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Ask Ellie: Mom should appreciate adult daughter as she is

Ask Ellie: Mom should appreciate adult daughter as she is

Worrying about a child's well-being is natural, but if they don't want your help, persisting at offering advice can be counter-productive.
Ask Ellie: Relationship-focused resolutions can help turn life around

Ask Ellie: Relationship-focused resolutions can help turn life around

New Year’s resolutions can be a useful tool to help you improve your relationships
Ask Ellie: Use past experiences to avoid smarmy bottom-feeders

Ask Ellie: Use past experiences to avoid smarmy bottom-feeders

Unwanted advances at young age made young woman wary
Ask Ellie: Selfishness at root of relatives' shunning of family

Ask Ellie: Selfishness at root of relatives' shunning of family

Man has paid his debt to society
Ask Ellie: Husband 'embarrassed' by story of wife's Vegas trip at 19

Ask Ellie: Husband 'embarrassed' by story of wife's Vegas trip at 19

Never believe a stranger’s nasty comments about someone you love/trust
Ask Ellie: With 40% divorce rate, leap of faith a factor in all marriages

Ask Ellie: With 40% divorce rate, leap of faith a factor in all marriages

What keeps people together besides romantic love, is shared core values
Ask Ellie: Wife thriving in new job, but husband has other ideas

Ask Ellie: Wife thriving in new job, but husband has other ideas

Many husbands support their wives’ personal and intellectual growth. The ones who don't either don’t “get it,” or dislike that it takes attention away from them
Ask Ellie: Personality differences don't necessarily doom a marriage

Ask Ellie: Personality differences don't necessarily doom a marriage

There are differences in personal nature in almost every couple, and it doesn’t have to mean there’s a disaster looming
Ask Ellie: Mom's past trauma no reason to deny kids COVID-19 vaccine

Ask Ellie: Mom's past trauma no reason to deny kids COVID-19 vaccine

Best chance we have for staying healthy during COVID pandemic is full vaccination status
Ask Ellie: Husband's nurturing side not a sign of secret identity

Ask Ellie: Husband's nurturing side not a sign of secret identity

The question: Could my husband be hiding a side of his sexuality and one day come out as gay or a different gender identity?