Love Letters
An advice column | boston.com/love-letters
A podcast | bostonglobe.com
Season 10: Can people really change? — out now wherever you get your podcasts. Listen: link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm.
Hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
- Today's Letter Writer: "I have been with my husband for 30-plus years. I need a spark – a little pizzaz to get our relationship back to the kissing, squeezing, can’t-wait-to-be together stage." Columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social says romance novels can help! 📚
- Is it safe to meet people on an app? How do you avoid getting scammed? Help a letter writer meet someone online.
- Is your in-law a bully? If so, is it your place to confront them? In today's column: should I tell my SIL she's being mean to my brother? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
- Is kissing in the rain actually sexy? 🌧️ After what has felt like the 900th day of rain in Boston this summer, @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social spoke with @dansavage.bsky.social, a sex and relationship columnist from Seattle.
- He's an international student in Boston. He'd like to date. But it is not easy. Why do people keep rejecting him?
- Is there such a thing as being too there for a friend? Today's letter writer is wondering if they can directly solve their friend's marital problem. Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice. trib.al/2FokGZJ
- Our advice? 🚗 Make traffic less miserable by binging Season 10 of the Love Letters podcast, hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social. Go from our premiere, which is all about dating as a clown, to our finale, which is all about becoming a butterfly. 🦋 Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
- When someone says they're not ready to get married, are they really saying, "I'm not ready to get married to YOU?" 🤔 Think it over with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
- She's always been attracted to women – but now a man she loves is finally single. Should she date him or find the women she's always wanted? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
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- Sometimes, when we’re making big life changes, we turn to family – or chosen family – before we’re ready to re-launch. In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️ 🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
- "I love my boyfriend but he annoys me more than anyone in the world." Read what @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say to this letter writer who says her boyfriend is *so* annoying.
- A letter writer is upset because her ex stayed close with her friends after the breakup. Who has dibs? Can they share the group? Read the full Love Letter.
- A 50-something asks: where can I meet someone? The apps don't seem to be the place, if everyone is looking at hundreds of people.
- Dear @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social: My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home. "When I get home, he is usually in a bad mood but the only reasoning I can get is that: 'work was stressful, 'I am tired' or 'it was a long day.'" — 💌 What can help?
- Want to help a soon-to-be newlywed? This letter writer asks: What changes after you get married? How does one be a good husband? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice for this future husband.
- Dear @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social: "I don't have many friends, so this one is important." Today's Love Letter explores how to be comfortable with your friends having ... other friends. trib.al/z1oVTRd
- How do you change a relationship with a sibling? This letter writer wants to be less competitive with her sister.
- It's not easy to be 35, dating, and hoping to have kids. It's another thing to add religion to the mix. How does one find like-minded people? Hear what relationship advice columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say.
- He doesn't buy flowers, even though she loves flowers. 💐 I think there's a Miley Cyrus song about this.
- Two 💌 letters. Two pleas for explanation. @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social helps two letter writers with seemingly simple questions. One of them being: What is "Disney Princess Energy" in dating? Read the letter: trib.al/IAgm0te
- It's a great friendship, but one of them always drives. How do you tell a friend that you're sick of being the chauffeur? 🚘
- Is it a good idea to start a relationship long-distance? What if you're friends first? Help a letter writer decide about whether or not to confess their crush.
- Can a 🍄 trip save a marriage? Today’s Love Letters episode is the story of a married couple who were having major relationship troubles and found an answer in psilocybin. Hear their journey with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social, wherever you listen to podcasts. 🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
- This letter writer matched with someone recognizable. "I knew of her because of her occupation and her involvement in a high-profile legal case." Now what?
- An outdated question, but it never goes away: Can men and women be just friends? @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social helps a letter writer whose wife is asking.
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- Ever heard of perimenopause? Meredith has! So has Eileen, a guest on the Love Letters podcast who tells a story about how aging changed the course of her relationships for the better. ❤️ Listen here. link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
- How long should a person be single after a big breakup? One year? Two? 💔 A letter writer wonders whether she coupled up again too soon.
