My boyfriend and I got to know each other for months before having sex. (You could've cut the sexual tension with a knife.) And the first time we had sex, we really didn't (if you know what I mean). I ...

DEAR ANNIE: I have been dating my boyfriend for almost eight years. We were high school sweethearts, and we are each other’s first everything, so we’ve only been with each other. I’ve had a guy friend ...

When a child grows up and moves out to go to college, it can be a big adjustment for the child and the parents. The real question is, how is the child to know when a parent is genuinely trying to be ...

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. He’s loving and ...

The woman's boyfriend has continued to be in contact with his 'toxic' ex — even though she cheated on him twice Photodjo/Getty A woman is seeking advice after her boyfriend of six years lent money to ...

A relationship that seemed stable for nearly a year hit a severe snag, leaving one woman seeking advice online. In a post to Reddit, she explained how after nine months together, her partner sent a ...

This column originally ran in 2022. Dear Annie: I’m a 45-year-old woman, and my boyfriend is 36. His family loves me, except for his dad. I don’t know what I have done for him to dislike me. I should ...

"I'm sorry, you're how old?" asked my now boyfriend on our third date. I'd just told him I was 46, and as a result he choked on his Padron peppers. He's 40. The mutual friends who'd set us up hadn't ...

This holiday season, I’ve been navigating some major challenges with my older sister and my boyfriend. The difficulty started last winter, when my boyfriend wanted to buy an investment property in the ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of six years left me five months ago for another woman. We were engaged to be married later this year. After he left, I discovered that for the last two years he had been ...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been living with someone for four years. When we started living together, his son “Byron” was incarcerated. Byron is 33 and has been in trouble since he was 15. His dad keeps bailing ...