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  • Spouse May Nix Visit With Son's Absent Dad

    I am married to a wonderful man, and we have a child together. He loves my oldest son like his own and has been in my son’s life since he was 2. After four years, my ex now decides that he wants to see my child and wants me to let my son come over…

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  • I Can't Move On After the Breakup

    I’m at the point of desperation just trying to jolt myself into moving on after my last relationship. I have to get my head into some place other than in his space. I’ve given myself time to get over him and I just can’t. I’ve been giving my number to whoever asks and I’m on…

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  • On Blaming Bobby Brown

    No one ever understood why Whitney Houston married Bobby Brown. Houston was a cultured pop princess with a golden voice, a perfect smile and polished demeanor, spit-shined by a large marketing and public relations machine (the same one she would eventually rage against). When Houston and Brown married in June 1992, she arrived at their…

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  • I Want Valentine's Day Romance Every Day

    I had an amazing Valentine’s Day! My man went overboard with the gifts, affection, attention and love! Can every day be Feb. 14? No, really! I have a great man who loves me hard and I appreciate him, but he’s not as romantic as I would like him to be. How do I keep up…

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  • He's Ditching Me on Valentine's Day

    I made plans for Valentine’s Day with a guy I’ve been dating for more than two months. I agreed to drive up to see him since we live an hour and a half apart and he can’t take off work to visit me because of his new job. Yesterday he tells me that he’s decided…

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  • Sexually Assaulted: Am I to Blame?

    I was sexually assaulted by a guy I’ve been dating for the past three months. We had sex once, but he wanted to do a round 2 without a condom, which I expressed to him I didn’t want. He kept pinning me down and trying to force himself on me. I got away, but I’m…

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  • 2 Great Guys, but I'm Not Interested

    I have two great guys I’ve known for a while who are into me, but I’m not feeling either of them. I just feel guilty that I don’t want to give them a chance when they are such great men. I just don’t like them the way I feel I should for a relationship. What…

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  • I'm Pregnant and His Fiancée Doesn't Know

    I hadn’t seen my ex in a year and a half. I ran into my ex 2 1/2 months ago; I am now 2 1/2 months pregnant. He is very supportive, and we are making plans for names. However, he has not told his fiancée yet. I know it’s hard on him, since none of…

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  • Haiti: Life Beyond the Tent Cities

    I’m standing on the balcony of Hotel Ibo Lele, enjoying an outdoor club in the hills of Haiti. It’s dark and my camera isn’t properly capturing the view of Port-au-Prince below, one that reminds me of the way Los Angeles looks from the poolside at the Mondrian on Sunset. Still, I keep snapping. I want…

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  • My Mate Won't 'Friend' Me on Facebook

    My significant other won’t add me as a friend on Facebook and hasn’t updated his status to reflect that we’re together, even though I’ve changed my status to “In a relationship.” Is this something I should be worried about? What are the rules for couples on Facebook? —T.Y. I’ve often been quoted as saying, “Facebook…

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