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Love Letters

After a good start, she ghosted me

Two days of no texting turned into a week.

I’m bored with everything, including my marriage. Is it a midlife crisis?

Lately, I’ve been wondering if there could be something better out there.

Ah, those opportunity costs

A portrait of two daters in their 20s — Jackie in Chicago, and Nick in Washington. Both of them have been on lots of dates; Nick went on 46 last year alone. When you date this much, the expenses add up quickly. What happens when the bill comes — who pays? And is it all worth it?

Talking to my first love again (but I’m married)

“I don’t want to leave my husband ... but I have romantic feelings for this man.”

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She wants an open marriage, but she’s worried things won’t work out well

She broke things off, but can’t seem to move on

Three of us are crushing on the same girl. It’s getting weird.

She’s an extrovert. I’m a homebody. How do we make it work?

The women in my boyfriend’s family do all the planning. I don’t want to

He says she means nothing to him

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What was he up to?

An ex from high school reached out ... but for what?

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My girlfriend does nothing to help

Now I have health problems.

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No one measures up to my former fiancée

“I felt she was perfect because she didn’t have any kids and had not been married previously. Us single guys like to call that no baggage.”

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I give these people my all

“I don’t know if I’m the problem.”

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It fizzled … again

“Is such behavior normal in men nowadays?”

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My marriage is a big personal void

But I stay for the kids.

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My boyfriend’s ex won’t let me meet their children

He asked me if I’d be willing to be with him even if it meant never meeting his kids.

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Whose turn is it?

Two working spouses — writer Kara Baskin and psychologist Sadé Soares — talk about how they and their partners have navigated money, ambition, career, and sacrifice. How do people combine finances, lives, and priorities without losing out or getting resentful?