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Dear Wayne and Wanda, Before the pandemic, when my boyfriend and I got together, it was rarely just the two of us. We used to always go out with huge groups of friends. Living together during COVID made it so we got so much quality time together just the two of us. I loved it! But now that things are calming down and most of our friends are vaccinated, things are shifting again. Rather than do things just the two of us, it feels like his friends are always over. And when we have ventured out...

Dear Wayne and Wanda, During COVID quarantining this past year, my boyfriend had an affair with a friend of ours. Apparently they’d had a “mutual attraction” for a long time and when he told me he was taking time away from our apartment for “solo time,” he was actually seeing her. We broke up for a while but we’re trying to work things out. Key word, trying. Meanwhile, this woman is still part of our extended circle of friends, and worse yet, it turns out while they were hooking ...

Dear Wayne and Wanda, Last summer, when the pandemic had worn on for several months already, I reconnected with my ex. At first it was just texts, which grew more flirtatious, and one night, he came over. From that point on we were hanging out and hooking up again. We never said we were back together. We never went on any dates. In fact, we never did much of anything except he’d come over and spend the night. But we had long talks and we went through COVID together and I definitely felt li...

Dear Wayne and Wanda: After a string of dating misadventures during COVID (some dramatically awful, some OK but non-starters), I finally met a guy on one of the dating apps who’s really sweet and kind to me and amazing, and it really has been a magical courtship — like the movies. We even agreed to get off the apps and just see each other. He’s from another country where arranged marriage is common, and hasn’t ever dated a Western girl before, or really anyone. He told me from the be...

Dear Wayne and Wanda, My husband and I finally are scheduling a vacation again and agreed our first big trip after the last year should be Hawaii. I was so excited to plan something fun and Hawaii is a favorite spot for both. We have something of a routine — we stay in the same hotel, typically have a luau night, a snorkeling trip, probably one or two really great dinners, and he loves golfing. When I went to book our tickets, he wanted to book the cheapest fares to save money, flying a re...

Advice: I’m worried when all this is said and done, my friendships won’t be the same — that we will have grown apart, developed new habits and routines and won’t feel like going out like we used to.

Advice: I don’t think I should be expected to cover everyone else’s expenses when they’re the ones that bailed. But everyone is telling me that I’m being unreasonable and it’s causing some real drama.

Relationship advice: On New Year’s Day, my wife announced big changes but frankly, I’m barely keeping my head above water in these crazy times. Now is not the time for big changes.

I was excited to turn the page on 2020, but it looks like 2021 is just the same old story Author: Wayne and Wanda Dear Wayne and Wanda, 2020 was a hard year — we all know that. I was really hoping 2021 would be better. So far it’s been more of the same craziness, with political upheaval that I find so distressing and upsetting, and I was so excited about getting a COVID vaccine but it seems like no one knows what’s going on with that. I really wanted this to be the year I got in s...

Dear Wayne and Wanda, I’m in a tricky situation with family and am looking for advice. I have lived in Alaska basically since I graduated high school and am now in my 30s. My family has only visited once. They don’t have a huge budget for travel and it’s always been easier for me to fly back to visit them in the Lower 48. For a couple years now, they were planning on and saving for a big Alaska vacation, summer 2021. When COVID-19 hit, we put things on hold, but I could tell while I wa...