t get my husband to talk about the issues we’re dealing with? Every time I tell him we need to sit down and talk, he either starts joking (which infuriates me!), or he suddenly has to go take care of something he forgot about. ...
Dear Karen, My partner is doing something he shouldn’t be doing, and I don’t support him in the way he’s handling things. He’s being sneaky about it, too, and not telling me what he’s up to. I want to figure out how to get him to stop doing this stuff that I don’t...
Dear Karen, I am at the end of my rope. My husband is coming home at the end of the day in such a bad mood, and he’s taking out all his crap on me. I don’t deserve this, and I’m not going to take it. I know he’s in a new job that is really stressful, but why does...