http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/chi-amydickinson,0,6515148.columnist?track=rss en ©2012, Courant.com Thu, 31 May 2012 06:01:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0531-amy-20120531,0,2919182.column?track=rss Dear Amy: I was invited to a wedding for a cousin I am not close to. To be honest, I'm pretty certain that it's been years since we've even had a conversation that lasted more than 3.7 minutes. Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0530-amy-20120530,0,1936140.column?track=rss Dear Amy: Years ago, after one of my husband's co-workers began to forward pornographic emails to my husband, we had a discussion about pornography and pictures of naked women. Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0529-amy-20120529,0,1669411.column?track=rss Dear Amy: My mother went through an extremely painful and difficult divorce 15 years ago. She was cheated on multiple times, physically and mentally abused, and lied to by my father. Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0528-amy-20120528,0,686369.column?track=rss Dear Amy: Recently I began to have sex with a guy I've known for three years. We were attracted to each other, so we agreed on a "sex-buddy" relationship. We don't speak to each other in public, and I don't mind that at all. I am perfectly content keeping our behavior 100 percent secret. Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0527-amy-20120527,0,7703320.column?track=rss Dear Amy: I have a 10-year-old daughter, and we visit my parents about three times a year (they live in another state). Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0526-amy-20120526,0,6720278.column?track=rss Dear Amy: My daughter, "Maria," is obsessed with trashy fashion magazines (Latina, Glamour, Cosmo and Seventeen) — even calling them her bibles. Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0525-amy-20120525-9,0,6998351.column?track=rss Dear Amy: My daughter gets extremely angry at me — so angry that she will hang up the phone in the middle of a conversation and not answer her phone when I call her back. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0524-amy-20120524,0,4754194.column?track=rss Dear Amy: I've been married for almost 40 years. During that time, my husband and I have had a mutually supportive relationship in which we have relied on, listened to and basically agreed with each other. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0523-amy-20120523,0,3771152.column?track=rss Dear Amy: I have four mostly grown children ages 14 to 19. Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ask Amy http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/ct-ae-0522-amy-20120522,0,2788110.column?track=rss Dear Amy: I have a girlfriend who's African-American, and she is constantly referring to her job (on Facebook) as "The Plantation" and her bosses as "Overseers." Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400