Anne was thirty one and Bea twenty nine. Anne tried to sue me for his life insurance and my house (her dad and I bought it together when she was in college). It didn’t pan out. It has been a ...

The problem is, she isn’t following it—at all. It’s kind of become an exercise in what she would change about my house, design ideas that would suit her house but not mine, and making very ...

or do I need to put blinders on until we can afford a bigger house (which might be never)? You do not need to put blinders on—your husband needs to take his off. His weaving loom is obviously ...

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I make low six figures, and he makes about $20,000 to $30,000 less than that. We live in his house with about 10 years left on the mortgage. We’ve talked about getting married, and he is anxious ...

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That said, my husband (her father) and I have some concerns about a house she has recently made an offer on. We live in the same city, and while we have not been heavily involved in the process ...

As a result, ask if you can agree on a general “guest-proofing” of the house in order to minimize any unfortunate future accidents. What would you do if your partner really disliked your child?

She has always been a very giving and proud person—quashing her own desires to look after others, proud of the job she’s done being a stay-at-home mom, proud of having a clean house and chores ...

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