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Dear Amy: My live-in boyfriend of four years is selfish, defiant, impatient and impossible to talk to.He instantly puts up his guard, starts yelling and deflecting!I always end up giving up before he rages and confuses me by turning every conversation around.I love him so much. I know he loves me too. But sometimes, I need him to grow up.I have a 15-year-old son. I had my son when I was 22. I was forced to grow up fast.My boyfriend has never lived with a girlfriend before and doesn’t have

Her live-in boyfriend is a drunk, never helpful, rages, and is selfish

Nurturing behavior is actually enabling.

The start of a new year always ushers in a raft of newly released self-help books. Freshly made resolutions and the ‘new year, new you’ mindset drives self-help book sales in January, which is why a veritable library of new titles appear in the ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ section of the book shop at the beginning of the year. To the uninitiated, the self-help genre can appear samey and predictable. The books seem to proclaim the same message: ‘YOU, but better!’ The authors seem to be targe...

Ask Amy: Never play a narcissist’s game by their rules Updated Jan 07, 2021; Facebook Share He still lives nearby and sometimes joins a “social-distancing happy hour” on the block. The others don’t know about his horrible mistreatment of his wife. My secret desire is to “out” him as an abuser. I want to enjoy the social hour, but hate being around him, so what’s the best way to handle this? — Hate Keeping This Secret Dear Hate: I believe that the best way to react to this perso...

Don't play an abuser's game.

Amy Dickinson Tribune News Service He still lives nearby and sometimes joins a “social-distancing happy hour” on the block. The others don’t know about his horrible mistreatment of his wife. My secret desire is to “out” him as an abuser. I want to enjoy the social hour, but hate being around him, so what’s the best way to handle this? — Hate Keeping This Secret Dear Hate: I believe that the best way to react to this person is to show up and claim your own space in the social sphe...

Dear Amy: I recently helped one of my neighbors to leave her emotionally abusive/narcissist husband.

Ask Amy: Friend wants to ‘out’ abuser to others Updated Jan 07, 2021; By Amy Dickinson He still lives nearby and sometimes joins a “social-distancing happy hour” on the block. The others don’t know about his horrible mistreatment of his wife. My secret desire is to “out” him as an abuser. I want to enjoy the social hour, but hate being around him, so what’s the best way to handle this? — Hate Keeping This Secret Dear Hate: I believe that the best way to react to this person...

Ask Amy: Long-married couple’s relationship is a vicious circle Updated Dec 31, 2020; Facebook Share Dear Amy: I just came back from a long walk. The walk started out alongside my husband. We were talking about the same old gripes we both have, and it all descended to him saying, “You are a piece of s..t.” I walked ahead of him and continued walking without him. I’ve been here before. I don’t have any passion for him, and to be honest, I don’t know if I really was ever in love with...