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Kissing The Cobra by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of January 3, 2005 I am currently separated from my husband who is having an affair. We’ve been married four years, and we just bought a condominium. Things were looking hopeful. We’ve had some challenges, including him not working much while [...]
Unpleasant Truths by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of December 27, 2004 My in-laws have continually treated me as a second-class person with respect to my husband, their son. My husband and I both have Ph.D.s, and we both are on the faculty at a research university. He is older, [...]
Future Prediction by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of December 13, 2004 I’m in a long-distance relationship that is five months old; of those five months we have spent a total of 15 days together spread over a two month period. As in all relationships it was wonderful in the [...]
To Thine Own Self by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of December 6, 2004 Someone gave me a bit of advice, and I’m doing my best to get my head wrapped around it, trying to understand and comprehend and translate it into my own life. What does it mean to [...]
I’ll Be Home For Christmas by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of November 29, 2004 I have been married 25 years. We come from completely different backgrounds. I grew up in a large family in a small town, and we were poor. My husband is an only child, privileged, and [...]
Beyond Her Grasp by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of November 22, 2004 I am a woman, 42, who three years ago married a wonderful man who will be 48 on his next birthday. I love him very, very much. The only problem is our sex life is horrible. Pretty [...]
Irreversible by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of November 15, 2004 My husband had two affairs last year. I am pretty confident he is not cheating now, and we are seeing a marriage counselor. He has changed much since I found out what he was doing. He put our property [...]
Why? by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of November 1, 2004 I met Sean a year and a half ago in a crowd of 50,000 people. We struck up a conversation and really hit it off. He gave me his number, which I forgot. I thought about tracking him down, [...]
Second Fiddle by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of October 25, 2004 I have been seeing a married man for the past nine months. He is unhappy but says he is not ready to leave his kids. They have a teenage daughter and a grown son, who is hers from [...]
Friends? by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers – Column for the week of October 18, 2004 I met my friend when we were in graduate school, and we enjoyed hanging out together outside of classes. After receiving our degrees, we both left school to live in different states. That was 10 years ago. We’ve kept [...]