Dear Steve and Shirley, I have been with my boyfriend for eleven years and he?s eleven years younger than I am. When we met, I had two children from a previous marriage and he said he always wanted to have his own child with me. Well, we never got around to having children together and now I can?t have kids. I suspected that women his age would eventually get his attention, but I never expected him to cheat on me multiple times...................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I've been divorced for four years and my 7 year old child is caught up in a dysfunctional mess with me and my ex-husband. After my divorce, I found out that my older sister was having an affair with my husband. Throughout the divorce, she was my rock and I turned to her for advice, since she?d been divorced 3 times. All of the signs were there that they could have been messing around, but I was going thru hell, so I didn?t notice...............

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m 47 and I?ve been dating a man that is married to a woman with a very nasty personality and she is ugly inside and out. I went to college with her and she had a few fights with women over her boyfriend back then. She has made my current boyfriend miserable for 12 years and they are finally getting a divorce. Since I?ve been dating her husband, I see that he?s being bullied by her. I didn?t want to believe it at first but she talks to him like he?s a weakling and he won?t say anything to her because she hits below the belt............................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I have a 4 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. We also have two small dogs. We got one for my son and he didn?t want to share with our daughter, so my husband went and bought her a dog too. We are happy with our little family but we are consumed with household chores and taking care of our children and pets. I work out after work so my husband takes the children and the dogs to the park down from our house.....................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I are headed towards a divorce if he doesn?t stop lying to me and playing me for a fool. I work the third shift as a dispatcher but I make sure our children are ready for bed before I leave. I think I?m a great mom and an even better wife, so I get offended when my husband acts like I am falling short on my wifely duties........................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 58 year old pastor and I?m single. My wife of 25 years cheated on me in my own house so it was a major embarrassment to me and my church. We tried to work it out but after a few months of another pastor counseling us, she let it be known that she was not interested in staying with me. It was a double whammy because she also left town right after she told me she didn?t want me. My life is at a standstill because she doesn?t want a divorce.........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 38 year old single woman and I?ve been dating a man that is 36 years old. We have ups and downs because I feel like he is in love with his grandmother. She is not really his grandmother but she definitely could be. They used to mess around before we started dating and she was more or less a sugar mama. She has got to be 70 but she?s a personal trainer and her body is in tip top shape..........................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m 30 years old and in the past 2 years, I?ve had 4 relationships that didn?t last over a few weeks. When I meet these guys, everything is great for a while and then it goes south because they can?t be monogamous. The last guy I dated is a nerd so I figured he would be more settled. He?s 34 with no children and he?s never been married. I found out last week that he loves the strip club......................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m divorced and dating again. I have a special friend that is in a complicated marriage and I slipped up and had sex with him a few weeks ago. Since then, he has been hooked on me and he slides by my house whenever he can. We have unbelievable chemistry in the bedroom but I still try to keep everything in perspective because he is married and I know his wife.........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?ve been married to my best friend for a very long time. He and I do everything together since we retired this year. We have 2 daughters and we visit them often because our oldest daughter just had her first baby with her husband and our youngest is getting ready for her wedding next year. We can not stand this guy she?s marrying, but we?d never tell her..................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 33 year old recently single woman and I was in a tumultuous relationship with a wimpy man. We?ve been on again, off again and he?s inconsolable whenever we are apart. We broke up over the way he washed the dishes and he?s been calling me non-stop to plead his case. He?s called my mom crying and she wants me to get back with him so she can get out of our drama. This man is 40 years old and very set in his ways.....................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m in my early thirties and I?m eager to meet a nice man and settle down one day. But in meantime and in-between time, I was keeping myself entertained in online chat rooms and online dating. I met a man that I paired perfectly with and his profile said he was 6?2? and athletic. His picture was nice but not really my type. We started chatting offline and would stay on the phone for hours....................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I was released from state prison a few months ago. While in prison for 23 months, I thought my girlfriend had my back and we?d get married when I came home. Boy was I wrong and I came home to a situation that was worse than prison. I was released to my own home, with my girlfriend, who has been staying in my home while I was in prison. It was supposed to be a joyous homecoming, but instead, I walked into hell........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?ve been dating a very handsome and physically fit man for 2 years and we?ve reached a roadblock in our relationship. He?s never been married and he doesn?t have any children. When we met, he was glad I had children because he didn?t want any. He loves my children and treats them well so that made me love him more. I had a child when I was 16 years old and another when I was 17...........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m 58 and on my second marriage to a man that I only knew 7 months before we got married. He swept me off my feet after I met him at church. We actually met online but we agreed to have our first face to face encounter at church. We spent that entire first day together and into the night. He said he was an expert on beautiful souls and mine was the brightest he?d seen in years....................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I are both 28 years old and we have a 2 year old daughter. He?s white and I?m black. He is a semi-pro athlete and we live in a nice community of young couples. I work in hospital administration and we met when he came to speak to our pediatrics unit. We will be married a year in December, if we make it, because my husband really showed out this summer.......................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m in a relationship with a man that is a contributor on our local news. He?s also an auctioneer at an auto auction. He makes all of his money by talking. Whenever we go to dinner or anywhere out in public, he holds a conversation with others and I?m standing there nudging him to leave folks alone. All during my reality shows, he asks me who is who and why the people act like that...........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I am married to a die-hard football fan and we met in college. We went to an HBCU and for years, we have tailgated with friends and family before the home games. I had a minor surgery so I had to miss the first home game. When we tailgate, we take our RV to the stadium, hook our deep fryer and our grill and get to cooking early in the morning. It?s what we do........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a wife and a mother of 2 young kids. I worked full-time and I taught an evening class at the college in my town. A friend?s husband works at the college and he hooked me up with the job. I planned to teach full-time at the school, so I quit my other job. But after a strange turn of events, I am jobless and in hot water with my husband................................................

