Dear Samantha, I’ve been involved in four or five relationships during the past three years, and a couple of them lasted about six months. In every instance, however, the men have had bad personality characteristics. This results in conflict, ultimately followed by a breakup, which causes me great heartache. How can I identify potentially bad…
DEAR SAMANTHA: “I’ve dated this lady for 2 ½ years and have loved her for a long time. I believe she is to be my future mate, but she doesn’t seem so sure. How long do I wait before moving on? I’m not getting any younger you know!” —WAITING WILLIAM DEAR William: Sometimes I think…
DEAR SAMANTHA: “I have a life-long childhood friend that has become so bitter since her divorce. I don’t feel I can abandon her now, but it’s been three years and she still wants to spend endless hours rehashing all the wrong things that were done to her. She just drains the energy right out of…
Dear Samantha, It never occurred to me that I would be writing to an advice columnist, but I’m not sure where else to turn. I need advice, but I don’t really want my friends or people at church to know about my problem. I am engaged to a man I dearly love. The problem is…
Dear Samantha, I’m rather new at the “dating game.” I’ve only been divorced for about six months and I was married to my college sweetheart. We met as freshmen and married right after college graduation, consequently, I really didn’t date a variety of women all that much.. Twenty-seven years and two children later has made…
Dear Samantha, Where are people’s manners these days? Sometimes I can’t figure women out! I was recently introduced by some mutual friends to a woman I really like. Our first date was at a coffee shop. We ended up staying a long time, laughing, finding we had lots in common, and we agreed we wanted…
Dear Samantha, I’ve been dating this wonderful man for a few months, but I have a dilemma. My friend didn’t invite me to spend any of the holidays with his family: two grown children—a son and a married daughter with three children whom he adores. As he didn’t introduce me or invite me to join…
Dear Samantha, I’ve been single quite a few years now and, thankfully, have friends of both sexes. I have a wonderful job. I am slender, quite tall, and I like to wear heels, so I prefer to date taller men. Recently I went out with a man who is very nice, but he is only…
