Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Dr. Norquist: I don’t feel like I belong in my family. It’s very painful and has been this way for my whole life. I was adopted as a baby. Then, three years later, my parents were able to get pregnant and they had my brother. I guess it’s natural that they would like him …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I have never been able to fall in love with anyone. I’m 33 and I’ve had boyfriends, but I’ve never felt in love with any of them the way I hear about it from others. Is something wrong with me? I don’t know if I haven’t found the right man yet, or …
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(Dr. Norquist is on vacation this holiday weekend. We are re-running a letter that was published earlier in this column.) Dear Dr. Norquist: I love how good I feel when I’m newly in love with someone, my world feels cheerful and sunny, like nothing could go wrong. Then something goes wrong in the relationship and …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I am writing to you because I am full of parental sadness and guilt and remorse. I had my daughter when I was young (19 years old), and was struggling in my relationship with her father, who never did marry me. I was always working trying to support both of us. Now …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I moved to the Hoboken area in January and I haven’t felt right since then. This was my first time living far away from my hometown and family. I graduated from college last year and couldn’t find the right job near home, so I moved here where I received a job offer. …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I’m writing to thank you for all of your wisdom that you deliver each week. I’ve clipped so many of your articles, and recently wrote to you about my boyfriend of two years from Canada, 47 years old. We did get engaged and it’s been wonderful, and I attribute his hesitancy to …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I’m writing to thank you for all of your wisdom that you deliver each week. I’ve clipped so many of your articles, and recently wrote to you about my boyfriend of two years from Canada, 47 years old. We did get engaged and it’s been wonderful, and I attribute his hesitancy to …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I have a simple probably very common problem – insomnia. I just can’t seem to fall asleep easily. My mind races for a long time after I’d like to be sleeping. It’s not unusual for it to take me an hour or more to fall asleep at night, then it’s so hard …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I am writing to you with a heavy heart. My husband and I have been married for almost 40 years. We’ve raised three children together, and made it through the hard times and good times. We’ve had our differences, but we’ve always supported each other when the need arose. I’m struggling now …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I am a very religious person. I feel very lost with regard to what I should be doing with my life. I’ve been asking God, praying for direction, but I haven’t received any answers. I’m looking for some kind of direction from God. It seems he hasn’t answered my prayers. What do …
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