Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 20,2012

Unlucky in shove

My husband was a heavy-drinking, drug-taking skirt-chaser who worked only sporadically, so I divorced him three years ago. He quit drinking and drugs, renounced skirt chasing, and was constantly profe

Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 13,2012

The son almost never rises

By Amy Alkon

Two years ago, after dating a wonderful lady for a year, I married her and moved in with her. The problem is her 23-year-old son. He lives with us, has never held a job, doesn’t go to school, an

Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 6,2012

Happiest place on girth

By Amy Alkon

I started taking medication that makes me fat – about 80 pounds overweight, which is a lot on a 5’7” female frame. Cutting calories and exercising will not change this, and I cannot

Advice Goddess | Thursday, November 29,2012

Jenny from the blocked

By Amy Alkon

I appreciate that you tell it like it is instead of telling people what they want to hear. I heard you on the radio saying that an online dating site isn’t a very good venue for women over 40 wh

Advice Goddess | Wednesday, November 21,2012

The sorrow and the pretty

By Amy Alkon

Do men in troubled relationships often seek someone to give them a nudge to get out? I often attract these men, some of whom I suspect just want a backup relationship before splitting with the wife. I

Advice Goddess | Thursday, November 15,2012

The way of the nail gun

By Amy Alkon

My boyfriend of four years is a wonderful man who makes me incredibly happy. He was there for me throughout my breast cancer, making me feel sexy, beautiful and loved. I’m 43, divorced five year

Advice Goddess | Thursday, November 8,2012

The call of doodie

By Amy Alkon

Loved your response to the bored-out-of-their-gourds parents of the 1-year-old. I’m three months pregnant and a little worried in the wake of a recent dinner party. There were four sets of new p

Advice Goddess | Thursday, November 1,2012

Four wettings and a funeral

By Amy Alkon

My hubby and I had our first child last year, and we’re so happy and proud to be the creators of the most adorable creature either of us has ever seen, but our marriage is tanking. We aren&rsquo

Advice Goddess | Thursday, October 25,2012

I got spew, Babe

By Amy Alkon

You wrote in your column, “Men, especially, are compelled to ditch what’s chasing them and chase what’s trying to ditch them.” It seems you’re advising that the simple de

Advice Goddess | Wednesday, October 17,2012

Splendor in the grass cuttings

By Amy Alkon

I married a domineering man 20 years my senior. We have two college-age kids. I’ve spent the past 22 years (half my life) navigating his ill-temperedness and high expectations, and my life is of