Wake Up

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’ve had it with my partner.  She’s been cheating on me for 2 years, thinking I don’t know about it and basically running around town with women half her age.  Doesn’t she know why these women are with her? Doesn’t she know it’s for her money? Could she really be that deep…

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Balancing Act

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m going into my junior year of high school and I’m already stressing out even though it’s more than a week away.  Last year I worked really hard and just managed to get a 3.0 GPA and I hear this year is even going to be tougher.  There is so much pressure…

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The Rules According to Dr. Darcy

Dear Dr. Darcy: I have always been labeled “bi” since high school, but to be honest I have never gone “all the way” with a woman, or even had a relationship with one. Women have always been this exotic creature to look at but never do I get to touch. When it comes to girls…

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A Mother’s Obligation

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m a married woman (for 25 years) in love with another woman. I can’t stop thinking about her. The feelings that I have for her feel like a soul connection.  I am 50 years old and never met anyone in life that I have felt this connected to!   I can’t even…

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Letting Go of Anger

Dear Dr. Darcy: How do I cope with feelings of resentment towards my husband? I feel like I love him and would be miserable to divorce him but even when we are doing well I have an underlying anger towards him because I can’t seem to get past issues and feel closure. ANSWER You can’t…

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Big Problems

Dear Dr. Darcy: My 10-year old daughter just went to the doctor for a checkup so that she can play her sport at school.  The doctor told me that she is roughly 50 pounds overweight.  Food has been a big issue with her since she was a toddler.  She and I have fought over this…

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Abandoned For Abandoning

I left my husband and 3 kids 15 years ago and came out… I never intended to “leave” my kids, just move out of the house and always be around for them, but to get to a point in my life where I could get custody of them. It was mutual between my x-husband and…

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Making Peace With My Bully

Welcome to Format Free Fridays, the one day a week when I break the format of answering your questions and I dispense that which we rarely welcome in life: Unsolicited advice. Earlier this week someone posted the equivalent of “hello” on my Facebook wall.  Nothing unusual, except this person referenced knowing me from high school,…

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