When “I’m Sorry” Isn’t Enough

Q

Dear Dr. Darcy:
Is there a right way to apologize to someone?  I fucked up, she’s mad, and the words “I’m sorry” are not going to make her feel any better 🙁

A

Short and to the point.  I love that my title is almost as long as your question, which, by the way, is a brilliant one.

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My jealous boyfriend won’t forgive me

My boyfriend of 3 years is the jealous type and sometimes takes it too far. A month ago, he went through my phone and came across a chat with a friend of the other gender, with whom he was already apprehensive with. The chat was purely platonic but [contained] a bit of humor and when it took [an inappropriate] turn, [I] discontinued it. Now it’s a month later, i’ve apologized every way i know how and he is brushing me off and being cold and distant toward me, not to mention about two weeks ago i found compromising chats on his phone too from two ladies. I let him go, eventually because of the lack of response. Was I right in [breaking up] with him?

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Just turned 30 and still single

Q

Hi Darcy, I’m a straight female about to turn 30 this year and I’m the only member of my group of friends who’s not in a relationship.  Most of them are engaged or married and some are getting pregnant. And then there’s me. Forever single.

I feel like I’m getting left behind and at a different life stage than everyone else. I don’t know why finding someone seems to be impossible for me and seemingly easy for everyone else. 

Do I just need to accept that I’ll be single forever? 

A

No. You most certainly do not have to accept that you’ll be single forever. 

That said…

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How soon is too soon to move in?

Q

I want to move in with my boyfriend. We’ve been dating 8 months and my lease is up in 5 weeks. He doesn’t think we’ve dated long enough but if we don’t move in now, we’ll be dating at least another year before my new lease is up. It really feels like he’s just stalling.  There are so many legitimate reasons to do this now. Why should we be paying 2 rents for another year if moving in together is inevitable?

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Things I got wrong in 2019

In an era where abdicating responsibility for one’s mistakes has become the norm, I’ve decided to ponder those I made in 2019 – if for no other reason than to buck the trend. 

And since my tendency to drill down to a molecular level could result in this looking less like a blog and more like a novella of self-flagellation, I’m sticking to big categories in the hope of identifying big takeaways – for both of us.  

What follows is an incomplete list of the biggest mistakes I’ve made in 2019:

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