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The new arrivals are younger than the grandkids he hardly sees.
Bride’s mother wants to discuss why she’s being left out of the big day.
Chatterbox doesn’t seem aware that it’s courteous to ask questions, seek others’ opinions.
Woman is getting anxious about how often she has to host her husband’s hunting buddy and his wife, who don’t contribute at all to mealtimes.
Parent wonders whether to tell the boy why he can’t visit his playmate’s home.
Parent sometimes misses relatives but prefers to avoid their fighting and gossiping.
Woman is feeling sad and takes out frustrations on her husband as hopes for biological children dim.
The wife doesn’t want to let go of person who once spent a four-hour lunch with the couple and never acknowledged the spouse.
To help you see into a woman’s mind, I asked three of my close friends what worked for them.
NFL fans is hurt that friend’s travel is disrupting a long tradition of Sunday bonding.
The dessert was popular in the 1950s and 1960s and supposedly a favorite of Mayor Richard J. Daley. Today, though, only a few Chicago bakeries sell it.
Husband can’t get her attention as she wears earbuds and trades messages with other enthusiasts, all day long.
After six months of guiding her husband through radiation and chemo, she began abusing alcohol and getting angry a lot, and he doesn’t understand why.
Tens of thousands of fans online can’t get enough of the Frannie and Dan love story happening in the Chicago suburb.
Bride is excited about getting wild but knows sexy games and double entendres will make a few conservative friends uncomfortable.
Woman no longer wants to be with man who pays no rent and asks for gambling money.
Of the people who promised to attend a birthday party, 20% didn’t make it, and not always for good reason.