Dear Meredith, I'm a bisexual woman in my first long-term relationship with my boyfriend of one year. I recently reconnected with an old friend from high school whom I had an intense crush on during my senior year. She ended…

I know we are in COVID-19 times, but I do still hang out with particular friends when I know they're healthy. While hanging out at my friend's apartment back in May, I met this guy I'll call Romeo. We hit…

He said and did all the right things to make me think we were on the same page.

Meredith, My boyfriend and I have been together for a while now. We make each other extremely happy. We love and care for each other and it's just like a good relationship should be. However, my mum keeps saying "don't…

My problem is that now I keep thinking about things he told me – moments I’m now angry about, and I want to confront him. But is it worth it if this are already over?

I looked in his glove compartment and found a checkbook with two names on it.

I love him and I don’t want to lose him.

His reasons for still being active on the apps is that he wants to make sure what we have is real and if it will be substantial for a long-term relationship.

Read a letter from someone who compares her new boyfriend to her ex. Will this relationship last? Is it just COVID-19 companionship?

I want to be married. I want advance-directive-type security.

My greatest fear is that I'll have wasted my time waiting for a guy who doesn't want to marry me – that I'll be 35 and left single and devastated.

He seems to drift in whenever we are closer geographically, or recently because COVID has everyone a little more bored than usual.

Dear Meredith, I have been dating a guy for just about six months. I can't even put into words how amazing the relationship is. We started our dating relationship during the height of COVID, so we built a strong connection…

I feel like each of them has a hold on each of my arms and they're constantly pulling me in each direction.

I can let go of the feeling of how incredible things were between us.

Is it reasonable to ask for exclusivity earlier in the game than usual given the pandemic?

Is there some sort of sexy-voice-modulator I missed the memo on?

Why do I keep putting all this energy into people who do not want the same thing?

I am so worried that if I tell him my feelings, it will have negative consequences with my children and their friend.

A few days later, we had our third date, and she stayed over. We saw each other again the next night.

Dear Meredith, I used to live in Massachusetts but moved halfway across the country. The reason I moved to this new place was that it seemed more fitting of my lifestyle and might encourage healthy romantic connections. However, that hasn't…

After these disappointments, I now want to stop making deliberate efforts to meet women.

Not just sexts, but actual plans to meet up for sex that never seemed to pan out.

I'm not sure I'm ready to take the leap – but I don't know how to tell him that.

My counselor says I can keep this man as a "boy toy" while I continue to look for someone I want.