Dear Julie: “How Can I Tell My Best Friend She’s a Third Wheel?”
DAME’s Friendkeeper gets a woman more QT with her fam, and helps another who’s stuck between her daughter and a possessive dog.
Marriage
Can True Love Transcend Sweatpants?
A writer reflects on her history of love and loss after actress Eva Mendes, wife of the highly desirable Ryan Gosling, declares that fleece sounds the death knell to marriage.
This Is What It’s Like to Be 90
The good news: The secret to longevity doesn't involve eating raw eggs or porridge or even avoiding men. The less good news, says this children's book author: Getting older is kind of weird.
“Fifty Shades” Whips Female Desire Out of the Picture
Raw brutes like Marlon Brando in “Streetcar” and “Last Tango in Paris” fetishized abuse too. But the women, unlike Anastasia Steele, were bucking societal norms by way of the bedroom.
How Much Can a Marriage Take?
The honeymoon may be over for this writer and her husband. But, inspired by the resiliency of her parents’ union, they rediscover their love for each other in unexpected places.
Dear Julie: “I’m Stuck In the Middle” + “My Friend’s Breastfeeding Bothers Me”
DAME’s Friendkeeper’s got advice for a woman playing therapist to her married besties, and another who can’t deal with her pal’s boobs in public.
I Think I May Be Having a Mid-Life Crisis
We’re well acquainted with the image of the gray-haired man trading in his spouse for a younger model. But what does the upheaval of middle age look like for women?
Dear Julie: Advice About Smack Talkers and Too-Social Butterflies
DAME’s Friendkeeper tells a new student how to shut down some naysayers and helps another salvage her relationship with an annoyingly popular pal.
My Husband Won’t Have Sex With Me
After 15 years and two kids together, the writer just wants to be desired. Is that so wrong?