Ask Someone Else's Mom

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: While I was in college my Uncle Pete, who owns his own custom home building company, took me on during my breaks. Then after I graduated he hired me fulltime since I did not h... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: All my 12-year-old grandson keeps asking for for his next birthday is a complete drum set. His dad had one when he was his age and so like father like son, I suppose. And if I... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I turn 14 this May and I have already told my mom I do not want to spend two months with my dad this summer, like I have since I was seven. I want to do band camp and have mor... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: When we bought our home two years ago both sets of our parents said we were making a mistake and buying at a bad time because of the interest rates.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My stepson is ten years older than his dad’s and my son. “Jared” spends every other weekend with us and I really love how much he likes being with “Todd.” Jared, though, has a... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My husband loves shopping for bargains. The trouble is he has a habit of spending too much to save some money. We have stockpiles of stuff in our basement like toothpaste, deo... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Turtle was my cat before Keaton and I moved in together. I buy all Turtle’s food, treats, and most of her toys, pay all her vet bills, feed her, and clean her litterbox.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My uncle has scored some valuable items in the storage lockers he’s bid on at auction. One locker had two jewelry boxes with what turned out to be nearly $7500 in old earrings... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My great-aunt is in her late 70s, but she is surprisingly tech-savvy. What isn’t so good is that she is a news junkie, and the news feeds she likes to follow are not always th... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My parents have never smoked, and all but two of my friends also don’t smoke. So when my in-laws, both smokers, come to visit, all I can smell is cigarette smoke on their clot... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I am 62, active, and in great health. Early last year I slipped on some black ice and ended up falling and getting hurt. The weird thing about it is it was a day above freezin... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I know I’m supposed to practice gratitude as a bunch of people I know keep telling me, and telling me, and telling me. What they don’t tell me is how am I supposed to do that ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My mom and “Davy” have had this on-again-off-again thing going for almost as long as I can remember. Since she and my dad divorced, Davy’s been about the only guy she’s seen m... more