- Could you stand six months of living with an ex? 🔑📦🚚 How do you force a separation when a lease doesn't end until summer? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice below.
- "Am I simply not accepting that she might just not like me as much as I like her?"
- This reader is worried about how their girlfriend's wealthy father is going to impact their shared lifestyle. "There is one thing I am struggling with internally about her and it’s 'daddy’s money.'” Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's response.
- Today on the Love Letters podcast, through a great conversation about everything from friendships to #Twilight, professor @katymilkman.bsky.social gives @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social an honest take on what we can expect from ourselves and how we can help others evolve. 🎧: link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
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- This reader’s partner is moving away from them, but there’s still a potential for them to be together. Is this a break-up, or is it ideal for them to give it a shot despite the distance? ✈️
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- It's tough to have a close friendship with someone who doesn't share the bad stuff. Help a letter writer with a friend who withholds. trib.al/FbfJA67
- #VideoGames allow us to connect in our relationships, even in early stages. Whether you’re dodging shells on Rainbow Road, paying Tom Nook a mortgage together, or picking a location to drop into in Fortnite — we want to hear about your favorite games to play with someone. Tell us in the replies 👇
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- Is your brain stopping you from change? 🧠 To find out @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social went to an expert – Steven E. Hyman, Director of the Program in Brain Health at the @broadinstitute.org. Brains are weird. Find out how they can work for us and our relationships. Listen: link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm.
- This letter writer is trying to get over an epic love – that was also an epic affair. How do you let go of someone who was never yours? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's Love Letters. trib.al/vAnyzDH
- If you’re asking, yes we’ll be your valentine, @npr.org. 💌❤️ Hear @bostonglobe.com's Love Letters, hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social, in the ‘Be Mine’ playlist on the NPR One app now.
- In Australia, Kelly says she was the victim of "tall poppy syndrome." What was the fix for Kelly? Moving to one of the most beautiful places in the world: Italy. She explains how leaving town changed her – and her relationship with her ex. Listen: link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
- This letter writer wonders about finding love again. How do you allow your soul to let another partner into your life after a healing journey? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice on @boston.com.
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- Are we truly different in certain places or is that just what we tell ourselves? Today’s episode of The @bostonglobe.com's Love Letters podcast is a meditation on whether geography can change us. Hear from Kelly on how sometimes location can be everything. Listen here. link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
- As we're nearing the 5th anniversary of the COVID lockdown, @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social wants to know how your relationships changed because of the pandemic, and what you saw in your communities. Plus, what *you'd like* to know about it. Respond here.
- Thank you @spotifypodcasts.bsky.social for sharing the @bostonglobe.com @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social love! 💕 Listen here on Spotify. 🔗: pod.link/1354140820
- Today, @boston.com and @bostonglobe.com's advice column Love Letters, turns 16 years old. 💌 🎂 Advice columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social says: To those who’ve read for years or listened to the podcast – and to new faces – thank you. Here's the first letter from 2009: trib.al/FWSz5Jw
- We were on a break! But for how long? This letter writer has been on a break with a partner for months. Is there a future here? trib.al/4o0QjXa
- You mean you listen to OTHER podcasts!? 😅 Funmi Adejobi admits to listening to other podcasts (We see you @thisamericanlife.org) while talking to @bostonglobe.com Love Letters host @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social about finding joy through clown... by literally clowning around. 🎧 pod.link/1354140820
- This letter writer's wife spends too much money – and now they could lose the house. How do you deal with a partner who's bad with finances? Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice on @boston.com. trib.al/Td4zvbu
- Are you down to clown? 🤡 Hear Funmi’s story about how she became a happy clown – one who’s open to love – on the season premiere of the @bostonglobe.com's Love Letters podcast. This season we’re trying to answer one big question: Can people change? Listen: link.chtbl.com/j9JypB6y
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- This letter writer, who is married, still has "what-ifs" about an ex. How should they let go of the fantasy of what might have been? This is the second letter this week about cutting out exes. Read both of @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's responses here.
