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Jealousy unfoundedSubscriber

Q: My husband's an airline pilot. I trust him, even when he's on layovers, at hotels, and working with female flight attendants. However, it recently came up in conversation that it's fairly routine at the end of flights or layovers for the flight attendants to hug the pilots good-bye.

48 hours to soon to fall in loveSubscriber

Q: I'm involved long-distance (four months) with a man I could easily fall in love with. We've spent only 48 hours together in person due to my work/vacation schedule and illness in his family. But we Skype an hour daily. We plan a two-week get-together soon.

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Q: I broke up with my boyfriend of a year following a fight - he stormed away declaring he was moving out. This is the third time he threatened to leave, following or during a fight. I finally got fed up with the shouting and said I was going to my friend's house and only return when he was gone.

Being a step-mom a thankless but important jobSubscriber

Q: I've been a stepparent for over seven years, but didn't know when I married my husband the necessary relationship with his ex, and how much it affects my relationship with the boys (ages 15 and 17). Their mom struggles with ADHD, which translates into some hoarding tendencies resulting in an ongoing mess, which upsets the boys.

Readers speak about cheatersSubscriber

Q: This girl and I were best friends and had a fallback plan throughout college, that if both of us were still single at 30, we'd marry. We had everything in common, even the number of kids we wanted, where we'd live, etc.

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Q: My sister lives in California, married 20 years to a verbally abusive alcoholic. He's refused to let her work or study. She's ashamed of his addiction. My mother and sister visited several years ago but kept quiet, as they were too shocked.

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Q: My son was a principal partner in a start-up business and after 10 years of very hard work, had the great fortune of being bought out. His share was in the millions. Meanwhile, his sister's struggling financially. She made some bad decisions with her education and her choice of partner, and is now a single mom whom I help support.

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