Dear Marilyn, Every year it has been our family tradition to go to my grandmother’s house for Easter dinner. She cooks and bakes and we have many wonderful family memories of Easter […]
Dear Mari: Lend a hand with Easter dinner
Dear Mari: Wife’s business irks him
Dear Marilyn, I have been married for 12 years, and I have three children. I have had a small business, with a partner, for seven years. It has been mildly successful. During […]
Bad boss won’t honor promised raise
Dear Marilyn, I have just recently changed jobs, because my former employer never seemed to appreciate me, or any of the other employees. My best friend still works there. A few months […]
Dear Mari: Daughter with a weight-y issue
Dear Marilyn, As a woman, I hope that you can help me out with this particular problem. I am a 19-year-old girl with a body that is just OK. I have struggled with […]
Wedding showers soak maid of honor
Dear Marilyn, I am the maid of honor in my friend’s upcoming wedding. It is going to be in two months. We have been friends since elementary school. However, in the past […]
She yearns to live in the Big Apple
Dear Marilyn, I come from a very conservative Middle Eastern family, and moving out is totally out of the question. I have been offered a really good job in New York. I can’t […]
Should she keep or quit the far-away job?
Dear Marilyn, I was recently hired to work at a really nice, upscale department store. I had applied for the job several times before they called me for the interview. I was […]
She loves to spend, he can’t spend much
Dear Marilyn, I love to shop online. I do it every day. I don’t know what it is about it, but it is so much fun. I mean, really, you don’t even get […]
Dear Mari: It’s at least one job too many
Dear Marilyn, I am a 22-year-old female, and a resident of Huntington Beach. I am a community college student, and I go to school full time. I also have three part-time jobs. […]
Dear Mari: Liar, liar, your pants on ….
Dear Marilyn, I am a pathological liar, and I don’t know what to do. As a child, my parents always told me that I had quite an imagination, and that I would […]
