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GET OUT. Others here have given really good advice which I won't repeat. Simply put, she's manipulating you to do what she wants. Things will NOT get better over time. WRT your concerns about th …

What has changed? Are the reasons for the breakup resolved? If very little is different, then a relationship that has ended stands little chance of restarting. It is difficult to have feelings that …

Overthinking is usually caused by two factors: insecurity and improper focus. It sounds like both are going on here. Let's deal with the focus question first, because that's harder. There gets to …

If it were a friend, I'd say one thing. Given that this is your wife, with whom you are committed over the long haul, options dwindle. First of all, she needs to want to make the change. If she doe …

I'm going to challenge your question a little bit before I submit an answer. In your case, the course of action has been decided. Plans have been made. Everyone has, for good or bad, agreed on what …

I've seen that people tend to go through a grieving process when relationships end. …

What's going on is called "triangulation". In a dispute, sometimes one or both of the parties will attempt to draw a third party into the dispute to make them feel like their position is stronger. O …

What does she like to do? What do you like to do? That's the first starting place I'd choose if I were in the dating pool again. I think that people get weird ideas about dating. A date doesn't ne …

Your challenge, which you have stated (although in not so many words) is a fundamental difference of opinion in how the dishes should be done. You have a more relaxed way of doing dishes; she is more …

I have childless friends, and know people who have miscarried. (And it turns out that miscarriage is actually common - it may be as high as one in 2 pregnancies.) First of all, know that you cannot …

I think you have something else going on here. Reading through this: he agrees to go out, but then is angry about something small. He makes disrespectful demands on your time and then misbehaves wh …

I wound up marrying a woman I was very good friends with, so it's possible. The first thing, though, is for you to realize where you are making mistakes. You can't "make" her view you as less of a fr …

Let's break this into several parts, each of which acknowledges something different. @JeninCode makes a great point - you are both at different places in life. There's nothing wrong with that but it …

I wound up marrying someone I had been friends with for a while, so perhaps my experience can help. Let's start with the risk here. I was worried that if I took things too far, I'd lose years of frien …

The biggest determiner here is: what do YOU want from your relationship with your mother? In the question it sounds like the answer is "none". Getting back with an abuser is a risky exercise at best. …