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Dear Shirley and Steve I am a successful 34 year old married man and I love my wife, but I?m miserable at home. My wife and I met just before Covid and we?ve been married for a year. Our marriage was great until recently and it?s because of my 28 year old stepson that won?t move out of our home. My wife is sixteen years older than I am. When we met, her man child was living with her and she told me it was a temporary arrangement, only during the pandemic...................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 47 year old woman and I?m with a man that is out of my league. Don?t get me wrong, I have a great job and I?m educated but my past is sketchy. He?s a surgeon and his daughter just finished medical school. He?s been divorced for 6 years and he?s ready to settle down with me. We met on a site for professional singles and we?ve been dating for almost a year. I?ve never been married but I worked as an escort and lived with a man for 14 years.........................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 46 year old married woman and I am having an affair with my pastor. He?s new to our city so I was chosen to show him around and help him get acclimated. He?s a married man with 2 children but his wife and children decided to stay put until their oldest daughter graduated high school. So, he was new in town and bored out of his mind. We started hanging out a lot and he let his guard down with me. I found out he uses profanity, drinks alcohol and smokes weed when he?s around his fraternity brothers.....................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I grew up in a two-parent home and both of my parents earned college degrees and worked hard to provide a good life for me and my siblings. I have a college degree as well and I?ve been married for over 20 years to a great woman and we have two teenagers. My teenagers are well mannered and really smart kids. So, here?s my problem? I met my wife in college and fell in love with her, but I can not stand her family.............

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 31 year old single female and I just broke up with my boyfriend after 2 years of dating. I gave him all I could in our 2 years of dating and he didn?t show up for me in a way that proved to me that he wanted to get married. He kept on going to the club and hanging out in the strip club. I couldn?t get him to spend time with me on the weekends and I was done with fighting for his attention..........................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 52 year old married woman but my husband and I have been at odds for a few years because he is a cheater. I never caught him but all of his mannerisms changed and we stopped being intimate. The arguments got so bad that I stopped talking to him altogether and focused more on my kids and my promotion at work.............................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m 30 and my fiancé is 28 years old. We have been together 2 years and he proposed 3 months ago. I?ve held out on intimacy with him until l got a commitment and he did not have a problem with that. The night that I got the ring, I gave in and we had sex that night. It was not what I expected at all. I?d seen him naked a million times and I knew what he was working with, but I had no idea if he knew what to do with it.............................................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 60 year old single mother. My son is 32 and he has been a single father since his first wife passed away 4 years ago. My granddaughter is 14 years old and she?s with me during the week and she goes back to her dad?s house on the weekend. My son has started back dating and he wants to be married again. He says he doesn?t function well as a single man..............................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 53-year-old single female and I?ve been casually dating a man for 3 years. His wife died 6 years ago and he?s a single dad, raising a daughter. He lives in my complex and when we met, we instantly clicked and started dating. After a few months of dating, he told me he wanted to take a break so he could focus on his daughter. That was 3 years ago and I showed support by cooking for him occasionally and showing up at some of his daughter?s basketball games..............

