Hi Wendi, I am in love with my best friend, who has been married to someone else for a little over a year and a half now. We are both 23 and have been friends for more than 8 years. I was a witness at her marriage. I didn’t tell her about my feelings before…
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Marriage on the Rocks
Hey Wendi, My wife and I have been married for nearly 4 years, but have been together for 7 years. She as of late has told me she has emotionally checked out of our relationship because she feels more like a mom raising me and my son rather than me being a husband. She complains I…
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How Do I Learn Relationship Skills?
(the book I reference is called Getting the Love You Want, by Harville Hendrix Ph.D.)
Dear Wendi –My mother has been living with me, my husband, and my son for three years now. My mom is an alcoholic who won’t admit she has a problem. After a recent incident in which she was drunk, started calling me names, and then pushed and tried to hit my husband when he defended…
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Am I wrong for this?
Hi Wendi, So I’ll try to keep this short and to the point. I was 32 when I met my ex, who was 37 and a single mother. I thought that I’d be open minded about dating her and it went very well. She is the person that I have melded with the best. She…
March 15th 2016 Dear Wendi, My wife and I have been in marrage counseling for the last six monrths. Due to holidays and such I think we had maybe ten sessions. In out last one,a week ago, my wife told me that it was over. She says she loves me but can’t stay married to…
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The wife of a workaholic.
Hey Wendi – Hello from Shanghai! Sometimes when you talk about ‘reverse culture shock’ and raising your kids in another culture I nod in agreement on the bus and no one knows why. Anyway… My husband is a workaholic. He is generally on the road 80% of the time (he does very cool stuff, I’m…
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Mother’s Day
Hi Wendi, My mother is an extremely happy, loving, enthusiastic person. She loves spending time with family and any holiday that celebrates family or a specific family member, like Father’s Day or birthdays. However, when it comes to Mother’s Day or her own birthday, she has a very tough time. She will spend the weeks…
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Making friends
Hi Wendi, I have a hard time making friends. I know that is somewhat normal for adults, but it has been an issue my whole life. Usually, I will meet someone or a group, be friends for a while and then they will disappear or will kick me out of the group. Five years tends…
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Drugs and trust
Dear Therapy Thursday: I’ve been in a situation for a while now I would love some advice with. I’m in a relationship with a girl I have known for many years. I’m almost 10 years older than her. We started dating when she was 23. During her teens she was doing a lot of drugs (pills). When we started…