An NPR listener says they’ve become increasingly concerned by their friends’ marriage and feels a sense of duty to fix their relationship problems. Can they tell them what they really think?
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Dear Life Kit: Do I have to buy birthday gifts for my 18 nieces and nephews?
Experts answer a round of finance questions from NPR’s audience, including how to financially support a friend with Stage 4 cancer and how to stop paying for your parents.Â
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Dear Life Kit: My friend says ugly things about her body and it makes me anxious
Body-acceptance advocate Katie Sturino and Ronald Young Jr., host of the podcast Weight for It, answer listener questions about body image, weight loss drugs and bullying.
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Dear Life Kit: My best friend said he’d unfriend me if I ever had kids
A reader is taken aback by her best friend’s reaction to the possibility that she might want kids. He says that if she had kids, it would change everything between them. Friendship experts weigh in.
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Dear Life Kit: My friend kissed me and I liked it. Now he wants to take it back!
Plus: how to deal with an awful brother-in-law, what to do with a box of mementos you shared with your ex and how to tell a bestie you don’t want to go on a couples trip.
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Dear Life Kit: My husband is more emotional with his work wife than he is with me
An NPR listener wonders whether her husband’s relationship with a female colleague is too close for comfort. He says she’s being competitive for no reason, and that he sees the woman as a ‘sister.’
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Dear Life Kit: My daughter was left out of the holiday newsletter — again!
A father wonders why his father-in-law keeps neglecting to mention his daughter in his annual newsletter to family. It includes updates on the other grandchildren. Why not her?
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Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a ‘happy graduation’ registry for myself?
An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it’s OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.
