
Heavy Meddle: Help! I Binge Eat At Night!
By Steve AlmondAn anonymous reader confesses, in anguish, to overeating at night.
An anonymous reader confesses, in anguish, to overeating at night.
A woman struggles to decide if she should tell her friend that she’s being bullied by her young son.
When is a child’s aggressive behavior a normal part of growing up, and when does it signal that something more serious may be wrong?
A middle aged woman feels stuck in an unhappy marriage and job, but fears abandoning either.
A woman wonders why her first dates keep devolving into counseling.
How do I get my wife to stop enabling her needy, cruel and selfish mother?
A woman tries to figure out how to negotiate an industry awash in chauvinism.
A hundred degrees with no air-conditioning! Do I really have to go?
What’s the line between sharing and oversharing?
With the campaign craziness at full boil, people are struggling to figure out who to vote for and how to avoid arguments.
What do you do when your new best friend also happens to be your enabler?
I feel like I have to choose between my fiancée and my folks.
Choosing the baby’s name should be a joyous event, right? Wrong.
What happens when your roommates are loud, violent, sloppy deadbeats?
A woman wonders when it’s appropriate to disclose her abusive relationship.
What to do when your boyfriend won’t give his alcoholic son the heave ho?
A mother is concerned that her 32-year-old is ruining his life by taking up with an older woman.
An anonymous reader confesses, in anguish, to overeating at night.
In four decades, she hasn’t had a single romantic relationship. Is it too late for her to find love?
A mother is concerned that her 32-year-old is ruining his life by taking up with an older woman.
Choosing the baby’s name should be a joyous event, right? Wrong.
A man writes to lament that his wife is more interested in her phone than her family.
What happens when your roommates are loud, violent, sloppy deadbeats?
A woman struggles to decide if she should tell her friend that she’s being bullied by her young son.
A woman seeks advice on whether to send her twin girls to a posh private school or the public option.
A woman tries to figure out how to negotiate an industry awash in chauvinism.
Am I wrong to not want to interact with someone who deceived me?
A hundred degrees with no air-conditioning! Do I really have to go?
A mother worries about how to discuss mortality with her 4-year-old.
An online shopper grapples with the great moral quandary of the digital age: Is it okay to keep swag an e-tailer sends in error?
I am dwelling in resentment, and that’s not the wife I want to be.
A mother ponders why her children are happy to text her, but refuse to talk on the phone.
A wife is caught in the middle between parents she loves but doesn’t always agree with and the husband who barely tolerates them at all.
A woman who has struggled with depression feels guilty for wanting to dump her depressed boyfriend.
What to do when your boyfriend won’t give his alcoholic son the heave ho?
Need advice? You’re in luck. Our Heavy Meddle advice columnist, Steve Almond, is here to help. Send your questions using this form. No holds barred. And yes, you can remain anonymous. Questions may be edited. New posts every Monday.
I admire the writer’s honesty and the way the piece leaves the questions there to think about, rather than posing answers.
Kate C commenting on Kylah Goodfellow Klinge‘s piece “Living In A Place No One Expects To Find You“