I want him to decide by the end of next year if he wants a relationship with me.

Is it useless to hold onto a connection?

We kept up the texting, and social media exchanges, and even FaceTime, but it all became too much for me.

He blamed himself for the breakup and says he was the selfish one.

Dear Meredith, I have made it almost a whole two years of dating my partner without sending you a letter. Maybe it's the self-isolation or maybe it's Maybelline, but I need your advice. My partner and I dated for a…

I saw him multiple times last week.

I'm 26 and I've known this guy for almost seven years. We were friends for a long time, and then one night about four years ago, we crossed into more-than-friends territory. I thought it was going somewhere but he did…

A coronavirus-related question for you, Meredith. My boyfriend and I ended our relationship two weeks ago. We are both still very much in love with each other, but a few months ago I was offered a job overseas with a…

Hi Meredith, A few months ago, I got out of a relationship. I'd been seeing her for about nine months. We were local for about two, and then she finished grad school and moved out west for a job and…

My boyfriend has been visiting family for several weeks in a Level 2 country (midlevel risk, according to the CDC). His company is asking him to quarantine when he returns, and my company is asking everyone to work from home.…

Hi Meredith, My boyfriend of three years and I broke up before my half-year internship in another country. After I returned, feelings were mutual and we got back together. We were both in a much better place. Unfortunately, by that…

She disclosed this to me on our second date, but also indicated that their relationship has been tumultuous and that they nearly broke up last year.

I have always seen myself as an independent, educated, ambitious young woman and I don't know how to accept the idea of a relationship that would require sacrifice and struggle, even with someone as wonderful as him.

I feel guilty and can't stop thinking about how she is coping.

Hi Meredith, My ex and I were together for three years. We're in our late 20s and early 30s. These were three loving, adventurous, developmental, real years – based in a place where neither of us are from. We lived…

How do I stop feeling like I have a responsibility to warn any of his future girlfriends?

Dear Meredith, I am in my second year of college and currently in a relationship. After a lot of insecurity regarding guys (and lots of hookups that hurt my self-esteem more) I've been so happy to finally have a relationship…

I was so confused because it seemed like things were looking up.

Hi Meredith, I've been dating my boyfriend on and off for about 10 years – sounds like a long time, I know, but there were a few things that put a hold on our relationship. For example, we started a…

I guess I'm just afraid that it will make my heart hurt all over again.

Things feel so magical and confusing and frustrating all at once.

I just feel like I'm being pulled in so many directions.

Hello, My boyfriend and I started dating around mid-March. He's 20 and I'm 19, and it's a same-sex relationship. We met through school. It was an intense relationship that slowly grew over the spring/summer. He was so kind – I…

Here I am in Finland, and I have just been dumped (or not) via FaceTime after an eight-year relationship.

I've been dating a man – who is still married – for one year. We talk, FaceTime, and text multiple times a day. We started talking in August 2018 and began our long-distance relationship that September. During spring break of…