Dear Meredith, I'm happily engaged but in an unusual situation. My family hasn't met my fiancé. For background, I met him one and a half years ago. He is the most reliable, loyal, and kind person imaginable. He is not…

I don't want to risk losing our trust, respect, and special bond to demand something more serious.

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'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…

I pray about this all the time, but my heart is broken.

I know the grass isn't always greener, but I don't think that's what I'm dealing with here.

I don't know if I should stick with him. I really do love him.

It's leaving me drained, exhausted, and very much alone.

Right before I gave birth, I found out he was cheating on me, both with the mother of his first child and with a random girl he had met a few years prior to knowing me.

We can only see each other for a couple of hours every other day.

Meredith, For the sake of anonymity, let's call him X. Our grandparents were best friends back in the day, and pretty much raised our families together. Last year, my family flew out for an event of his family’s. X and…

My extended family is constantly making remarks about how I am too young, that I should be saving for a mortgage, and that once I get married I won't be able to do anything.

It escalated to where he just decided to cancel his request. Saying that I'm prioritizing my mom over him.

Two weeks ago, though, I asked him if he was truly ready to have a baby. He said no.

My mom is upset with me because she thinks I've said nasty things about her to him.

She expects us not to do anything of a sexual nature unless it's at night when she’s asleep or when she isn't at home.

I have been with my boyfriend for four years. I have two children from a prior marriage. He has two children from different relationships. I recently discovered that he has been venting to one of the mothers of his children…

There has been no affair, no abuse, no addiction issues.

How many sacrifices do you make because when things are amazing, they are amazing?

... he had been telling me that he was getting divorced, so I stopped taking my birth control

I pray that someone creates a dating app for people who are seriously not into having children.

I don't know how to bring this relationship back to us as the focal point.

He loves his kids very much, and whenever he misses a scheduled day with them (because of his business travel) he swaps it with “my” days by giving me notice.

But he doesn't want to lose his sister or father in the process, nor does he want his mother's irrational tirades to ruin our future together.

How should I approach this?