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?ve been dating a musician for almost 2 years and he?s so different from anyone I?ve ever dated. We met at an engagement party and the bride-to-be begged me to give him a chance. He is a black hippie that sings R&B cover songs. Wrap your mind around that. He has a 3 piece band, all females. He had the most beautiful smile and I was attracted to his fluffy beard so I decided to give him a try.......................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m 33 years old and single. My uncle is like a father to me and he helped my mother raise me. He is a sweetheart of a man and he loves the Lord. He?s active in his church and he will help anyone that needs him. He?s worked all of his life and he?s got a little fortune saved up. He is 58 and he has never been married, so he was anxious to settle down...............................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley,  I met and older guy and I was attracted to him, but played hard to get. He begged me for a first date and I eventually agreed to go out with him. He asked to pick him up and I didn?t think much about it since his house was on the way to the restaurant. When I got to the house, he came out and so did a much older lady. He got in my car and told me that was his mom and that he lived with her?.........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I am 36 years old and I?ve been in a great relationship for 4 years. A year ago, I noticed a change in my man and changes in our sex life. If I initiated sex, he made up excuses like he has acid reflux and he?s scared sex might give him a heart attack. Then I saw a text on his phone that said, ?I love you too.? I asked about it and he said he texted her some relationship advice and was only responding to her...................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 41 year old entrepreneur and I own a brokerage firm. I?m dating a 40 year old former pro athlete and we met 3 years ago. He is a coach and he owns a laundromat. I have my own house and he has his house. I was driving a small sports car when I met him and he suggested I get an SUV for all of my yard signs and stuff for my business..........................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m a 57 year old married woman but I?m at my wits end with my husband. He?s ex-military and wants me to do everything his way. We have been married for 22 years but since he?s retired, his full-time job is controlling me and the kids. I have always been the brains and the breadwinner of our family and I think that bothers him now that he has nothing to do daily....................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?ve been dating a 42 year old man for a while and his sister is one of my old acquaintances from college. I don?t use the word ?friend? to describe her because she?s done a lot of shady stuff lately. She introduced me to her brother and he initiated our relationship. At first, he was dating someone else and his sister made sure I knew it. She said she loves his ex-girlfriend but didn?t want her dating her brother..................................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley,  I'm a 33 year old single female and I was dating a 35 year old man that ghosted me.  We met and it was like no one else existed in our lives.  We went on a trip two weeks after we started dating and he spoiled me and I spoiled him.  He was at my house or I was at his house every night.  He was the best lover and that deepened our connection............................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?ve been married for 23 years and my wife is very set in her ways. I listen to you all the time and I want your opinion on how to keep the spice in my marriage. Everything about my wife is old school and she doesn?t like change. We have not bought new furniture in 15 years and when I tried to redo my man cave, she got her sister?s old couch and recliner and had it in the basement when I got home one day........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley,  I am a 52 year old female and I am dating a 60 year old young man.  We clicked instantly and we have been together for two months.  I may have been too forward with him after the first few dates because I wanted to rub and feel on him to see what he was working with.  I hugged him tightly one day and it felt like he was wearing a back brace.  I decided not to ask him about it right then..................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband and I have been married for 14 years and we?re hanging on by a thread. We have two children and sometimes I wonder if that?s why he stays with me. We never talk about our problems. Things have happened in our marriage that would make a normal couple split up, but we?re not normal. At our wedding, one of his exes showed up and cried loudly while we said our vows. She was escorted out and he apologized to me on the altar..............................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m married and in my mid-forties and my husband turns 40 in a month. He decided he was going to have a guys? weekend in Mexico and then he would come back and we would celebrate together with a small group of our friends. He got his little plans together and I was watching all of the emails going back and forth........................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I?m writing for my brother because he is too upset to do it for himself. My brother is 38 and his wife is 35 and she has planned a trip for Labor Day with two girlfriends and a guy that has been her friend since they were 18 years old. This guy was married before and he has one child. Now he?s no longer dating women..................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, you two are very fashionable, so I need your advice on how to talk to my husband. He seems to be going through a midlife crisis or something similar. We?re both 56 years old and been married since we were 30. We did get married so I could become a U.S. citizen, but we were in love. I met him when he was stationed in my country and we both had a lot of growing up to do. He was never trendy or fashionable because he wore a uniform to work until he retired recently........................................

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Dear Steve and Shirley, my husband is 76 years old and I?m 60. I worked with his daughter years ago and that?s how we met. When we started dating, he loved having a much younger woman on his arm, but as he gets older, he?s getting more paranoid and asked if I would ever leave him for a man my age. I took my wedding vows seriously and he knows I love him, but he?s on my last nerve..............................

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